NOTES ON BIRDS OF KENTUCKY — WETMORE 559 



DENDROICA CASTANEA (Wilson) : Bay-breasted Warbler 



Over the higher slopes of Log Mountain, near Middlesboro, these 

 birds were abundant from September 19 to 22, three being taken. 

 There is also one collected on September 15, 1880, at Bardstown by 

 C. W. Beckham. 



DENDROICA STRIATA (Forster): Black-poll Warbler 



The black-poll was seen at Uniontown on May 13, and specimens 

 were taken at Corydon on May 14 and Waverly on May 16. One was 

 shot at Bardstown on May 8, 1882, by C. W. Beckham. 



DENDROICA PINUS PINUS (Wilson) : Northern Pine Warbler 



An adult male was taken 3 miles south of Coopersville on June 6, 

 and others w^ere seen in the region east of Monticello on June 9 and 10. 



DENDROICA DISCOLOR DISCOLOR (Linnaeas) : Northern Prairie Warbler 



The first arrivals from the south were recorded 5 miles northwest 

 of Brandenburg on April 22, when male and female were taken. 

 Males were shot subsequently at Monticello on June 15 and near Stearns 

 on June 16. In fall one was collected near Middlesboro on Sep- 

 tember 28. There is also a specimen in the Museum from Bardstown 

 taken on April 26, 1882, by C. W. Beckham. 



DENDROICA PALMARUM PALMARUM (Gmelin) : Western Palm Warbler 



In spring the bird was noted only at Waverly, where a female was 

 shot on May 6. In fall three specimens were taken on Log Mountain, 

 west of Middlesboro, at elevations of 2,800 to 2,900 feet on September 

 21 and 22, and one near the town of Middlesboro on September 29. 

 Subsequently, two were secured 6 miles west of Burlington on 

 October 10. 



SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS (Linnaeus) : Ovenbird 



The present species was collected during the breeding season at 

 Coopersville on June 6, Rocky Branch on June 7, and 4,000 feet eleva- 

 tion on Black Mountain, near Lynch, on June 28. From September 

 21 to 27 these birds were common over the slopes of Log Mountain, west 

 of Middlesboro. There is also a specimen in the Museum from the 

 Edward J. Brown collection taken at Louisville September 4, 1884, 

 by William Palmer. 



SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOVEBORACENSIS (Gmelin): Northern Water-thrush 



An adult female taken at Uniontown on May 10 belongs to the east- 

 ern form as shown by its brownish dorsal color and small size (wing 

 69 mm.). A w^ater-thrush of undetermined race was seen at Middles- 

 boro on September 28. 



