Notes on the Hirds. 385 



as well us the ix'oords, biinicd up in Ilic tire n)" Miirdi 8, 1888. 1 liavi- no 

 record for Mouroe Oounty. 



198. DeNDKOICA I'ALNr.\K(M I'ALMAItr.M ((Jiueliu). I'ALM WARBLER. (G72) 



Migrant: Tiuich more coinnion in spring than in the fall. Most frequent 

 along fence-rows, near and on the ground. 



Carroll County: Several seen and a few collected in the Deer Creek bot- 

 toms east of Camden, April lil, 1885. Among the places where I remember 

 to have seen the.se interesting little birds in unusual numbers is along the 

 road east of Camden just where it comes down to the creek above the old 

 Dillen farm. I remember on one occasion (probably in April) there were 

 a score or more along the fence and even out in the road. On another occa- 

 sion many were seen along tlie road fron'i Camden to Delphi at the old 

 Hragunier farm. 



Viyi) County: April I.M. ISSS, one .^een : April :\{\. ISiMI, two males collected 

 at Sand Hill : .May 1, four males and one female collected at tlie r)-mile pond 

 north of Terre Haute. 



Monroe County: Not common ; one taken May 6, 1886. 



199. Dendroica discolor (Vieillot). i'kairie warbi.er. (673) 



One specimen taken in Monroe County. April L'(i. J8S.~). by the late Charles 

 H. Bollman. 



200. Seiuuus aurocapilltts (Linnanis). oven-bird. (674) 



A common summer resident ; frequenting the deep woods where its loud 

 ringing note may be heard on any quiet day during spring and early sum- 

 mer. The Oven-bird is one of the frequent victims of the parasitic habits 

 of the cowbird. (Jn May 28. 1883. a nest with full complement of Oven- 

 bird eggs and two I'ggs of the cowbird was found by Vern P.eck, near Bur- 

 lington. Incubation was well advanced in all. 



On May 23, I8i>(). I found an Oven-bird's nest at Turkey Run, Parke Coun- 

 ty, which contained 2 cowbird eggs in which incubation had begun, but there 

 were no Oven-bird eggs. Noted in Carroll County May 4, 1885, and on many 

 other occasions. Noted in Vigo County April 25 and May 3, 1888, three 

 miles southeast of Terre Haute; and May 10, 1890, a male collected at 

 Honey Creek south of Terre Haute. Common in Monroe Coimty ; noted 

 April 24, 1886, near Bloomington. 



201. Seuris novehoracensis .noveboracensis ((Jniflin). 



WATER-THRU-SH. (675) 



A rather infrequent spring and fiill migrant: most often seen along the 

 .streams. May 5 and 12, 1888, seen near Terre Haute; a male collected at 

 Sand Hill on 12th and a female on l.">th at the same place. It occurs also 

 in Monroe County. 



