116 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



293-672-(132). Dendroica palmar nm (Gmel.). *Palm Warbler; Yellow Red - 

 polled Warblek; Wag-tailed Warbler: Titlark Warbler. 

 Very common migrant; May and October; flocks; " occurs at Mackinac Island" 

 (S. E. White); "E. E. Brewster has taken it at Iron Mountain; one of our most 

 common and beautiful migrants. 



294-673-(127). Dendroica discolor (Vieill.). Prairie Warbler. 



" Rare migrant, breeds north of 44° north latitude " (Dr. M. Gibbs); " not observed 

 in Monroe County " (Jerome Trombley); " breeds in Michigan " (Davie); Dr. M. Gibbs 

 writes me that he has taken the eggs; found very common at Mackinac Island by S. E. 

 White who has specimens taken there; Prof. J. A. Allen writes me that this bird does 

 not go north of Central Michigan; Dr. M. Gibbs collected nest and two eggs May 26, 

 1879, in Ottawa County (Bui. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, p. 186). 



Genus SEIDKDS Swains. 



Oven Bird, natural size. 



295-6 74-( 135). Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.). * Oven Bird; Golden-crowned 

 Thrush; Wood Wagtail. ■ 



Very common; throughout the Southern Peninsnla at least; April to September, 

 rarely to October; "usually seen on the ground" (Prof. J. W. Simmons); "abundant at 

 Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties" (A. H. 

 Boies); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); taken at Iron Mountain by E. E. Brewster; 

 breeds; nests in June on the ground, often under log; nest oven-like, hence common 

 name of bird; nests common near marshes about the college; eggs four to six. This 

 bird is retiring and usually found in dense thickets; '• sings at all times of night " 

 (Samuels). When we drive this bird from the nest it feigns lameness and flutters 

 away to lure us from its eggs and young. This bird rears very numerous Cow Birds. 



296-675-(136). Seiurus noveboracensis {Gmel.). * Water Thrush; Small-billed 

 Water Thrush; Water Wagtail. 



Rare; migrant; April and May; " rare transient in Kalamazoo County " (Dr. M, 

 Gibbs); "very rare in Kent County, one taken May 9, 1891" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw 

 Point " (Kneeland); " taken in Hillsdale County " (A. H. Boies); " rare in Monroe 

 County " (Jerome Trombley); frequents dense thickets in swamps; "breeds in North- 

 ern Indiana where it is a rare summer resident " (A. W. Butler); nests in June, among 

 roots of turned up trees, in marshes or under stumps, logs, etc.; eggs four to six, 

 delicate cream, densely specked with reddish brown. 



