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found far from water, around the edges of which they 
procure most of their food, consisting of grubs, larve, 
beetles, and insects of numerous families. They leave 
for the south the last week in July, and I think, hardly 
rear more than one brood with us. i\s we go northward 
they become more numerous, also as we go further inland 
from the coast. They undoubtedly do much good by 
destroying many noxious insects. 
GENUS OPORORNIS. 
[677]. Oporornis formosus (Wilson). Kentuchy 
Warbler. 
Ranee.—Eastern United States to northern South 
America. Breeds in Carolinian and Austroriparian zones 
from southeastern Nebraska, southern Wisconsin, south- 
eastern and southwestern Pennsylvania, and the Hudson 
Valley south to eastern Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and 
northern Georgia; winters from Tabasco, Campeche, and 
Chiapas through Central America to Colombia;  acci- 
dental in Vermont and Cuba. 
I would not call this a common bird of residence, nor 
does it remain throughout the winter. Its favorite haunts 
and nesting sites seem to be at the head of, or along the 
side of, some wooded ravine with running water or wet 
ground in it. The borders of ponds and lakes also appeal 
to them. The nest is rather a bulky affair for a warbler, 
composed of dry leaves and pine needles, lined with fine 
rootlets, straws, and sometimes a few hairs. Especially 
well concealed is the nest, on, or very near, the ground 
amongst bushes, weeds, or ferns. Four to five eggs is a 
