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SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOTABILIS (Ridgrway) : Grinnell's Water-thrush 



On May 9 an adult male was shot 3 miles east of Waverly. This 

 bird is typical of the western race in darker gray, less brownish dorsal 

 coloration. The wing measures 75.1 mm. 



SEIURUS MOTACILLA (Vieillot) : Louisiana Water-thrush 



Specimens were obtained at Rock Haven April 25, and 7 miles 

 east of Monticello June 9. One was taken at Bardstown on April 23, 

 1877, by C. W. Beckham. 



OPORORNIS FORMOSUS (Wilson) : Kentucky Warbler 



This handsome bird, named for the State from which these speci- 

 mens come, was taken at Hickman on May 24 and 30 and near 

 Monticello on June 9 and 15. 



GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS BRACHIDACTYLA (Swainson) : Northern Yellow-throat 



The first bird of the season was a male from 4 miles southeast of 

 Brandenburg shot on April 27. Specimens collected at Waverly on 

 May 6 and 7 and Uniontown on May 10 may have been summer 

 residents or migrants. A male and two females from near the north- 

 ern arm of Reelfoot Lake taken on May 20, 21, and 25 are to be 

 considered breeding birds, as are specimens from Monticello, June 

 15, 3,900 to 4,100 feet elevation on Black Mountain, near Lynch, 

 June 23, 24 and 30, and 5 miles northeast of Quincy, July 11 and 12. 

 The last mentioned include a juvenile bird not quite grown. Males 

 in this series have wing measurements ranging from 52.2 to 55.8 mm., 

 all but 4 being more than 54 mm. All have a definite spread of 

 yellow across the lower breast and abdomen, and all are bright green 

 above. 



In fall birds were taken at 2,800 feet on Log Mountain, near Mid- 

 dlesboro, on September 21, at Mount Vernon on October 4, and at 

 South Carrollton on October 22. These are definitely yellow below. 



All the birds seen from the State are referred to the race 

 trachidactyla as understood at present. 



ICTERIA VIRENS VIRENS (Linnaeus) : Yellow-breasted Chat 



Specimens were obtained as follows: Near Hickman, May 20 and' 

 24; Waverly, May 7 and 9; 3,900 to 4,100 feet elevation on Black- 

 Mountain, near Lynch, June 23, 24, and 29; and Belfry, Pike County,, 

 July 4. 



Two males from 4 miles southwest of Hickman, Fulton County, 

 agree with specimens from near Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee in 

 having the white of the malar region slightly more extensive than 

 those seen from elsewhere in Kentucky and Tennessee. A male takeni 



