152 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



resembles, in the tail markings, certain species in the genera 

 Vermivora and Dendroica. 



In winter the Worm-eating Warbler ranges from the Bahamas. 

 Cuba, and Jamaica, to Mexico and Central America. 



250. Vermivora bachmani (Aud.). Bachman's Warbler. 



Bachman's Warbler was discovered by Dr. Bachman "a few 

 miles from Charleston in July, 1833," and named in his honor 

 by Audubon. 1 It was lost to science from the time of its discovery 

 in 1833 until the spring of 1886, when a specimen was taken in 

 Louisiana, near Lake Pontchartrain, by Mr. Charles S. Galbraith 

 and recorded by Mr. George N. Lawrence in the Auk. 2 



Since the rediscovery of this warbler by Mr. Galbraith, the re- 

 cords have multiplied. Mr. William Brewster and Mr. Frank 

 M. Chapman obtained forty-six specimens on the Suwanee 

 River, Florida, in March, 1890. An account of the habits, vari- 

 ations of plumage, etc:, was published by Mr. Brewster in the 

 Auk. 3 In March, 1892, I collected about fifty specimens at 

 Branford on the Suwanee River, Florida. The first birds were 

 noted on March 14, and the last on April 2. 4 In 1894 I ob- 

 tained eight specimens in the Wacissa and Aucilla River region 

 of Florida. These records were both published in the Auk} 

 Although I recorded it as a migrant, I now believe that it breeds 

 sparingly at one locality near the village of Waukeenah. 



On May 15, 1901, I rediscovered this species in South Carolina, 

 the specimen being taken near Mount Pleasant, and I quote the 

 following account of the capture from the Auk:" 



I am pleased to announce the capture of an adult male of thia interesting war- 

 bler, by myself, near the village of Mount Pleasant, S. C, on the morning of May 

 15, 1901. I heard the song of what I was almost sure was a Parula Warbler sing- 

 ing lazily, and out of mere curiosity I went to locate the singer. 1 found the singer 

 near the top of a sweet gum, but was unable to identify him positively as the morn- 

 ing was dark and cloudy. He flew from his perch to the low bushes, which formed 

 the dense undergrowth, and was so restless and active that I could scarcely follow 

 him except by the incessant song which he uttered at the rate of fifteen times 

 a minute. At last I had a plain view of him as he sat upon a dead pine twig with 

 his breast towards me, when I realized that it was the bird I had been looking for 

 in this State for eighteen years. There was no mistake, as it was not the first 

 Bachman's Warbler I had ever seen or shot. I watched the bird closely for thir- 

 teen minutes as I was sure his mate was setting or building a nest near at hand, 

 as he kept singing in one locality and did not wander far off, but the temptation 

 was too great to lose such » rare prize and I fired and killed the first Bachman's 

 Warbler which has ever been taken in this State since Dr. Bachman took the type 



> Birds of America, II, 93. * IV, 1887, 35-37. ' VIII, 1891, 149-157. 



* See Auk. X, 1893, 338. « XII, 1895, 367. ■ XVIII, 1901, 274-275. 



