98 LIFE-HISTORIES OF BIRDS' 



white ground, and marked wjthi minute spots of 

 recidish-brown which are more numerous and 

 confluent at the larg-er end. They measure on an 

 average .74 of an inch in length and .55 in 

 breadth. 



Helmintliophaga chrysoptera, Caban. 



Th^ Golden-winged Warbler as this ; species, is 

 popularly called, is by no means a very common 

 migrant in eastern Pennsylvania. It arrives 

 among vis during the first, week of May, and 

 usually lingers until the fifteenth of the same 

 month. It i^ notably tame and unsuspecting, and 

 of easy approach. It is a common visitor to our 

 orchards and, gardens, whpre it delights to glean 

 aniong the leaves and blossoms of the apple and 

 cherry for insect-life. It has but little preference 

 for woodland scenery. 



Among the foliage and branches of trees it dis- 

 plays surprising agility, and manifests many of 

 the attributes of the Titmice and Flycatchers. It, 

 however, measurably lacks the address of Parula 

 Americana. 



Whilst feeding not even a simple call-note, 

 much less a song does it essay to utter, during its 

 transient stay. 



We have discovered in the stomachs of several 

 individuals traces oiPlatynus cupripennis,Harpalus 

 cofnpar, Cratonychus cinereus, Chrysomela ceeru- 

 leipennis, Formica sanguinea, Aphis malt, and 

 others of the Aphidce, 



