TENNESSEE WARBLER. 
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BACHMAN’S WARBLER. 
Helminthophila bachmani. 
Char. Above, olive ; head dull ashy ; black band across crown ; fore- 
head and underparts yellow, with large patch of black on the breast ; 
yellow band on wing. Length inches. 
A'est. In a low tree. 
E^gs. 4 ; dull white, heavily wreathed around larger end with dark 
brown and spotted with lilac; 0.74 X 0.60. 
This species was first obtained a few miles from Charles- 
ton, S. C., in July 1833, by Dr. Bachman, after whom it is 
named. It appears to be a lively, active species, frequenting 
thick bushes, through which it glides after insects, or occasion- 
ally, mounting on wing, it seizes them in the air. Several 
individuals were seen in the same neighborhood. 
Nothing more was heard of this interesting bird than the little 
told by Audubon and Nuttall, until 1883, when Mr. H. B. Bailey 
described the nest and eggs from examples collected in Georgia, 
by Dr. S. W. Wilson, .somewhere between 1853 and 1865. The 
male and female secured by Dr. Bachman were the only specimens 
taken until 1886, when a third was shot by Charles S. Galbraith, 
in Louisiana, and announced by Mr. George N. Lawrence in “The 
Auk ” of January, 1887. A fourth, taken in Florida in March, 1887, 
was announced by Dr. Merriam, and during that year others were 
reported. Since then the bird has been discovered to be fairly 
common in the South Atlantic and Gulf States. 
It is described as an active, quarrelsome bird, wary and difficult 
to approach. When searching for food, its manner is suggestive of 
the Parula. It frequents both shrubbery and high trees, but shows 
a preference for the latter and for a rather thick growth. 
TENNESSEE WARBLER. 
Helminthophila peregrina. 
Char. Above, olive, brightest on rump, shading to ashy on head ; 
wings and tail dusky ; beneath, white, with faint tint of yellow ; sides tinged 
with gray. Length 4% to inches. 
A'est. On a low bush in open woodland ; made of grass, moss, and 
vegetable fibre, lined with hair. 
