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Genus Anthus. Titlark. Winter resident, frequent; gregarious; insectivorous; mostly affects plowed and bare fields on the margin of waters where it seeks varimis insects, seeds, etc.
Genus Dfniotilta. Black and white creeper. Migratory, frequent; insectivorous. It lives principally on small ants and their larvEe, which it mostly gleans from the rough bark of' orchard and forest trees.
Genus Parula. Blue yellow-backed warbler. Migra tory, frequent; insectivorous; somewhat of a creeper; very active and useful in destroying small ftusects during the opening bloom of spring.
Genus Protonotaria. Prothonotary warbler. Summer resident, extremely rare; insectivorous ; feeds on small insects, worms, caterpillars, etc.
Genus Geothlynis. Maryland yellow throat. Summer resident, frequent; insectivorous. Lives secluded in thickets and course tangled grass near streams where it feeds on small insects. Caterpillars and spiders form its principal food.—IVIourning warbler. Summer resident, extremely rare ; insectivorons; habits resemble the former.
Genus Oporornis. Connecticut warbler. Migratory, very rare; insectivorous. Audubon saw them chasing a species of spider which runs nimbly over the water, and which they caught by gliding over it.—Michener's war bler. Migratory, very rare; insectivorous; affect. mar gins of woods, thickets, and old fences; keeps near the ground when seeking insects. — Kentucky warbler. Migratory, very rare north of Maryland; insectivorous. This species destroy great numbers of spiders. All the species are active insect bunters, and affect the woods and neighboring fields, orchards, and gardens.
Genus /oteria. Yellow-breasted chat. Summer resident, frequent; insectivorous; affects thickets, near water, anof feeds on shelly-winged beetles, sometimes on berries and seeds.
Worm-eating warbler. Migratory, or very rare in summer; insectivorous. They are very active and indefatigable insect hunters.
Genus Heintinthophaga. Blue-winged yellow warbler. Summer resident, rare, and very secluded; insectivorous. They feed on tl.e eggs and larvie of various insects, as well as flies, caterpillars, ants, aud coleoptera.—Gulden-winged warbler. Migratory, quite rare; insectivorous. This scarce bird is only seen in spring, yvtien it frequents the tops of forest trees, and collects its food among the leases and branches.- Nashville warbler. Summer resident, very rare; insectivorous. Its food consists of insects and larvie, which it procures by searching actively and dili gently among the leaves and buds of low trees.—Tennessee warbler. Migratory, very rare; insectivorous; an expert -catcher of flies.
Genus Seiurus. Golden-crowned thrash. Summer resident, common in woods; insectivorous. Feeds vvholly on insects and their laryce, particularly small coleopterous kinds, aud ants collected on the ground.—Water thrush. Migratory, frequent in marshy thicketsi insectivorous. Feeds on such insects and their larvae as inhabit mushy localities.—Large-billed water thrush. Migratory, more rare than the last; insectivorous. Very closely resembles the preceding species in appearance and habits. Genns Dendroica. Black-throated green warbler. Mi gratory, rather rare; insectivorous. May be occasionally seen for an hour at a time caref ully and actively searching for small caterpillars and winged insects amidst the white blossoms of tue shady apple tree.—Black-throated blue
warbler. Migratory, rare; insectivorous. An expert catcher of files.—Yellow-rurnped warbler. Migratory, abundant; insectivorous. Feeds on iusects, etc.; is expert in catching flies, and is a great devourer of cater pillars.—Blackhurnian warbler. Migratory, rather rare; insectivorous. An exceediugly nimble insect-hunter, keeping toward the tops of trees. —Bay-breasted warbler. Migratory, quite rare; insectivorous. Sometimes seen searehoig for insects along fences, etc.—Chestnut-sided warbler. Migratory, frequent; insectivorous. In the spring they are generally restless, and intently engaged in tne chase of insects amidst 'the blossoms and tender leaves.—Blue warbler. Migratory, quite rare ; insectiv orous. Feeds principally on insects and theu. larva— Black-poll warbler. Migratory, frequent; insectivorous. An active fly-catcher.--Yellow warbler. Summer resi dent, frequent; insectivorons. Feeds on the smaller insects, and a variety of small larym and caterpillars.— Nuttall rernarks: It is amusing to observe the sagacity of this little bird in disposing of the egg of the vagrant cow -troopial (genus cassicus). The egg being deposited before the laying of the rightful tenant, and too huge for eject ment, it is ingeniously incarcerated in the bottom of the nest, aud a uew lining placed above it, so that it is never hatched, to prove the dragon of the brood.—Black and yellow warbler. Migratory, common; insectivorous. Very E1CliNe in searching for their insect and larv food.— .Cape May warbler. Migratory, extremely rare; insectiv orous. Feeds on insect food, brit its habits are little known.—Yellow red-poll warbler. bl'gratory, rare in swampy thickets; insectivorous. Industrious insect eater.— Prairie warbler. Migratory, rare: found in open woods; insectivorous. Feeds on caterpillars and flies.
Genus ifyiofioetes. Hooded warbler. Summer resi dent; very rare so far north, insectivorous. It flies swiftly after its insect prey, securing the greater part of it on the wing.—Green Black-capped warbler. Summer resident, very rare; insectivorous. It has all tbe habits of a true fly-catcher, feeding on small insects, which it catches entirely on the wing.—Canada warbler. Migra tory, or suinmer r. sident, frequent; insectivorous. A truly insecteatchieg species. Audubon says: I found it breed ing in the pine forest.
Genus Setoghaga. American redstart. Migratory, common in dense woods; insectivorous. He is no pen sioner on the bounty of man. He does not wait the acci dental approach of hie insect prey, but, carrying the war among them, he is seen flittingfrom bough to bough, or at times pursuing the flying troop of insects from the top of the tallest tree, in a zig-zag, hawk-like manner to the ground .
Genus Pyranga. Scarlet tansger. Summer resident, frequent in woods; omnivorous. Its food consists chiefly of vvinged iturects, wasps, hornets, and vvild bees, as well as smaller kinds of beetles. and other shell}, tribes. He rarely visite the cc chard and tastes tbe early and inviting, though forbidden eherriee.—Surnmer redbird. Summer resident, rare; omnivorous. Habits very similar. Both species become more fructivorous in autumn.