112 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. 



Genus COHPSOTHLYP1S Cab. 



278-648-(93). Compsothlypis americaua {Linn.). *Parula Warbler; Blub 

 Yellow-backed Warbler. 

 Rare; May and June; "Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties'' (A. H. Boies); "Mack- 

 inac Island" (S. E. White); occasionally breeds; nests in June, in trees, "often in a 

 bunch of lichens " (Dr. A. K. Fisher); nest elaborate; eggs four to five, white with 

 yellowish tinge and specked with brown. " Never found a nest at Plymouth " (J. B. 

 Purdy); "this bird is a transient in Monroe County, where it is becoming very rare '" 



(Jerome Trombley). 



Gen c.8 DENDKOICA Geay. 



279-650-(126). Dendroica tigrina (Gmel). Cape May Warbler. 



Not rare in spring and autumn; '• common in Kent County in spring migrations, 

 not rare in autumn; migrant; frequents the orchards and pines" (S. E. White); "see 

 them every year in Kent County from May 7 to May 15, have killed fifteen in one day " 

 (Dudley E. Waters); I have it reported from Thunder Bay Island; " Lenawee County " 

 (A. H. Boies); "Monroe County, very rare, only two seen" (Jerome Trombley); " Mack- 

 inac Island " (S. E. White); in Cabot's list of Birds of Lake Superior; " known to breed 

 near Green Bay, Wisconsin" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). 



280-652-(lll part). Dendroica (estiva (Gmel.). *Yei.low Warbler; Yellow 

 Bird; Summer Yellow Bird. 

 Our most common resident warbler; April and May to August and Septem- 

 ber; taken at college by A. B. Cook, May 10, 1893, who finds it common; "not 

 observed in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "Mackinac Island" (S. E.White); "taken 

 at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; nests in 

 May, in thick foliage, in bushes or small trees, especially in willows along streams; 

 nests exquisite; eggs four, occasionally- five, yellowish white or greenish gray, specked 

 with brown; J. B. Purdy reports a full set of albino eggs; Forbes found (see report of 

 Michigan Horticultural Society, 1881, p. 204) that 66$ of the food of several biflds 

 examined consisted of canker worms. " It feeds extensively on the larvae of elm 

 beetles" (Dr. A. K. Fisher). This is an excellent little bird friend. 



281-654-(117). Dendroica caernlescens (Gmel.). * Black - throated Blue 

 Warbler. 

 Common; migrant; two pairs taken at college by A. B. Cook May 10, 1893; " Macki- 

 nac Island" (S. E. White); possibly breeds north; "C. W. Gunn found it breeding in 

 Ottawa County " (Dr. M, Gibbs); "migrant in Southern Michigan" (Jerome Trombley); 

 "taken at Iron Mountain in spring" (E. E. Brewster); nests in low brushwood; eggs 

 four to Ave, rosy white, and like those of most warblers specked with brown. 



Yellow-ramped Warbler, natural size 



