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sheik and Allamakee counties. 
i78)—MnioUltci varia. BLACK AND WHITE CREEPING WARBLER. 
Common in the|wooded portions. Young and adults were obtained. Win- 
nesheik and Allamakee counties. 
{79)—HelTn'inthophilapijbus. BLUE-WINGED WARBLER. 
Not common ; frequents the moist wooded portions. Winnesheik and Al¬ 
lamakee counties. 
{80)~Heljninthophila ohrysoptera. GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. 
Rare. Only a single specimen observed in a ravine about a mile or so south 
of Fairport. This was a male in full song. I waited and watched hiTn carefully 
for some time hoping to be able to detect a nest, but in this I was dissapointed. 
Winnesheik county. 
{8D—Dendroica aestiva. YELLOW WARBLER. 
Breeds commonly in the willows along the the river. Winnesheik and Al¬ 
lamakee counties. 
{82)-—Dendr6ica rara. CERULEAN WARBLER. 
Abundant in the heavy timber along the water courses. Winnesheik and 
Ailama,kee counties. 
{83)—Seiurus auricapillus. GOLDEN CROWNED THRUSH. 
Common ; breed abundantly on the wooded hill sides. Winnesheik and Al¬ 
lamakee counties. 
{84)—Seiurus inoticilla. LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH. 
Common ; young and old were obtained. It is a pretty sight to see the 
parents lead the young at the water edge, encouraging them to enter and wade 
and calling them in when the current has proved too strong and has carried the 
fluttering chap down a little ways. Winnesheik and Allamakee counties. 
{85)—GeothtJilypis tricJias accidentalis. WERTERN MARYLAND 
YELLOW-THROAT. 
The most abundant of the Warblers. His lively which-e-ta, which-e-ta, 
wliich-e-ta, wit, was heard everywhere from the reedy marsh, as well as the 
bushy hill, and even the timber seems to furnish him a home in this region. 
Winnesheik and Allamakee counties. 
{86)—IctericL virens. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 
This master singer is quite rare in the Oneota valley, only a few were 
noted. Winnesheik and Allamakee counties. 
{87)—SetophagaTuticilla. RED START. 
Breeds abundantly in both counties. Nests were found some 30 feet from 
the ground. Winnesheik and Allamakee counties. 
