316 woon \vanniacns. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This comparatively rare, retiring Warbler may be found on dry 
     
     wooded slopes, hillsides, and ravines, gene ally where there is a ‘ather 
     
     dense. tilalergrowlh, but occasionally where the ground is quite clear 
     
     and open. It lives on or 11 tar the ground, and in its slow, deliberate 
     
     actions resembles a Vireo more than the usually active Warblers. Its 
     
     call-note is a sharp chip, while its song, as all observer.‘ agree, closely 
     
     resembles that of the Chipping Sparrow, but. is somewhat weaker. 
     
    
   
   
    
     640. Helminthophila. bachmani ( ‘1H11).BA('II\IANIS W 112111.131. 
     
     111.6.77Iotehe1d \ellow, bordered bv a black pateh on the eiown; back of 
     
     the he: 1d bluish gr.1\ ; baek and rump bright oli\e e~g1ee11 , lesstr wing-coverts 
     
     yelIow , tail giay ish, all but the middle feathers with white patches on their 
     
     inner web near the tips; throat and belly yellow, 11 large black pateh 011 the 
     
     breast. All. 9 .——(‘rown gravish; forehead yellowish; baek, wings, and tail 
     
     as in the a ; under parts whitish. washed with yellow on the thioaL and breast; 
     
     bend ot‘tbe wing yellow. I..,A1‘ “K, 24'); T., 1‘50; I) troni \. ., 32. 
     
    

    
     JL’(II/_I/IU.!SOI|[IICHSU‘I'H I'nited States, west to New Orleans, north to South 
     
     Carolina; south in winter to Cuba, and probably L'eutraI Ameri '11; accidental 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     “Jest, in low trees. [Jog/s. four,“ dull grayish white, heavily blotehed 
     
     with umber in the form of a broken band about the larger end, a few spots 
     
     and specks of the saute rolor, and numerous irregular. obseure lavender mark— 
     
     ings are distributed over the remaining snrfaee it x it”. illeseribed from 
     
     onlv known speeinien eolleeted bv ])r S W \\ ilson on \'t. \'inion‘s Island, 
     
     tieorgia,Apiil;30,153-1, see Baiie\, Iiull. \11.tt ()111. ( l‘ub, \iii, 11553,}1. :38.) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Baehman’s Warbler was described by Audubon froma pair of birds 
     
     taken by Dr. Iiaehntan at. Charleston. South ('arolina. in July, 1833. 
     
     Seve 'al speeimens were subsequently taken in the West. Indies during 
     
     the winter, but over fifty years passed before. the species was again 
     
     found in the United States. It proves now to be a common bird in 
     
     parts of its range, and has been found in large numbers near New 
     
     ()rl’ans, and on the Suwanee River in Florida in March and April, 
     
     and at Key \Vest in late July and August. At: eaeh of these places, 
     
     however, it has been observed only as a migrant, and its breeding 
     
     home is still unknown. 
     
    

    
     Mr. lirewste' and myself had ext-ellent opportunities to study its 
     
     habits on the Suwanee River, and in The Auk for 1891, pp. 149—157, 
     
     will be found a detailed aeeount of our observations written by Mr. 
     
     Brewster. It \‘as 111igrating with other Warblers, and kept to the 
     
     tops of the highest trees. It is not improbable. however. that; when 
     
     in its breeding haunts it may prove to be a low- 'anging bird like most 
     
     of the members of this genus. lls movements were. rather leisurely, 
     
     and resembled those of I]. pizzas or II. ce/az‘a. Its song, which only 
     
     Mr. Brewster was fortunate enough to hear, is deseribed by him as 
     
     resembling the song of the Panda “'arbler.