CONTENTS 



Page 



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 1. 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 ... 53 



4. Protonotaria citrea, Prothonotary Warbler. 54 

 Genus 5. Helminthophila Sg 



5. Helminthophila chrysoptera, Golden-winged Warbler. 60 



6. pinus, Blue-winged Warbler. ... 65 



7. bachmani, Bachman's Warbler. ... 77 



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



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

 9a. " orestera, Rocky Mountain Orange- 

 crown 89 



9b. " lutescens, Lutescent Warbler. . 90 



9c. " sordida, Dusky Warbler. ... 91 



10. rubricapilla rubricapilla, Nashville Warb- 



ler. 92 



10a. " " gutturalis, Calaveras Warbler. 97 



11. " Virginia, Virginia's Warbler. ... 98 



12. " lucice, Lucy's Warbler. .... 100 



