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Bidens laevis (L.) B. S. P. 

 Bidens bipinnata L. (P) — Pottawatomie Co. 

 Gaillardia pulchella Foug. — 'College campus. 

 Tanacetum vulgare L. (M.) 



OUR WARBLERS. 



BY BROTHER ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. 



The observations published in this article were all made at 

 Notre Dame, Indiana. It will doubtless be of interest to other 

 ornithologists to note the different habits of the same species 

 in different localities. The following warblers are described in 

 this contribution: Bay-breasted, Black and White, Blackburnian, 

 Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Canada, 

 Cape May, Chestnut-sided, Connecticut, Golden-winged, Kentucky, 

 Magnolia, Mourning, Myrtle, Nashville, Palm, Yellow Palm, 

 Northern Parula, Pine, Prairie, Sycamore, Tennessee, Wilson, 

 Yellow, Louisiana Water Thrush, Maryland Yellowthroat, Yellow- 

 breasted Chat, Ovenbird, and Redstart. 



Black and White Warbler 

 Mniotilta varia. 

 In spring the Black and White Warbler is never so common 

 as many of the other warblers. It appears intermittently, and is 

 never abundant. Of course its habit of creeping in the trees, and 

 usually at some distance up, makes it less conspicuous than most 

 of the other warblers. Its note, too, is seldom heard, and this 

 fact does not attract the attention of an observer to the bird. 



Golden-Winged Warbler. 

 Vermivora chrysoptera 

 I first observed this beautiful warbler in May, 191 7. I was 

 first attracted to it by its nasal note, which resembles somewhat that 

 of the Blue Gray Gnatcatcher. In fact, at first I thought it was a- 

 gnatcatcher, but on finding the bird high up in an elm tree, I saw 

 I saw at once that it did not act like a gnatcatcher. The bird was 

 too high to be observed satisfactorily, but fortunately it flew into 

 some low trees near by, where I could see its markings plainly. 

 This is the only record I have ever made of the Golden-winged 

 Warbler. 



