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eggs are four to six in number, measuring about .65 by .47. " They have 

 a clear white ground, marked with spots and blotches of reddish-brown 

 and fainter markings of purplish slate." 



Helminthophaga pkregrina (Wils.) Cab. 



Tennessee "Warbler- 



Si/Ma peregriaa, Kirtla.nd, Ohio Geolog. Snrv., 18:J8, 163, 1S2. 



Vermivora peregrina, Read, Proc Phila Acad Nat. Sci., vi, 18.53, 39.5 



EelminthopKaga peregrina, Baikd, P. R. R. Rep. ix, 1858, '<i59.— Wheaton, Food of Birds, 

 etc , Ohio A^ric Rsp. for 1874, 1875, 503; Reprint, 3— Langdon, Cat Birds of Cin., 

 1877, 5; Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat Hist,, i, 1878, 112; Reprint, 3; Revised List, Jouru. 

 Cin. Soo. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 171 ; Reprint, "5. 



Belmmlhophaga peregina (error), Wheaton, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 363 ; Re- 

 print, 5. 



Sylvia peregrina, Wilson, Am, Orn., iii, 1811, 83. 



Vermivora peregrina, Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 21. 



Helmiiilhopliaga peregrina, Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 20. 



Olive green, brighter behind, but never quite yellow on the tail coverts, more or less 

 ashy towards and on the head ; no crown patch ; below white, often glossed with jellowish 

 but never quite yellow ; a ring round tl e eye, and superciliary line, whitish, frequently 

 an obscure whitish spot on outer tail feathers; lores dusky ; in the fenjale and young 

 the olivaceous glosses the whole upper parts Length 4^-41; wing about^i; fail'ior less. 



This comparative length of wing and tail, with other characters, probably always dis- 

 tinguishes this species from the foregoing. 



H ibitat, Eastern North America. ' 



Rare and irregular migrant in spring, abundant and regular in the 

 fall. The Tennessee Warbler, so named by Wilson from the place 

 where he discovered it, as was also the Nashville Warbler, appears in 

 spring about, the middle of May and frequents woodlands and orchards. 

 At this time I have heard them sing a singularly sharp, rather squeaky 

 warble, less loud and more varied than the song of the Orange-crowned 

 Warbler. They return early in September and remain during that 

 month and part of October. At this time they frequent sparse woodland 

 on the banks of streams and high weeds in upland woods. Usually they 

 are associated with the Nashville Warbler and G-reen Black-cap Flycatcher. 



The nest and eggs of this species have been taken in Massachusetts and 

 northward. There seems to be no characteristic difference between them 

 and thosi of other members of the genus. 



Two .other members of this genus have, within a few years, been discovered in the 

 Eastern States, and may be loolied for in Ohio. They are— 



Helminthophaga lbucobronchialis. Brewster. White- throated Warbler. 



Adult male ; summer plumage. Crown, bright yellow, slightly tinged with olive on 

 the occiput. Greater and middle wing coverts, yellow, not so bright as the crown. 

 Superciliary line, cheeks, throat, and entire under parts silky white, with a slight 



