CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTORY i 



Plan of the Work ... i 



List of Contributors . . 5 



THE WOOD WARBLERS 7 



General Characters of Warblers ..... 7 



Plumage of Warblers . . 7 



Distribution of Warblers . 11 



Migration of Warblers, W. W. Cooke 14 



Songs of Warblers 20 



Nesting Habits of Warblers 22 



Food of Warblers, Edward Howe Forbush 23 



Mortality among Warblers 33 



THE WARBLERS OF NORTH AMERICA 37 



Genus i. Mniotilta . . 38 



1. Mniotilta varia. Black and White Warbler 38 



Genus 2. Helinaia .43 



2. Helinaia swainsoni, Swainson's Warbler 44 



Genus 3. Helmitheros 48 



3. Helmitheros vermivorus. Worm-eating Warbler. . 48 

 Genus 4. Protonotaria S3 



4. Protonotaria citrea, Prothonotary Warbler. . 54 

 Genus 5. Vermivora • • 59 



5. Vermivora chrysoptera, Golden-winged Warbler. . 60 



6. " pinus, Blue-winged Warbler 65 



7. " bachmani, Bachman's Warbler. . . . yj 



8. " peregrina, Tennessee Warbler. ... 83 



9. " celata celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. . 86 

 ga. " " orestera. Rocky Mountain Orange-crown. 8g 

 9b. " " lutescens, Lutescent Warbler. ... 90 

 Oc. " " sordida. Dusky Warbler. ... 91 



10. " rubricapilla rubricapilla, Nashville Warbler. . 92 

 loa. " " gutturalis, Calaveras Warbler. . 97 



11. " Virginia, Virginia's Warbler 98 



12. " luci(B, Lucy's Warbler 100 



