Tennessee Warbler (Helminthophaga peregrina). As usual, very numerous for several days, arriving May 7.
Nashville Warbler (Helminthophaga ruficapilla).—Rather rare during the middle portion of May, arriving about the 6th.
Cape May Warbler (Perissoglossa tigrina). Probably not uncommon, four specimens being obtained, all shot from the top branches of tall trees, and not recognized until after being shot.
Black-and-yellow Warbler (Dendrœca maculosa).—Much the most abundant of the migratory species.
Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendrœca castanea).—Rather common for a few days.
Blue Warbler (Dendrœca cærulea).—Very abundant summer resident, first noticed about the 25th of April. Diligent search failed to discover a single nest, though pairs evidently having nests were met with on every hand through the woods.
Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendrœca dominica albilora).—Unaccountably rare, only two having been obtained, and one or two others heard. I am at a loss to account for the scarcity of this species, unless it be the rarity of sycamore (Platanus) trees in the locality under consideration.
Since there is evidently a general misapprehension of the characters distinguishing this race from true D. dominica, it may be as well to state here that the latter is larger, with a constantly and very decidedly longer bill, while the yellow over the lores is never absent. Var. albilora frequently has the yellow over the lores almost as distinct as in typical dominica, but the bill is always much smaller, and somewhat differently shaped.
Pine-creeping Warbler (Dendrœca pinus).—Rather rare.
Prairie Warbler (Dendrœca discolor).—Heard singing among the bushes in an old field on the day of my arrival, and frequently afterward.