1053 Eepoet of State GtBologist. 



small, rectangular at the middle of the tail and on all the feathers 

 except the central part; bill, black; feet, brown. Female in Spring. — 

 Quite similar; black of back reduced to spots in the grayish-olive; 

 ash of head washed with olive; other head markings obscure; black 

 streaks below, smaller and fewer. Immature. — Quite different; upper 

 parts, ashy-olive; no head markings whatever, and streaks below want- 

 ing, or confined to a few small ones along the sides, but always known 

 by the yellow rump in connection with extensively or completely 

 yellow under parts (except white under tail coverts), and tail spots 

 near the middle of all the feathers, except the central. 

 Length, 4.35-5.00; wing, 2.25-2.45; tail, 1.85-2.05. 



Head of Magnolia M'arbler. Natural size. 



Eange. — Eastern North America, from Panama and West Indies 

 to Hudson Bay. Breeds from New Hampshire and northern Mich- 

 igan, northward. Winters from Mexico and Bahamas, southward. 



Nest, of twigs, weeds and grass, lined with iine rootlets; low in 

 conifers. Eggs, 3-5; creamy- white, spotted or blotched with light and 

 dark brown and lilac; .63 by .48. 



The Magnolia is one of the most attractive of the Warblers. It is 

 usually reported a common migrant in the Whitewater Valley. I have 

 not found it so, yet in the more level and less drained portion of the 

 State, they are reported oftentimes common. They are among the 

 laler kinds to arrive, rarely as early as April 21, and usually appearing 

 after May 1. They linger in the southern part of the State some years 

 until after the middle of the month, and along the northern border, 

 in the vicinity of Lake Michigan, occasionally until the end of the 

 month. 



The following are the earliest and latest dates at which they were 

 seen in the fall migrations: Brookville, first seen i\Iay 2, 1S82, last 

 seen May 16, 1884; Greensburg, May 4, 1893, May 16, 1894; Carroll 

 County, May 4, 1878, May 34, 1883; Wabash, May 5, 1893; Carmel, 

 April 34, 1897; Lafayette, May 13, 1893, May 14, 1893; Sedan, May 

 10, 1894; Lake County, May 18, 1885, May 30, 1894; Chicago, 111., 

 May 1, 1895, May 30, 1894; Petersburg, Mich., May 11, 1888, May 



