114 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



at Iron Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); " more commonly found in swamps " (Prof. J. W. 

 Simmons); several taken at college— the first May 10— by A. B. Cook in May, 1893. 

 He finds it the most common Warbler; breeds; "nests found near Detroit by B. 

 Swales" (O. and O., Vol. XVI, 189J , p. 148). Dr. M. Gibbs writes me that he once found 

 five nests in one day in Kalamazoo County, where it rarely builds now; said to be two 

 brooded in Canada; nests in June, in low bushes; eggs four or five. This species rears 

 many Cow Birds. 



286-660-(123). Dendroica castanea (Wils.). * Bay-breasted Warbler. 



Rather common; migrant in Southern Michigan; May and October; "Lenawee 

 County and Northern Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "breeds in Northern Peninsula" 

 (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); male taken at college May 20, 1893, by A. B. Cook; "breeds 

 in Northern Michigan" (Davie's Nests and Eggs of North American Birds, p. 373). 

 S. E. White writes me that he shot immature specimens at Mackinac Island as late 

 as July; we have taken this species here more frequently in the spring; Dr. Atkins 

 reports this species as very rare at Locke. Its song is very charming. 



Black-poll Warbler, natural size. 



287-661-(122). Dendroica striata (Forst.). * Black-poll Warbler. 



Common; migrant; a pair taken by A. B. Cook at the college May 20, 1893; "Mon- 

 roe County, some years very common" (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. 

 E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "Iron Mountain May 24, 1881" (E. E. 

 Brewster); "common spring migrant in Upper Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). 



288-662-(121). Dendroica blackbnrniae (Gmel). * Blackburnian Warbler; 



Orange-throated Warbler; Hemlock Warbler. 



Rare; "rare migrant in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); rare in summer; 



throughout the Southern Peninsula; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "common at 



Iron Mountain" (E.E.Brewster); "Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties" (A. H. Boies); 



"DeWitt" (Dr. G. W. Topping); A. B. Cook took one male and two females of this 



handsome Warbler at the college May 18, the only ones seen up to this date, May 26, 



1893; breeds north; "nests in Northern Peninsula'' (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); "has 



been found breeding in Southern Michigan where nests have been taken in pine 



trees, at an elevation of forty feet " (Davie's Nests and Eggs of North American 



Birds, p. 373); " B. F. Syke found two nests in Kalamazoo County, both quite high 



in tamarack trees " (Dr. M. Gibbs). 



289-663a-(130). Dendroica dominica alhilora Baird. Sycamore Warbler; 

 White-browed Yellow-throated Warbler. 



Rare; "early migrant" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "rather rare summer resident, breeds, nests 

 in tall sycamores on Raisin river " (Jerome Trombley); Dr. M. Gibbs writes me that he 



