. Birds of Michigan. Birds. Black and White Creeper, natural size. 270-636-(91, 92). Mniotilta varia (Linn.). Black and White Warbler; Black AND White Creeper. Throughout the lower Peninsula at least; common; rare in some localities; a pair .taken at college by A. B. Cook, May ; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); breeds; "not observed nesting at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B, Steere); "not common but breeds in Monroe County and always on the ground" (Jerome Trombley); "Dennis Nolan found a nest under a log in Kalamazoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "never fo
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. Black and White Creeper, natural size. 270-636-(91, 92). Mniotilta varia (Linn.). Black and White Warbler; Black AND White Creeper. Throughout the lower Peninsula at least; common; rare in some localities; a pair .taken at college by A. B. Cook, May ; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); breeds; "not observed nesting at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B, Steere); "not common but breeds in Monroe County and always on the ground" (Jerome Trombley); "Dennis Nolan found a nest under a log in Kalamazoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "never found a nest at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); "found one nest in Wayne County" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); nests in May, usually on the ground, under logs, very rarely in hollow trees; eggs four or five, white with yellowish tinge, and specked with brown, most of the brown is in the form of a wreath around the large end; eats insects and insects' eggs; very bene- ficial. This bird reminds us of the Creepers and Titmice, in its climbing along branches in (luest of insects. Genus PROTON OTARIA Baihd. 271-637"(95). Protoiiotaria eitrea {Bodd.). * Prothonotary Warbler; Golden Swamp Warbler; Willow Warbler. Rare at Lansing; "abundant the last few years in Southwestern Michigan" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "rare along Kalamazoo river in Allegan County" (S. E. White); "Lenawee County" (A. H. Boies); "has not been observed in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); breeds; found breeding in Michigan, latitude 42° north, by K. R. Willhelm; nests in June, in holes in trees, stumps etc.; "always nests near water, usually over it" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "at St. Joseph" (Butlei''s Birds of Indiana); "not rare in Cass County, found in swamps and thickets" (Prof. J. W. Simmons). For interesting account of its migration routes, see " Notes on the range of the Prothona- tory Warbler in Indiana," by Amos W. Butler. O. and O., March.
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