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THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



May to August; all the records relat- 

 ing to the Maryland Yellow-throat 

 have been brought under heading of 

 the present sub-epccies; as the 

 habitat of '-Geothlypia trich^s" is 

 entirely east of the Miaeissppi Eiver; 

 "summer resident in Winnebago 

 county; abundant; have found nests" 

 (R. M. Anderson.) "This is a very 

 common species in Tlfahaska ^ county ; 

 near grassy sloughs and along road 

 sides ; can almost be identified by its 

 peculiar flight" [W, A. Bryan,] 

 "Usually quite common in Jackson 

 county, but ibis season it has bee« 

 almost rare; arrived May 7tb, 1894," 

 [H. J. Giddings.] "Common sum- 

 mer resident in Poweshiek county" 

 [Kelsey ] "Very common in Van 

 Buren county" [William Savage.] 

 Nests in May and June in low thickets 

 or on the ground; eggs four to six, 

 creamy white, specked with reddish 

 brown; nests often arched over; one of 

 our sweet singtrs. 



0S3~(1JJ:.) Icteriti vireiis. (Linn.) 

 YELLOW BREASTED CHAT. 

 Quite common; especially in the 

 southern part of the state; I\(ay to 

 August; "have not found it in IKinne- 

 bago county; have one specimen that 

 was taken in Cerro Gordo county May 

 80, 1891" [R. M. Anderson.] "Quite 

 common in the brushy uplands in 

 Mahaska coun'y; nesting" [W. A. 

 Bryan. j "A very common summer 

 bird resident in Van Buren county" 

 [William Savage.] '•Common in 

 Poweshiek county; summer resident" 

 [Kelsey.] Nests in low bushes, two 

 to five feet above the ground; eggs 

 four. In the nesting season this 

 species is the noisiest bird in the 



woods, at which time it may be 

 observed in its wonderful ferial evolu- 

 tions, uttering its medley of sputter- 

 ing, cackling, whispering and scolding 

 notes, interluded with long whistles. 



0S5 — [147.] Bylvania jmsilla. [Wils.] 



WILSONS WARBLER. 



Rare; migrant; "saw one specimen 

 on May 2l8t, 1893, in Winnebago 

 county" I^R. M. Anderson.] "Toler- 

 ably common transient visitor in 

 Poweshiek county" [Kelsey.] "One 

 specimen taken on May 11th, 1885 

 in Polk county, and is now in the 

 Museum of the Iowa Agricultural 

 College at Ames" [W. A Bryan. J 



G8G~ [jft^y.jSylvania canadensis. [Linii.] 



CANADIAN TFARBLER. 



Rare; migrant; "common migrant 

 in the latter part of August, one 

 specimen taken May 27ch, 1894, in 

 TFinnebago county" [R. M. Ander- 

 son.] "A rare migrant in Van Buren 

 county" [IFilliam Savage.] "Toler- 

 ably common transient visitor in 

 Poweshiek county" [Kelsey.] 



087— i 152) Setophaga ruticilla. (Linn.) 

 AMERICAN REDoPARi:, 



Common throughout the state from 

 May to August. ''Abundant sum- 

 mer resident in Winnebago county" 

 [R. M. Anderson. J "On June 14, 

 '93, I took sets of A, 6 4 and 1-5 of 

 this species in Cerro Gordo county, 

 incubation advanced," [J. JS'ugene 

 Law.] "This species I had supposed 

 to be a rare summer resident in Jack- 

 son county until August 4, '94 I took 

 a ramble near the mouth of the Ma- 

 quaketp river and in the timber near 

 its banks I found specimens of botli 



