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not resemble that of 0113- other hird I have ever heard. Dr. F. VV. 

 Hall shot a pair in jMaltby Park (near New Haven) June 10th, 1S74; 

 tlu-y had eA'idently bred there. W. R. Nichols and Thos. B. Osborne 

 saw several specimens on the '2d of May, one of which they secured ; 

 and on the loth I saw still another. T am informed by INIr. J. N. 

 Clark, of Saybrook, that a favorite site for their nests is amoni>- the 

 upturned roots of a fallen tree. 



In writing of the habits of this species in West Virginia, Mr* 

 Brewster says: " While the northern Water Thrush [«S'. ncp.irhiii] was 

 confined to the muddy banks of the creek — and I will remark en 

 pasi^ant that I never saw one other than in a mixddy locality — this 

 species seemed to delight in the pel)bly streams of the hills ; just such 

 streams as in the New England mountains would be called good 

 trout brooks, overshadowed l>y mighty forest trees, frequently choked 

 u]) by fallen logs, and abounding in beautiful cascades, still, deep 

 pools, and w^ild rocky ravines. In the deepest, darkest retreats you 

 were most likely to find him, and here, on several occasions, 1 was 

 fortunate enough to hear his song. It is somewhat like that of S. 

 Noiiehordcensis \^S. turvius], being quite as loud, almost as rapid, and 

 commencing in nearly the same way, but lacking the beautiful cres- 

 cendo termination, and, altogether, a less fine performance. Repre- 

 sented by words, it would be nearly as follows : ^:)S'3^^r,/>.se?Ar, ^:)e>'s^e.ser. 

 This is usually uttered several times in succession from some shelving 

 rock, or fvllen log overhanging the stream ; the bird in the inter- 

 vals between each repetition tilting its body incessantly, and looking 

 nervously about as if he didn't half like your appearance and had a 

 good mind to be oif, and this expression, in the majority of cases, 

 soon finds vent in action, for he is a very shy little fellow the moment 

 he begins to suspect that he is wanted to grace your cabinet. Come 

 upon him suddenly, liowever, as he is running nirablj^ along the mar- 

 gin of some quiet ])Ool or ripjiling eddy, and at times he will seem to 

 ]>ay little regnrd to your ])resence, and you may have a fine (rhance 

 to observe his motions and sandpiper-like ways, as he wades knee 

 deep into the water, or splashes through it in hot juirsuit of some 

 aquatic insects."* 



50. Oporornis agilis (Wilson) Baird. Connecticut Warbler. 



A rai-e spring and autumn migrant. The only specimen that I have 

 ever seen alive was a female, which I shot near New Haven, Oct. 2d 



* Annnls Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. xi, pp. 13G-.''.7. .June, 187.5. 



