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handsome male at Shiocton, Outagamie County, Wis., May 4, 1882.* In 

 eastern Kansas it is a common summer resident (Goss). 



Its earliest record in the spring of 1884 came from Eodney, Miss., 

 where it was first seen April 13. Five days later it was reported from 

 Saint Louis. Hence it is probable that it really reached Eodney sev- 

 eral days previous to the 13th. It was seen at Burlington, Iowa, May 

 3; north of that no dates of arrival were recorded. At Manhattan, 

 Kans., near the limit of its western range, it was much later in its 

 movement, not being seen until .May 14. Nor was it reported from 

 Gainesville, Tex., until May 12, though of course it arrived much 

 earlier. 



The Prothonotary Warbler was found as an abundant summer resi- 

 dent at Eed Eock, Ind. Ter., in 1884. 



In the spring of 1885, Gainesville, Tex., was the first station to re- 

 port its presence. It arrived there April 17. Three days later it ap- 

 peared at Saint Louis, Mo., and April 21 it was seen at Paris, 111. The 

 bulk reached Saint Louis April 29. 



In the fall of 1885 the last was seen at Bonham, Tex., August 10. 



638. Helinaia swainsonii Aud. [76.] Sivainson's Warbler. 



A Southern species, until recently one of the rarest of North Ameri- 

 can birds. It has been taken in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 

 Louisiana, and Texas, and winters in Cuba and Jamaica. In the spring 

 of 1886 "about three dozen" Swainson's Warblers were shot near Lake 

 Pontchartrain, Louisiana, by Mr. Charles S. Galbraith (Lawrence, The 

 Auk, Yol. IY, 1887, p. 37). In the spring of 1887 nine additional speci- 

 mens were secured in the same locality {Ibid., p. 63). Mr. C. W. Beck- 

 ham considers the bird a common summer resident at Bayou Sara, La. 

 (Ibid., pp. 304, 305). The only Texas record is that of a specimen 

 killed in Navarro County, in the east-central part of the State, by Mr. J. 

 Douglas Ogilby, and recorded by Mr. Eidgway (Bull. Nutt. Ornith. 

 Club, Yol. YI, 1881, pp. 54, 55). 



639. Helnritherus vermivorus (Guiel.). [77.] Worm eating Warbler. 

 Winters south of our district and breeds throughout its United States 



range, which extends in summer to Illinois and Nebraska. Bare in 

 Kansas (Goss) and in southeastern Texas (Nehrling). 



The only note on this species contributed in the spring of 1884 is to 

 the effect that the first was seen at Saint Louis April, 29. 



In the spring of 1885 the Worm-eating Warbler first appeared at 

 Pierce City, Mo., May 9, and at Saint Louis, May 4. At Mount Carmel, 

 Mo., the first was reported May 20, and at Paris, 111., May 3. At Mount 

 Carmel the last was seen May 24. 



640. Helminthophila bachmani (Aud.). [78.] Bachman's Warbler. 



This rare and much-sought-after Warbler occurs in the South At- 

 lantic and Gulf States from South Carolina to Louisiana. In winter it 



Ball. Nutt. Ornith. Club, vol. viii, April, 1883, p. 68. 



