The Sinffing of Birds. B.P.Bioknell. 



Helminthophila peregrina ( Wils.) Ridgw. Tennessee 

 Warbler. 



The transient presence of this species, in the upper foliage of 

 the woodland in May, is usually revealed by its attractive song^^, 

 In the autumn it passes in silence. Auk, I, July, 1884. p. ItX- 



The Tbnnkssise Warbler destructive to Grapes.— Mr. N. S. 

 Goss, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, -writes me substantially as follows respect- 

 ing an interesting and hitherto unrecorded trait of the Tennessee Warbler 

 (HelminthophagaperegHna) : "While visiting my brother, Capt. B. F. Goss, 

 at his home in Pewaukee, Wis., the 13th of September last, he handed me 

 for identification the embalmed bird herewith enclosed, remarking that 

 the birds were very destructive to his grapes, puncturing them with their 

 bills, and eating the pulp, or succulent part of the grapes. I at once pro- 

 nounced the bird to be a young Tennessee Warbler On visiting his 



grounds we found, I should think, about twenty birds scattered singly 

 here and there among the vines. They were very wild and kept continu- 

 ally in motion, uttering now and then a sharp, but not loud chip, as they 

 darted from the grapes into the raspberry-bushes, and when followed they 

 flew to a young grove of timber near by. I succeeded, however, in kiUing 

 four. I enclose also one of these for your examination." 



" These birds," he further adds, " are likely to prove destructive to the 

 grapes in that latitude (43° and further north), hut I think that in theb 

 southward migration they do not reach us (latitude 38°) until the grape 

 season is over. I at first thought the grapes thus punctured contained the 

 eo-gs or larva; of some insect ; but examination proved, on the contrary, 

 that only the largest and healthiest-looking gi-apes ^ere attacked." — 

 J. A. Km Cambridge, Mas»n)l. N.O.O. 6. Jan.. 1880. P, ^ ^ ■ 



/7 t£yyv^ lAo-p-J^t/^ ^leyuL^.-^^^,^^ . 



Destruction of Birds by the Coed Wave of May 2ist and 22nd. 

 — It seems worthy of note that, judging from indications in this vicinity, 



nust ha' 



; been • 



Birds of Kalamazoo Oouiity,lMi<ai, 

 Dr. Morris Gibbs. 



39. [87.] irdmlnthaphunK. peregnim (Wils.) 

 Bainl. Tennessee Warbler.— Tliis is the last 

 member of this genus to arrive, and in fiict one of 

 our latest arrivals of all the migrants. My earliest 

 recorded arrival is May IS, and my latest date re- 

 corded, as the first seen for the season, is May 23. 

 The species passes rai)idly by us and it is rare to 

 meet with specimens for more than two days 

 (luniig Spring. 



Til.- s|.rcics arrivi-s m> laic that the foliage has 

 reached lhal degree of density by the lime of their 

 appearance that few are seen. The Tennessee 

 keeps in the tops of the tallest trees, principally 

 the Elms and Maples, and it is difflcult to secure 

 specimens. Tliey are more oflcii heard than seen, 

 and frequently a flock will iiass Ihiough without 

 a chance of securing a shot. (Occasionally a bird 

 will be seen to dart from the dense top of a tree, 

 immediately enter the folinge of the ne.xl before a 

 shot can be had. Tlie song; is a rather sharp 

 chatter, but not at all like that of the Pine War- 

 bler.^ The call notes are short chirps, similar to 

 others of the genus 



e 1 711 in tkophila pe re. grin a 

 died shortlj afterwards. 

 (Bca fcnnsylvanica. On 

 of the following species 

 ,ld: Dc.ndrceca macu- 



life may, to a considerable 

 of temperature, as well 

 ''is.. May 24. 1882. 



1882, p. 



Gberrie, Birds, San Jose, Costa Rica. 



9. Helminthohila peregrina. Recorded the first this fall, October 20. 

 In a series of 15 Tennessee Warblers, taken from the beginning of Septem- 

 ber to the beginning of March, there is not one that is not more or less 

 strongly tinged with greenish yellow, very different from the breeding 

 bird found in the United States. 



Auk. 8, July .1891. V'Jt7ir 



O.&O. X. Mar. 1885. p.Ji' 



