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Yellow Wai'bler, is rare in New England, but abun- 
dant in Southern States. 
NASHVILLE WARBLER (//. 'I'liis 
was regarded for a long' time as a very I'are bird. It 
has lately been observed as quite common in various 
portions of New England. 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WARBLER [H. mrginim).— 
This is called, also, Virgi.xia’s Warbi.ek, in honor 
of Ur. Anderson’s wife, Virginia. Dr. A. first dis- 
covered it in New Mexico, in 18.59. 
LUCY’S WARBLER (//. lucim) is a new Warbler, 
found by Dr. Cooper in California and Arizona. 
THE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER [H. celata) is 
found in the interior regions of North America. A 
.Pacific variety, H. lutescens, is common to the coast. 
TENNESSEE WARBLER (//. peregrina).— V\ns is 
regarded as having an inappropriate name, its range 
being far from the State from whence its name comes. 
In summer it is common in the New England States. 
BLUE YELLOW-BACKED WARBLER [Panda amer- 
icana ). — This is common in the Eastern States and 
west to the Mississippi, and breeds in the same 
regions. Its habits are similar to the d’itmice. 
CAPE MAY WARBLER [Ferissoglossa tigrina ). — 
This is rare, but distributed throughout the United 
States, excepting the south-western portion. It 
breeds in Cuba and in Jamaica. 
CARBONATED WARBLER [Perissoglossa carion- 
ata). — Audubon procured two specimens of this bird 
near Henderson, Ky., in 1811, and none have since 
been seen. 
YELLOW WARBLER [Bendroica osstiva ). — A very 
abundant species, and found in all parts of the 
Union, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
YELLOW-RUMP WARBLER [D. coronata) .—h\ the 
spring and fall this is very common in the Northern 
States. It breeds in the most noi'thern portions. 
AUDUBON’S WARBLER [D. axiduloni).— k^ Pacific 
Coast bird, extending to the Rocky Mountains, and 
southward to Mexico. 
THE BLACK-AND-YELLOW WARBLER [D. macu- 
losa) is common in the Eastern States, and as far 
west as the Missouri River. 'I’he Cerulean Warbler 
[D. cerulea) is an easteim species. 'I'he Blackburn- 
ian Warbler is the most beautiful of all the species. 
It is rare in the east, though it has been seen to 
breed there. Verrill says it breeds in iMaine. IVil- 
son says: “It is an active, silent bird.” Audubon 
differs in his account. He says: “It has a very 
sweet song of five or six notes, much louder than 
seems possil)le for so small a bird.” 
THE YELLOW-THROATED GRAY WARBLER [D. 
dominica) is very little known in the Northei'ii 
Htates. 
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER [D. pennsylvanica). 
— This pretty bird is found in the Eastern Province 
of the United States, in the Bahamas, and as far 
south as Costa Rica. It breeds in Massachusetts 
and northward. It is quite common in Eastern 
Massachusetts. Wilson and other early naturalists 
knew but little of the species. Its nest is often 
found in the barberry-bushes of the Eastern States. 
D. graciae, the ArizonaW arbiter, is a western species. 
BLACK-POLL WARBLER [D. striata).— 'V\\e range 
of this warbler is li'oin the .Eastern Province of all 
North America to the Arctic Ocean. It is found in 
Cuba and the Bahamas in winter. Its late arrival 
in the Eastern States earns for it the title “ harbinger 
of summer.” It is abundant, but is not known west 
of the Great Plains. 
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER [D. castanea).—'VW\s, is 
a rai'e bird in New England, and. indeed, everywhere 
so, though distril)uted from the Atlantic to the Great 
Plains, and from Hudson's Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. 
Verrill and Boardman recognize it in Maine. 
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER [D. cccndes- 
cens). — 'I’his is an inhabitant during the warmer 
months of the Eastern Province, and in winter of 
Cuba, Jamaica and Bahamas. “ They often utter a 
faint, drawling xoeesy, weesy. and occasionally a louder 
chirp, or eliink. like that of the Nashville Warbler.” 
— Samuels. 
OLIVE-HEADED WARBLER [B. olivacea) is a native 
of Mexico and Guatemala ; but very little is known 
of its habits. 
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER [B. nigres- 
cens). — Inhabits the AVestern and Middle Provinces 
of the United States, and is migratory to Mexico. 
YELLOW-CHEEKED WARBLER (B. chrysopareia). 
— This is a newly-desciibed bird, and is admitted to 
our Fauna on the authority of Dr, Heeinianu, who 
found one in Texas. 
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (B. virens). 
— A beautiful species, common in the Northern 
States. “Its song is like the syllables ta-tee-te. 
it-td-tee, uttered in a plaintive tone. It is peculiar,, 
and cannot be confounded with that of any other 
AVarblerin New England.” — Samuels. 
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER [B. Habi- 
tat. Western Province of the United States, north to 
Sitka, and migratory to Mexico and Guatemala. Rare. 
WESTERN WARBLER [B. oceidentalis). — ’V\\Q 
range of habitat of this bird is much the same as 
that of the preceding. Ridgway met it in the East 
Humboldt Mountains, and records its note as “ a 
lisped pzeet.” 
PINE-CREEPING WARBLER [B. 'I’his is 
a very early visitor, often arriving north before the 
wintry weather has ceased. “They are, in the 
summer, almost always observed in the pine-groves, 
actively traversing the limbs and branches, some- 
times with the movement of the Creepers and Tit- 
mice, and at others like the AVarblers, and often 
seizing insects on wing, like the Fly-catchers.” 
BLUE MOUNTAIN WARBLER [B. montana).— V\\e 
habitat of this species is given as : “ Blue Mountains 
of Virginia.” It is only known through the descrip- 
tions of AVilson, Audubon and A^ieillot. Its song is 
said to be a single screep ! three or four times repeated. 
KIRTLAND’S WARBLER [B. Northern 
Ohio and the Ilahamas are the localities given as the 
habitat of this bird. It is regarded as one of the 
rarest of American birds. Only three or four speci- 
mens have been obtained : one, the type specimen, 
in the Smithsonian Institute; and a second was cap- 
tured by Dr. Cabot at sea, near Cuba. 
