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Figure 6. — Photograph of John Abbot's painting of the Swainson's Warbler, 

 which he called the "Swamp Worm-eater." Illustration courtesy Fogg Art 

 Museum, Harvard University, and the Harvard College Library. 



After Bachman collected his historic five specimens in 1832 

 or 1833, the Swainson's Warbler was almost a lost species for the 

 next 50 years. According to William Brewster (1885a, p. 66). 

 only ^ight or nine specimens were collected during that period. 

 Th^n in 1884, Brewster and Arthur T. Wayne made significant 

 corrections and studies in the vicinity of Charleston, S.C. (Brew- 

 ste!ri 1885a). Wayne reported the first nest and eggs known to 



