THE IOWA ORNOTIIOLIGIST. 



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in Van Barea county, arriving about 

 the first of May and departing toward 

 the last of August; staying justlong 

 enough to rear its young; nestiog in 

 small trees about 15 feet high; not 

 very shy; sometimes nests within a 

 short distance of the residence of man; 

 song low but very pleasing, [W. Gr. 

 Savage.] Arrived in Henry county 

 in 1894 April 29. I saw a female of 

 this species feeding a young Cowbird 

 Octobei 2, 1893; eggs, four, usually 

 yellowish white or greenish gray with 

 specks of brown, 



6 4— {117.} Dendroica caeruleacens 



(Gmel.) 

 Black-throated BLUE WAEBLER. 



Rare; migrant. "Shot a male spec- 

 imen on May 14, 1892 in Winnebago 

 county," [R. M. Anderson.] Not re- 

 ported by any other member of the I, 

 O.A. 



65^ — [119] Dendroica coronata. (Linn.) 



MYRTLE WARBLER. 



Very common; migrant; the earliest 

 Warbler to arrive in the spring 

 •'Abundant for a long time in spring 

 and fall; earliest dates, April 14, 1893 

 and Sept. 30, 1893, Winnebago coun- 

 ty," [R. M. Anderson.] "Quite com- 

 mon migrant in Mahaska county," 

 [W. A. Bryan.] "Arrived in Jackson 

 county April 17, 1894 and remained 

 until May 3." [H. J. Giddings.] "Very 

 common migrant in Van Baren coun- 

 ty" 'iWm, Savage.] They arrive in 

 Henry county by April 15, usually. 



0S7 — {125.)T>endro\ca maculosa. (Giiiel.) 



MAGNOLIA WARBLER. 



Rare, migrant; a beautiful species, 

 "Migrant in May; frequent in Win- 



nebago county, [R. M. Anderson.] 

 "Tolerably common transient visitor 

 in Poweshiek county." [Kelsey.]"Rar6 

 migrant in Van Buren county, have 

 specimens taken May 11, 1893 and 

 May 13, 1894, [Wm. Savage.] 



G5S-{118) Dendroica caceulae. (Wils.) 



CERULEAN WARBLER. 



"Not uncommon, migrant; notice 

 quite a number of this species near - 

 the college in Story county this spring 

 '94 and took specimens," ^W. A. 

 Byran.j "Tolerably common tran- 

 sient visit 3r in Poweshiek county," 

 [Kelsey,] Quite common migrant in 

 Van Buren county," [Wm. Savage.] 

 Inhabits the tree tops. 



G5U — {124) Dendroica Pennsylvanica. 

 (Linn.) 



CHESTNUT- SIDED WARBLER. 

 Very common migrant; a few breed 

 in the state. "Spring migrant, 

 common in Winnebago county," [R. 

 M' Anderson.] "Noted quite common 

 in May 1892 in Mahaska county." (W. 

 A. Bryan,] "A common migrant in 

 Jackson county; a few breed here; 

 never found a nest in this county but 

 on July 1 '94, 1 saw a female of this 

 species feeding a young cow- bird; also 

 saw a pair of them in this same 

 grove in June 1894., which I think 

 prove that they breed here," [H. J. 

 GiddingH.) "I have a set of two eggs 

 of this species taken in Pottawattamie 

 county," [Ernest Irons.] "Have not 

 observed it to be more than a migrant 

 in Ddllas county, fJ. Eugene Law] 

 "Very common in Van Buren county; 

 arrives about the first of May a&4 

 stays throughout the summer, build- 

 ing its nest in some small tree, six or 



