WARBLERS 93 



PROTHONOTARY WARBLER 

 Protonolaria citrea. Case 5, Fig. 29 



The female is duller than the male, but is too like him to be 

 mistaken for the mate of any other Warbler, while he is in a class 

 by himself. L. 54. 



Range. Nests from Florida to Delaware and southeastern 

 Minnesota; winters in the tropics. 



Washington, of irregular occurrence in May. N. Ohio, one 

 record, May 9. Glen Ellyn, rare, spring only, May 13-15. SE. 

 Minn., common S. R., of Mississippi bottoms. May 7-Aug. 16. 



No description or illustration prepares one for the gleam- 

 ing beauty of the Golden Swamp Warbler. Cypress 

 swamps or willow-bordered sloughs, where it may nest 

 in the opening in old stubs, are its chosen haunts, and in 

 such places it is sometimes found in numbers. The 

 white eggs, thickly marked with brown, are laid in May. 



SWAINSON'S WARBLER 

 Belinaia swainsoni. Case 5, Fig. 28 



No wing-bars, plain brown above, white below. L. 5. 



Range. In summer from Florida and Louisiana north to 

 southern Illinois and southeastern Virginia; winters in the 

 tropics. 



Comparatively few bird students have seen this retiring 

 Warbler in its haunts. "Water, tangled thickets, patches 

 of cane, and a rank growth of semi-aquatic plants," 

 Brewster states, seem indispensable to its existence. Its 

 song in general effect, the same writer says, recalls that of 

 the Northern Water-Thrush. The nest is built in bushes, 

 canes, etc., and the white eggs are laid in May. 



X WORM-EATING WARBLER 

 Helmitheros vermivorus. Case 7, Fig 31 



Head striped with black and buff; body unstreaked, no wing- 

 bars. L. si. 



Range. Nests from South Carolina and Missouri to Connecti- 

 cut and Iowa; winters in the tropics. 



