NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SWAINSON'S WARBLER 11 



science (Brewster 1885b, p. 468), near Charleston on June 6, 

 1885. Troup D. Perry (1886, p. 188) of Savannah, Ga., found a 

 nest 22 days earlier (May 16) but did not report his discovery 

 as soon as did Wayne. 



Since the Swainson's Warbler was thought to be restricted to 

 the Coastal Plain, ornithologists were surprised to learn by the 

 1930's that this warbler was a locally common breeding bird to 

 an elevation of about 3,000 feet in the Southern Appalachians. 

 Before the 1930's there had been several records from the Pied- 

 mont suggesting the possibility of an up-country population. L. M. 

 Loomis (1887, p. 347-348) found the bird at Chester, S.C., 150 

 miles from the coast, and W. H. LaPrade, Jr., (1922, p. 88-89) 

 found a nest with eggs at Atlanta, Ga., 1,050 feet above sea level 

 in the foothills of the Appalachians. 



Figure 7. — Approximate location on Brier Creek, Screven County, Ga., where 

 Abbot collected the ''Swamp Worm-eater." 



