1034 Eepoht of State Geologist. 



arrival at Brookville (and in the State) is April 15, 1887; the latest. 

 May 5, 1882. The earliest it has been noted in the spring at Eich- 

 mond is April 84, 1897, when it remained to May 10; the latest first 

 arrival was April 28, 1888. The following other dates give, respec- 

 tively, the earliest and latest date of first arrival: Bloomington, April 

 27, 1886; Moore's Hill, May 10, 1893; Spearsville, May 5, 1897; Peters- 

 burg, Mich., May 9, 1889, May 18, 1893, while both in 1893 and 1893 

 it was noted nntil May 25; Terre Haute, May 3, 1890; Sedan, April 

 29, 1896-7, May 8, 1892. I have usually found them in more open 

 sugar woods, where they generally kept high in the trees. Mr. Wal- 

 lace, while he generally finds then! in the tree tops, has taken it in an 

 orchard, and once in an open blackberry patch. Mr. J. A. Allen sayS: 

 "Its song so much resembles that of the Chestnut Warbler that it 

 might readily be mistaken.'' Minot says it sounds like, "wee-see-wee- 

 see, wit-a-ivit-a-wit." The first part of this reminds one of the song 

 of the Black and White Warbler. To me, the song has a peculiar, 

 vibratory, wheezy sound that recalls some of the peculiar sounds of 

 other members of the family. It has not been repori;ed as nesting in 

 Indiana, but it is given by Mr. Nelson as breeding in northeastern 

 Illinois, and Mr. Philo W. Smith, Jr., records its breeding in Fulton 

 County,- 111. (Bay State Oologist, Vol. I., May, 1888, p. 44). 

 • Like the other members of this genus, it is a great insect eater, 

 busily searching among the foliage of the trees it frequents. Two 

 specimens contained 4 small caterpillars and a few fragments of 

 insects (Prof. King, Geol. of Wis., p. 500). 



260. (646). HelminthophUa celata (Say.). 



Orange-crowned Warbler. 



Adult Male. — Above, olive-green, dulled with ashy, brighter on the 

 rump; a concealed patch of orange-rufous on the crown; yellowish ring 

 around e/e; wing, witho'Ut white markings; inner webs of tail feathers, 

 with white edgings; below, whitish washed with yello-ndsh and ashy. 

 Adult Female. — Orange and rufous crown, less distinct or wanting; 

 tail feathers, with no white. Immaiure. — Lacking the orange-rufous 

 crown patch; wings, with two whitish bars; ring around eye, white. 



Length, 4.60-5.30; wing, 2.31-2.52; tail, 1.92-8.10. 



Eange. — North America, from Mexico northward over eastern 

 United States, Eocky Mountains to mouth of Yukon and Mackenzie 

 Eiver; rare north of Virginia, east of Alleghany ]\Iountains. Breeds 

 from TTtah north through Eocky Mountains. Winters south of United 

 States. 



