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A qU x\ R T E R L Y J O U R N A L O F 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



VOL. XV. October, 189S. No. 4. 



KIRTLAND'S WARBLER {DENDROICA KIRTLANDI). 



BY FRANK INI. CHAPIMAN. 



Plate IV. 



The activity of tield ornithologists during the past fifteen years 

 has deprived most North American birds of the distinction of 

 being termed rare. Species which a score of years since were 

 known from only two or three specimens are now represented 

 in collections by large series, continued research showing that 

 their supposed rarity was due to our ignorance of their true 

 range. Particularly is this true of the Warblers, birds whose 

 habits make them especially difficult to observe ; but one by one 

 enthusiastic collectors have discovered their habitat, nests and 

 eggs, until of all the North American members of this family, 

 with the exception of several Mexican species just reaching our 

 border, we can now write ' rare ; nest and eggs unknown,' only 

 of Kirtland's Warbler. 



Forty-six years have passed since Kirtland's Warbler was 

 made known to science. During this time nineteen specimens 

 have been recorded from the United States and fifteen from the 

 Bahamas. In addition to these specimens there exist thirty- 

 three Bahaman specimens collected by C. J. Maynard making, as 

 far as I can ascertain, a total of sixty-seven examples. A study 



