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THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



eight foet high; nests in June; has a 

 very pleasant song; not shy; female 

 much duller than male, (W. G. Sav- 

 age.) Eggs four or five, white or 

 creamy- white, speckled with rusty 

 brown and chestnut. 



(tfiO-{123) Dendroica Castanea. (VVils.) 

 BAY BREASTED WARBLER. 

 Rather rare; migrant. "Tolerably 



common migrant in Jackson county; 



does not breed here; observed from 



May 11 19. '94, (H. J. Giddings. 



"Rare transient visitor in Va,n Buren 



county," [Wm. Savage. 1 



691— {122) Dendruica striata. (Forst.) 

 BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 

 Common,' migrant. "Spring mi- 

 grant; not rare in Winnebago county" 

 (R. M. Anderson.) "Not very plenti- 

 ful in Van Buren county; arrives 

 about the first of May and remains 

 very nearly a month, then they all 

 disappear and are seldom seen in the 

 fall; has a very pleasing song; very 

 shy; often in company with other 

 warblers," (W. G. Savage.) Toler- 

 ably common transient visitor in 

 Powdshiek county, (Carl Kelsey.) 



A BARE FIND. 



On May 20th, 1894, Mr. Fred 

 Hamlin found a nest of this species 

 in Dallas county, Iowa. The nest 

 was composed of grass and hair (hair 

 being the main material), and was 

 placed ten inches ofi the ground in a 

 small thorn bush. The bush was 

 only one rod from the banks of the 

 Raccoon River. 



The eggs, were four in number, 

 white, with a greenish tinge, and one 

 egg is finely specked with markings of 



reddish brown, thickest at the larger 

 end bu , not forming a riag, the rest 

 range from this to the heaviest 

 marked one, which has specks a little 

 larger than a pin bead, many obscure 

 markings on the eggs, which give 

 them a purpleish tinge. The eggs 

 measure 6Gx51, 64x51, 64x52, 63x52. 



Mr. Hamlin spent about three 

 hours in the capture of the female; 

 male not seen. 



This was a very rare find, as this 

 species rarely builds in Minnesota. 

 The first record of its nesting in Iowa. 



062 — (121.) Dendroica blackburniae. 

 (Ginel.) 



Blackburnian warbler. 



Rare; migrant; "spring migrant; 

 not rare in Winnebago county" (R. 

 M. Anderson.) "Spring and fall 

 migrant in Jackson county; some 

 seasons quite common and in others 

 very rare" (H. J, Giddings.) "Rare 

 transient visitor in Van Buren county" 

 (William Savage.) 



667—)ll2.) Dench-Qsica virens. (Ginel.) 



Black- THROATED Green WARBLER. 



Rire throughout thpstatp; migrant; 

 "spring migrant in Winnebago 

 county; not common" (R. M. Ander- 

 son.) "A rare transient visitor in 

 Van Buren county" (William Sav- 

 age.) 



'fi2rr—{1.32.) Dendroica palmarum. 

 (Gmel.) 

 PALM WARBLER. 

 Not common; migrant; "common 

 as a migrant in early May in Winne- 

 bago county" (R, M, Anderson.) 

 "Not rare in Van Buren county" 

 (William Savage.) "A tolerably com- 



