THE BIRD BOOK 
637. Phothonotary Warbler. Prothon- 
Prothonotary Warbler 
otaria citrea. 
Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf States, 
north in the interior to Iowa and Illinois. 
This species is often known 
as the Golden Swamp Warb- 
ler because of the rich golden 
yellow of the head and under- 
parts. They frequent and 
nest in the vicinity of swamps 
or ponds, nesting in the cavi- 
ties of trees or stubs at low 
elevations, filling the cavity with leaves, moss 
and grasses, neatly cupped to receive the four 
to seven eggs, which are creamy or pinkish 
white, profusely spotted with reddish brown 
and chestnut. Size .72 x .55. Data.- — Quincy, 
Mo., June 1, 1897. 5 eggs. Nest in hole of 
a dead stub 6 feet up, in timber some distance 
from water; made of moss and grasses, lined 
with hair. 
Creamy white 
Bluish white 
638. Swainson’s Warbler. Helinaia 
swainsoni. 
Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf 
States, north to Virginia and In- 
diana, and west to eastern Texas; 
winters in Mexico and the West 
Indies. 
This species is brownish above 
and white below, with a whitish 
superciliary stripe. It has been 
found breeding most numerously in thickets and 
tangled underbush about swamps and pools in 
any locality. Their nests are either in bushes or 
attached to upright rushes over water after the 
manner of the Long-billed Marsh Wren, being 
made of leaves, moss, rootlets, etc., lined with fine 
grasses or hair, and deeply cupped for the recep- 
tion of the three or four unmarked white or bluioli 
white eggs which are laid during May or June. 
Size .75 x .58. Data. — Near Charlestown, S. C., 
May 12, 1888, 3 eggs. Nest in canes 4 feet from 
ground, made of strips of rushes, sweet gum and 
water oak leaves, lined with pine needles. 
639- Worm-eating Warbler. 
H elmitheros vermivorus. 
Range. — United States east of the 
Plains, breeding north to southern 
New England and Illinois; winters » 
south of our borders. 
This bird can be identified in all 
plumages by the three light buff 
and two black stripes on the crown 
and narrower black stripes through the eye. Their 
habits are similar to those of the Oven-bird, they 
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