TENNESSEE WARBLER 245, 
eges are four to six in number, measuring about .65 by 47. “ They have 
a clear white ground, marked with spots and blotches of reddish-brown 
and fainter markings of purplish slate.” : 
HELMINTHOPHAGA PEREGRINA (Wils.) Cab. 
"Pennessee Warbler. 
Sylvia peregrina, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 163, 1%2. 
Vermivora peregrina, READ, Proc. Phila Acad Nat. Sei., vi, 1853, 395 
Helminthophaga peregrina, BATRD, P. R. R. Rep. ix, 1858, 259.—Whearon, Food of Birds, 
éte , Ohio Agric Rep. for 1874, 1875, 563; Reprint, 3.—LANGDON, Cat Birds of Cin., 
1877, 5; Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat Hist., i, 1878, 112; Reprint, 3; Revised List, Journ. 
Cin, Su. Naf. Hist., ty Wel), Well ¢ Reprint, D. 
Helminthophaga peregina (error), WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 363: Re- 
print, 5. 
Sylvia peregrina, WILSON, Am. Orn., iii, 1811, 83. 
Vermivora peregrina, BONAPARTS, Geog. and Comp. List, 1833, 21. 
Helminthophaga peregrina, CABANIS, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 20. 
Olive green, brighter behind, but never quite yellow on the tail coverts, more or less 
ashy towards and on the head ; no crown patch ; below white, often glossed with yellowish 
but never quite yellow; a ring round tle eye, ail d superciliary line, whitish, frequently 
an obscure whitish spot on outer tail feathers; lores dusky; in the female and young 
the olivaceous glosses the who!e upper parts Length 44-14; wing about 22; tail 2 or less. 
This comparative length of wing and tail, with other characters, probably a ae dis- 
tinguishes this species from the foregoing. 
Habitat, Eastern North America. 
Rare and irregular migrant in spring, abundant and regular in the 
fall. The. Tennessee Warbler, so named by Wilson from the place 
where he discovered it, as was also the Nashville Warbler, appears in 
spring about the middle of May and frequents woodlands and orchards. 
At this time I have heard them sing a singularly sharp, rather squeaky 
warble, less loud and more varied than the song of the Orange-crowned 
Warbler. They return early in September and remain during that 
month and part of October. At this time they frequent sparse woodland 
on the banks of streams and high weeds in upland woods. Usually they 
are associated with the Nashville Warbler and Green Black-cap Flycatcher. 
The nest and eggs of thisspecies have been taken in Massachusetis and 
northward. There seems to be no characteristic difference between them’ 
and thos» of other members of the genus. 
Two other members of this genus have, within a few years, been discovered in the 
Eastern States, and may be looked for in Ohio. They are— 
HELMINTHOPHAGA LEUCOBRONCHIALIS. Brewster. WHITE-THROATED WARBLER. 
- Adult male; summer plumage. Crown, bright yellow, slightly tinged with olive on 
the occiput. Greater and middle wing coverts, yellow, not so bright as the crown, 
Superciliary line, cheeks, throat, and entire under parts silky white, with a slight 
