118 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



301-681-(141 part). Geothlypis trichas (Linn.). * Maryland Yellow-throat; 

 Yellow-throated Ground Warbler. 

 Very common; throughout the state; May to August; " abundant at Ann Arbor"' 

 (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common at DeWitt" (Dr. G. W. Topping); reported from Hillsdale 

 and Lenawee Counties and at Sault Ste. Marie, July 16, 1892, by A. H. Boies, who 

 thinks it breeds in the Northern Peninsula; "common at Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); " common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds; " two broods " (Dr. W. C. 

 Brownell); nests from May to July, on the ground or in low thickets', nests often arched 

 over; eggs four to six, cl^ir white specked with reddish dots, though quite variable in 

 size, form and markings ; one of our finest singers and justly a favorite. 



Genus 1CTER1A Vieill. 



Yellow-breasted Chat. 



302-683- (14:4:). Icteria virens (Linn.). * Yellow-breasted Chat. 



Exceedingly rare; "occasionally quite common" (Dr. H. A. Atkins); "not observed 

 at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "once in Lenawee County" (A. H. Boies); "formerly 

 nested in Monroe County, not seen since 1881" (Jerome Trombley); May to October; 

 breeds; nests in May and June in bushes; eggs four; song varied and beautiful; "ven- 

 triloquist" (Butler's Birds of Indiana); "this is a southern species" (Prof. J. A. Allen). 



Genus SYLVANIA Nutt. 



Hooded Warbler, natural size. 



303-684^(146). Sylvania mitrata (Qmel.). * Hooded Warbler; Hooded Fly- 

 catching Warbler. 

 Quite common in southern part of State; generally a migrant; May and October; 

 " breeds plentifully south of 42°, have taken many nests" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "common 

 but transient in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); nests in May in low bushes; 

 "eggs three, often only two" (Gibbs); an elegant bird. 



