_Vermivora bachmani. Case 5, Figs. 20, 21_
All but the central pair of feathers with white
spots near the end; no wing-bars; size small, the
bill sharply pointed and slightly decurved. L.
4-1/2.
_Range._ In summer known from Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Arkansas and
Missouri; in winter recorded only from Cuba.
When migrating, this little-known species associates with other bird
travelers and may be found high or low. When nesting, it frequents
swampy woods and, although it usually sings from the tree-tops, it
builds in bushes within a few feet of the ground, laying 3-4 white eggs
in the latter half of April or in May. Its song has been compared to
that of both the Parula Warbler and the Chipping Sparrow.