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Vireo gilvus. Warbling Vireo. 



Specimen: Ashland, male, May 18, 1955. The Warbling Vireo is 

 a common summer resident in Mixed Conifer Forest throughout the 

 county. Earliest, April 18, Ashland; latest September 19, Medford. 



Mniotilta varia. Black and White Warbler. 



This eastern warbler was observed at Talent on October 7, 1963. 

 Kridler and Marshall (1962) took a female at Malheur National 

 Wildlife Refuge (Harney County) on September 17, 1960, the first 

 specimen for Oregon. 



Vermivora peregrina. Tennessee Warbler. 



Accidental. An immature Tennessee Warbler was observed feeding 

 with a migrant flock of Orange-crowned (Vermwora celata) and 

 Wilson's Warblers {Wilsonia pusilla), and Warbling Vireos {Vireo 

 gilvus) near Shady Cove on September 11, 1969. This species was 

 reported the same year from Terrace, western British Columbia on 

 August 14 (Aud, Field Notes 1969:88). Littlefield and Anderson 

 (1971) list 11 records of the Tennessee Warbler in Oregon; nine have 

 been recorded at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Harney County), 

 and one from the Wallowa Mountains (northeastern Oregon) in 

 addition to the Jackson County record. Littlefield and Anderson 

 (1971) regard the species as an occasional spring and fall migrant in 

 southeastern Oregon. The Tennessee Warbler is listed as a rare 

 straggler in eastern Washington (Larrison and Sonnenberg 1968) 

 with no spring records. In California the species is considered a 

 regular but rare fall migrant {Aud. Field Notes 1970:94; Am. Birds 

 1971: 104-105). 



Vermivora celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. 



Specimens: Four, 12.9 km SW Prospect, both sexes, April and May. 

 The Orange-crowned Warbler is a regular and common summer resi- 

 dent and migrant and is a fairly regular winter resident in the Lower 

 Rogue River and Bear Creek valleys. This warbler has been reported 

 in the county in almost every month, but is most numerous between 

 mid-April to late September when it may be found in the Chaparral- 

 Oak Community. Jewett found it nesting at Goldhill on May 16, 1916 

 (Gabrielson and Jewett 1940). 



Vermivora ruficapilla. Nashville Warbler. 



Specimens: Four, SW Prospect, both sexes, April and May. The 

 Nashville Warbler is a common summer resident in the Mixed Conifer 

 Forest. Earliest, April 20, Ashland; latest, August 28, Phoenix. 



Dendroica petechia. Yellow Warbler. 



The Yellow Warbler is a common summer resident throughout most 

 of Jackson County, especially wooded streams below 914 m. Earliest, 

 April 28, Pompadour Bluffs; latest, September 17, Medford. 



