LAND BIRDS. 579 
j. A bright yellow stripe from bill over and 
behind the eye, interrupting the black 
“mask.” Kentucky Warbler. No. 290. 
jj. No yellow about the eye, black mask con- 
tinuous. Maryland Yellowthroat. No. 
293, 
hh. No black on forehead or crown. k, kk. 
k. Large; entire upper parts olive, no rust-brown on 
head. Yellow-breasted Chat. No. 294. 
kk. Small; back olive, head ash-gray, crown with a 
patch of rust-brown feathers. Nashville 
Warbler. No. 266. 
ee. Under parts not clear yellow. 1, IL. 
l. Under parts somewhat yellow. m, mm. 
m. Under parts yellowish white, upper parts yellowish 
green, no orange-brown on crown. Tennessee 
Warbler. No. 268. 
num. Under parts and upper parts yellowish green, an 
orange-brown patch on the crown. Orange- 
crowned Warbler. No. 267. 
ll. Under parts yellowish brown or buff, top of head with four 
sharp black stripes and three buffy stripes. Worm- 
eating Warbler. No. 263. 
261. Black and White Warbler. Mniotilta varia (Linn.). (636) 
Synonyms: Black and White Creeper, Black and White Creeping Warbler, Creeping 
Warbler, Striped Warbler.—Motacilla varia, Linn., 1766.—Sylvia varia, Bonap., Nutt. 
—Certhia varia, Vieill., 1807, Aud., 1831.—Mniotilta varia, Vieill., 1818, Aud., 1839, Nutt., 
1840, and most recent authors.—Certhia maculata, Wils., 1811. 
Figure 1865, 
Size of a Canary and streaked and spotted everywhere with black and 
white; a white stripe through the middle of the crown. 
Distribution.—Eastern United States to the Plains, north to Fort 
Simpson, south, in winter, through Central America and the West Indies 
to Venezuela and Colombia. Breeds from Virginia and southern Kansas 
northward, and winters from Florida and the Gulf States southward. 
The Black and White Creeper, as we prefer to call it, is a common migrant 
throughout the entire state and a summer resident in most sections, but 
much more commonly in the northern part of the 
state. It arrives from the south with great regularity 
during the last days of April and the first week in 
May. During twelve years of observation at Peters- 
burg, Monroe county, the earliest spring arrival was 
April 22, 1885 and the ee chy Baar a Bay 
City the range was from April 28, to May 8... £3 
1898, while at Sault Ste. Marie it was recorded May 13, "¥vaniters “From Hot, 
1899, and at Palmer, Marquette county, May 20, Mans Guide. Houghton, 
1894 and May 7, 1895. The southward migration 
is not as well recorded, but the greater part of the movement takes place 
in September, specimens having been killed at Presque Isle Light, Lake 
