242 BIRDS — SYIiVICOLID^. 



After the breeding season is over they sometimes wander about before 

 departing for the south. On one occasion I took a specimen in my gar- 

 dcin. 



Genus HELMINTHOPHAGA. Cabanis. 



Bill slender and exceedingly acute, uniiotched, nnbristled. Wings long and pointed, 

 the iirst quill nearly or quite the longest. Tail nearly even to slightly emarginate, short 

 and rather slender. Tarsi longer than middle toe. 



Hblminthophaga pintjs (L.) Bd. 



Blue-Tp-inged. "\rello"w "Warbler. 



Si/lria solitaria, Kietland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163, 182. 



Tnrmiroia soliiaria, Kead, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 1853, 395. 



Htlminlhophaga pimis, Wheaton, Ohio Agiio. Rep. for 1860, 363; Reprint, 1861, 5; Food 

 of tSirds, etc., Ohio Agrio. Rep. for 1874, 563; Reprint, 1875, 5. — Langdon, Cat. 

 Birds of Cic, 1877, 5; Revised List, Jour. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist, i, 1879, 171; Re- 

 print, 5. 



Cerlhia pinu's, LiNKiEOS, Syst, Nat., i, 1766, 187. 

 SyJvia solitaria, Wilson, Am. Orn., ii, 1810, 129. 

 Vermivora solitaria, Jardinb, " Ed. Wils., 1832." 

 Helmintho2j1iaga piiius, Baird, Birds North Am., 1858, 254. 



Crown and entire under parts rich yellow ; upper parts yellow oIiv<i, becoming slaty 

 bluo ou the wings and tail, the former with two white or yellowish bais, the latter with 

 several large white blotches. Bill and line through the eye black. Female and young 

 similar. Length 5; wing2i; tail aj. 



Habitat, Eastern United States; north to Massachusetts and Minnesota; south to 

 Guatemala ; west to Iowa, Kansas, Indian Territjry, and Texas. ^ 



Rather common summer resident from May 1st to September 1st. 

 Breeds. The Blue-winged Yellow Warbler is a bird of the most retired 

 woodland and swamps. Though considered by Audubon one of the swamp 

 warblers, it is often found on high ground, ^ but usually in the vicinity 

 of water. Their ordinary noie is a rather sharp chirp. The song is said 

 to be a rapid chirrup, forcible and characteristic. I obtained specimens 

 in the spring of 1874, in my garden, which had evidently spent some 

 considerable time in pine woods, their plumage being soiled with 

 pitch. The site chosen for a nest is usually in the edge of soli- 

 tary woods, often the border of a swamp. The nest is described by Mr. 

 Ridgway, as composed of thin strips of the inner bark of trees, and quite 

 bulky. The eggs are white, sprinkled with a few reddish-brown spots, 

 and measure .70 by .54. 



