Preliminary Report on the Warblers. 



The arrangement of notes contributed by 

 twenty-eight persons is well under way. Most 

 of the twenty-eight reports are unusually full, 

 and furnish material for valuable comparisons. 

 Forty-seven species have been iCported upon, 

 nine of which are very rare, or restricted lo- 

 cally, so that few have found them ; the 

 remaining thirty-eight are found in from eight 

 tO' twenty-five reports. The ranges of two 

 species have been extended beyond that here- 

 tofore known to ornithologists, and the breed- 

 ing range of two others extended locally. 

 Facts not before known relating to nesting 

 and breeding habits have been brought to 

 light. 



Notes on the dates of migration of all, 

 whether transients or breeders ; dates of nest- 

 ing; exact period of song; and exact period of 

 mioulting are especially desired, and will be in 

 time to insert in the final report if sent during 

 August. Any notes will be very acceptable, 

 especially from those in the Mississippi Valley 

 and the far West. Every contributor will 

 receive one copy of the final report gratis. 

 Extra copies will be furnished at 10 cents 

 each to all who give notice of the number 

 wanted. 



Send all notes to Lynds Jones, Oberlin, O. 



