. Birds of Michigan. Birds. 112 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. Genus COMPSOTHLYPIS Cab. 278-648(93). Coinpsothlypis americaua [Linn.). *Parula Warbler; Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. Rare; May and June; "Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties'" (); "Mack- inac Island" (S. E. White); occasionally breeds; nests in June, in trees, "often in a bunch of lichens" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); nest elaborate; eggs four to five, white with yellowish tinge and specked with brown. " Never found a nest at Plymouth"' (J. B. Purdy); "this bird is a transient in Monroe Co
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. 112 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. Genus COMPSOTHLYPIS Cab. 278-648(93). Coinpsothlypis americaua [Linn.). *Parula Warbler; Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. Rare; May and June; "Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties'" (); "Mack- inac Island" (S. E. White); occasionally breeds; nests in June, in trees, "often in a bunch of lichens" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); nest elaborate; eggs four to five, white with yellowish tinge and specked with brown. " Never found a nest at Plymouth"' (J. B. Purdy); "this bird is a transient in Monroe County, where it is becoming very rare " (Jerome Trombley). Gencs DENDROICA Gray. 279-650 (126). Deudroica tig-rina (GmeL). Cape May Warbler. Not rare in spring and autumn; ''common in Kent County in spring migrations, not rare in autumn; migrant; frequents the orchards and pines" (S. E. White); "see them every year in Keftt County from May 7 to May 15, have killed fifteen in one day " (Dudley E. Waters); I have it reported from Thunder Bay Island; " Lenawee County " (A. H. Boies); "Monroe County, very rare, only two seen" (Jerome Trombley); " Mack- inac Island " (S. E. White); in Cabot's list of Birds of Lake Superior; " known to breed near Green Bay, Wisconsin" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). 280-652-(lll part). Dendroica aestiva {GmeL). * Yellow Warbler; Yellow Bird; Summer Yellow Bird. Our most common resident warbler; April and May to August and Septem- ber; taken at college by A. B. Cook, May 10, 1893, who finds it common; "not observed in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "Mackinac Island" (S. ); " taken at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; nests in May, in thick foliage, in bushes or small trees, especially in willows along streams; nests exquisite; eggs four, occasionally five, yellowish white or greenish gray, specked with brown; J. B. Pur
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