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DENDROICA PALMARUM PALMARUM (Gmelin) 



Western Palm Warbler 



Two were collected on Flat Top Mountain, one near Ghent, 

 October 14, and one near Flat Top, October 20. 



The Rev. E. A. Brooks ^^ records only the yellow palm warbler from 

 the State. The two listed above are typical of the western form. 



SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS (Linnaeus) 



Oven-bird 



Common and widely distributed and collected as follows: Tyler 

 Creek, April 27; Zela, May 7; Enon, May 8; Cranberry Glades, 

 June 9 and 15; 4,000 feet elevation on Cheat Alountain, 5 miles north- 

 west of Cheat Bridge, June 25; Cranberry Glades, June 9 and 15; 

 4,800 feet elevation on Spruce Knob, September 21. 



SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOVEBORACENSIS (Gmelin) 



Northern Water-thrush 



This bird was observed at 3,300 feet in the Cranberry Glades on 

 May 9. It breeds there, as three specimens, including two males and 

 a female, were secured on June 10. 



SEIURUS MOTACILLA (Vieillot) 



Louisiana Water-thrush 



Taken near Dunlow, April 23 ; 4 miles east of Huntington, April 24 ; 

 near Persinger, Nicholas County, May 16; and 5 miles east of Philippi, 

 May 29. On July 21, 1935, I recorded one near Baker City. On 

 April 19, 1936, I located a pair along a small brook running along a 

 valley on Short Mountain, near McCauley. On May 24 this stream was 

 dry, and the birds flew continually down to Lost River a short distance 

 below and then returned, apparently to secure food for their young. 



OPORORNIS FORMOSUS (Wilson) 



Kentucky Warbler 



A locally common species that was obtained at Fourteen, April 29 ; 

 at Gilboa, May 5; and near Smithville, Ritchie County, Alay 22, 

 I observed it near Lost River in the vicinity of McCauley on JVIay 24. 



OPORORNIS PHILADELPHIA (Wilson) 



Mourning Warbler 

 An adult female was taken in the Cranberry Glades on June 20. 



'9 West Virginia Encycl., 1929, p. 72. 



