_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.
Washington, quite common S.R., Apl. 28-Sept. 15.
Ossining, common S.R., May 7-Aug. 23. Cambridge,
A.V., one instance, Sept.
Comparatively few bird students can claim close acquaintance with this
slow-moving, dull-colored bird who lives on or near the ground, usually
in dry woodlands. Its song, resembling that of the Chipping Sparrow,
will attract only an attentive ear, while its local distribution further
prevents it from being more commonly known. It nests on the ground, the
white, brown-marked eggs being laid in May.