324 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



300-(i7o-(13(>). Seiurns iioveboracensis (Gmel). * Water Thrush; Small-billed 

 Water Thrush; Water Wagtail. 

 Rare; migrant; April and May; "rare transient in Kalamazoo Co." (Dr. M. 

 Gibbs); " Port Sanilac, rare " (W. A. Oldfield); " very rare in Kent Co., one taken 

 May 9, 1891" (S. E. White); '-one taken August 29. 1888. at Heisterman's 

 Island" (N. A. Eddy); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "taken in Hillsdale 

 Co." (A. H. Boies); "rare in Monroe Co."' (Jerome Trombley); frequents dense 

 thickets in swamps; -'breeds in Northern Indiana where it is a rare summer 

 resident" (A. W. Butler); nests in June, among roots of turned up trees, in 

 marshes or under stumps, logs, etc.; eggs four to six. delicate cream, densely 

 specked with reddish brown. 



301-()7B-(138). Seiurns motacilla [Vieill.). * Louisiana Water Thrush; L,\rge- 

 billed Wagtail Warbler. 

 Not uncommon, especially in the southern part of the state; April to August; 

 "common in Kalamazoo Co." (Dr. M. Gibbs); "rather common summer resident 

 in Wayne Co." (E. W. Durfee); " very common in Kent Co." (S. E. White); 

 breeds; nests on the ground, under logs, or as in the pi-eceding species; eggs 

 as in the preceding. Mr. Jerome Trombley writes me that this is the common 

 •' Water Thrush " of Monroe Co. 



Genus GEOTHLYPIS Cab. 



Kentucky Warbler, natural size. 



302-()7 7-(140). (Trcollilypis tormosa {Wits.). * Kentucky Warbler. 



Exceedingly rare; Dr. Atkins reports taking one specimen June 24. 1878: Dr. 

 M. Gibbs reports one specimen taken by him in Kalamazoo Co. 



303-e78-(13})). Geothlyjus agilis {Wils). * Connecticut Warbler. 



Exceedingly rare, but becoming more common; "one of our rarest Warblers" 

 (Dr. M. Gibbs); May and June; migrant; " first taken May, 1879, in Kalamazoo, 

 Washtenaw. Ottawa and Ingham Counties within a week " (Dr. M. Gibbs); " two 

 taken at Heisterman's Island September 2. 1889" (N. A. Eddy); "one taken 

 August .30, 1889, and the same date in 1890, at Mackinac Island, and one taken 

 a week later in Kent Co." (S. E. White); Mr. Charles W. Gunn reports one 

 from Ingham and one from Ottawa Co. (Bull. Nuttall Ornithological Club. Vol. 

 IV. p. 12.3); this is one of the latest Warblers to arrive in the spring. 



304-(>7« (142). (ieotlil.vpis pliila<lelpliia {Wils.). ^Mourning Warbler. 



Occasionally quite common; May to August; "Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties" 

 (A. H. Boies); "have taken one at Port Sanilac" (W. A. Oldfield); "migrant at 



