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3. PROTONOTARIA. Baird. Golden Szuamp Warblers. 



29. P. CITREA. (Bodd.) Bd. Front and lower parts brilliant yellow ; back, 

 ■wings, etc., olivaceous; bill long; L. 5)^; W. 3; T. 21^. A rare summer visitant 

 north ; much commoner in the Wabash valley. This is one of the most beautiful 

 -warblers. 



4. HELMITFIERUS. Rafinesque. Sztamp Warblers. 



30. H. VERMIVOROUS. Worm-eaiing Swamp Warbler. Olive green ; head 

 yellowish, with four black stripes; buffy below. Female similar. A very rare 

 visitant north ; probably resident south. 



5. HELMINTHOPHAGA. Cabanis. Worm Eating Warblers. 



31. H. CHRYSOPTERA. Blue, Golden-Winged Warbler. Ashy blue; fore- 

 head, crown and wing bars bright yellow ; throat and broad stripe through eye 

 black ; white below; female duller; L. 5 ; W. 2j^ ; G. 2^^. A beautiful species ; 

 comparatively rare ; migrant through the State. 



32. H. PINUS. (L.) Bd. Blue-Winged Yellaiv Warbler. Olive yellow; 

 crown and under parts bright yellow ; wing bars whitish ; loral stripe black ; sexes 

 alike ; L. 41^ ; W. 2%^ ; T. 2. Tail feathers like the above conspicuously blotched 

 with white. A common summer resident in Southeastern Indiana. A handsome 

 bird like a miniature Protonotaria, 



33. H. CELATA, (Lay.) Bd. Orange- Crowned Warbler. Olive green, never 

 ashy on head ; orange brown crown patch, concealed more or less ; greenish yellow 

 below; female duller ; L. 4,^; W. 23^; T. 2. A common migrant frequenting 

 bushy hillsides and l^orders of woods. [Nelson.^ 



34. H. PEREGRINA. (Wils.) Cab. Tennessee Warbler. Olive green ; no 

 crown patch ; white or whitish yellow below; L. 4^ ; W. 2^^; T. ij?^. Common 

 migrant north. I have taken it in Marion county May 15. Nelson notes that 

 like several other species of warblers which frequent the tops of the trees in spring 

 it is found much lower in fall. 



35. H. RUFICAPILLA. (Wils.) Bd. Nashville Warbler. Olive green, ashy 

 on head and neck ; crown patch bright chestnut; bright yellow below; female 

 ■duller, crown patch obscure. This, like the two preceding species, has no white 

 blotches on the tail feathers. L. 4^; W. 2^ ; T. 2. Migrant; not common near 

 Cincinnati. [Langdon.) Very common migrant in Lake county, and also a rare 

 resident. {^Nelson.) I have taken it in May near Indianapolis. 



Note. — Besides the above five eastern species there are five western forms of this interesting genus. 

 All build on, or just above, the ground, forming rather coarse and bulky nests. They are not given 

 to worm eating exclusively (as the generic name suggests), but eat insects of various kinds. ' 'Their 

 Botes are few, odd and not very musical, pitched in a high key and delivered in a slender, wiry tone." 



{Dr. Cones.) 



6. PERISSOGLOSSA. Baird. Fringed- Tongue Warblers. 



36. P. TIGRINA. (Gm.) Bd. Cape May Warbler. Olivaceous above with 

 darker streaks ; rump and sides of neck bright yellow ; yellow below, much streaked 

 with black ; crown black or nearly so ; ear coverts orange brown ; a white wing 

 patch ; female duller, with no black or reddish about the head. L. 5J^ ; W. 2^ > 

 T. 2. A tine warbler removed from the genus Dendroeca, because of the peculiar 



