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of the Creepers and Titmice in its 

 manner of climbing around the 

 branches. 



637— {95) Protonotaria citrea. (Bodd.) 



PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. 



Messrs Keyes and Williams record 

 it as a common summer resident of 

 Iowa, and not uncommon especially 

 in the eastern part of the state, "Ar- 

 rives in Van Buren county about the 

 middle of May and departs toward 

 the latter part of July; very shy; not 

 very plentiful; found about ponds, 

 lakes and swamps in dense, low, 

 bushy and grassy places; seldom if 

 ever is this species seen in the tree- 

 tops, even in the migrating season ; its 

 notes aro hardly worth the name of 

 song, [W. G. Sdvage.] "Nests in the 

 deserted hole of the Downy Wood- 

 pecker or Chick-a-dee; the stump se- 

 lected usually stands in or projects 

 over the water." (Davie's "Nest and 

 Eggs of North American Birds"] 



• 

 039— {06) Hehnitherous vermivorous. 



(Gmel.) 



H^ORM-EATING WARBLER 



Rare; summer resident in southern 

 portions of the state; not reported in 

 northern parts. "Rare summer resi- 

 dent in Van Buren county, (William 

 Savage.) "I found a nest of this 

 species in Henry county on May, 25, 

 1892, it was placed on a hillside in 

 dense woods, composed of leaves, 

 lined with hair-like moss and horse 

 hairs. The eggs were five in number 

 and measured .71x.55, ,72x.57, .71x- 

 .58, .76x.55, .77x.56, a creamy white 

 dotted with red and brown. 



611 — {9S) Helminthrophila pinuA^ 

 (Linn.) 



Blue WINGED YELLOW WARBLER. 

 Rare throughout the state; summer 

 resident; May to August; "observe 

 this species at different times through- 

 out the season in Mahaska county; 

 probably breeds," (W. A. Bryan;) 

 "tolerably common summer resident 

 in Powshiek county" (Carl Kelsey;) 

 "common in Van Buren county; ar- 

 rives about the last week in April and 

 stays throughout the summer; has a 

 low and not very pleasing song; sings 

 often at noon-day when most other 

 birds are hushed and the scorching 

 hot pun is pouring forth its hottest 

 rays," (W. 8. Savage:) "I found a 

 nesi! of this species in Henry county 

 on June 2, 1893, which contained 

 three of its own eggs and two of the 

 Cowbird^s; the nest was placed in a 

 clump of May-apples and was nearly 

 on the ground, only about an inck 

 above it, upheld by the stems of the 

 May apples; it was composed entirely 

 of leaves and lined with hair; has a 

 very feeble song; a decided insect tone 

 about it; eggs, three to five, white, 

 sparsely sprinkled at the larger eui. 

 with dots of reddish-brown. 

 f;:^,3— (IO^)Helrainthrophilachr3'soptera 

 (Linn.) 

 GOLDEN- WINGED WARBLER. 

 Not recorded by any of the members 

 of the I. 0. A., but in Davie's "Nest 

 and Eggs of North American Birds" 

 it is reported as breeding in limited 

 numbers in the bottom lands in west- 

 ern Illinois, along the Mississippi 

 River; hence I believe it is found ia 

 Iowa, although I have no positi^ 

 evidence of such being the case. 



