Glen Ellyn, common T.V., Apl. 28-May 28; Aug.
11-Sept. 27. SE. Minn., common T.V., uncommon
S.R., Apl. 23-Oct. 12.

This species and the three Nuthatches are our only birds that creep down
as well as up; but the Nuthatches wear no body stripes and are otherwise
too unlike the Creeper to be confused with him. The Downy Woodpecker
'hitches' himself upward advancing by jerks; the Brown Creeper, true to
its name, _creeps_. The nest is built on the ground and the white,
brown-marked eggs are laid in April in the South, in May in the North.

PROTHONOTARY WARBLER

_Protonotaria citrea. Case 5, Fig. 29_

The female is duller than the male, but is too
like him to be mistaken for the mate of any other
Warbler, while he is in a class by himself. L.
5-1/2.

_Range._ Nests from Florida to Delaware and
southeastern Minnesota; winters in the tropics.

Washington, of irregular occurrence in May. N.
Ohio, one record, May 9. Glen Ellyn, rare, spring
only, May 13-15. SE. Minn., common S.R., of
Mississippi bottoms, May 7-Aug. 16.

No description or illustration prepares one for the gleaming beauty of
the Golden Swamp Warbler. Cypress swamps or willow-bordered sloughs,
where it may nest in the opening in old stubs, are its chosen haunts,
and in such places it is sometimes found in numbers. The white eggs,
thickly marked with brown, are laid in May.

SWAINSON'S WARBLER

_Helinaia swainsoni. Case 5, Fig. 28_

No wing-bars, plain brown above, white below. L.
5.

_Range._ In summer from Florida and Louisiana
north to southern Illinois and southeastern
Virginia; winters in the tropics.

Comparatively few bird students have seen this retiring Warbler in its
haunts. "Water, tangled thickets, patches of cane, and a rank growth of
semi-aquatic plants," Brewster states, seem indispensable to its
existence. Its song in general effect, the same writer says, recalls
that of the Northern Water-Thrush. The nest is built in bushes, canes,
etc., and the white eggs are laid in May.

WORM-EATING WARBLER

_Helmitheros vermivorus. Case 7, Fig. 31_

Head striped with black and buff; body unstreaked,
no wing-bars. L. 5-1/2.

_Range._ Nests from South Carolina and Missouri to
Connecticut and Iowa; winters in the tropics.