WARBLERS 



(635) Ccereba bahamensis 



(Reich.) 



BAHAMA HONEY CREEPER. 

 Casuiil on Indian Key, Fla. 



(636) Mniotilta varia 



(Linn.) (Gr., moss. I pluck; Lat., varie- 

 gated). 



BLACK AND WHITE WAR- 

 BLER; BLACK AND WHITE 

 CREEPER. Plumage as shown. 

 Notice that the o", the lower bird, has 

 a blackish ear patch and is conspicu- 

 ously streaked below, while the 9 has 

 few streaks on the sides; a white spot 

 terminates the inner webs of outer 

 tail feathers. L., 5.25; W., 2.60; T., 

 2.00. 



Range — Eastern North America; 

 breeds from southern Canada south 

 to the Gulf. Winters to northern 

 South America. 



different calls but all are of similar character. The one I 

 have heard most often in Virginia where these birds abound 

 is a loud "chic, too, wee-o, " astonishingly loud and clear 

 from so small a bird. 



Their nests are built near the ground and, as a rule, are 

 less carefully made than those of other species. These 

 vireos chatter and scold even more than Red-eyes when any 

 one is in the vicinity of their nest. 



BELL'S VIREO is a small species, less conspicuously 

 marked than the White-eyed, which species it resembles more 

 than any other. Its habits and song are almost like those of 

 the last species too. It is very abundant from Nebraska to 

 Texas. 



Family MNIOTILTIDiE. Warblers 



The members of this interesting family are found only in 

 the New World. About seventy of the hundred or more 

 known species are found within the United States. As a rule 

 they are poor songsters, but all of them have distinctive 



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