.')S(i J'rocccdiiif/s of I ihVkiiki AcadcDiij of Science. 



L'OL'. Skhims \1()TA('ii,i,a (Vicillol). i.oiisia.na watkk-thrusit. (67G) 



A I'iillicr nirc suiuiiicr i-csidciit, hrccilinir nlmiii tlic liaiiks of streams or 

 aliciit wooillaiid ]Miii(ls. 



Ciinnll CiHiiiti/: Noted May C. 1.SS4. and May .'.. ISsr.. near Caindeu. A 

 nest found many years ago amoii.ir tlie roots of a largo tree that liad been 

 lilowii down, on my father's farm. 



\'i(/<t Coinilii: April 11. isss. noted: ITtli collected a male east of the 

 fair ground al Torre Haute: April 14. ISS!). and May 1. 1890, noted. 



20."!. ( )I>OHOKMS FOimOSlS (Wilson). KKXTrCKY WARBLER. (677) 



A not very common sunnuer resident. I'erh;ii)s more common in Monroe 

 and Vigo counties than in Cirroll. r.loomington. May 6, 1886 ; Jnne 4. 

 188(). ;Mr. Blatcldey found a ni'st with l;irge young. Found breeding north 

 of town in .Time. A nest with tive fresli eggs and one cowbird egg at Eel 

 KiviM- Falls. Owen County. June 1, 1889. 



204. Ol'OUOHMS AOIMS (WilsoU). (OXNECTICUT WAKBLER. (678) 



A rare spring and fall migrant. Arrives about the middle of May. 



I have few records of this bird. May 21. 1883, shot one near the Maple 

 swamp in ("ari-oll County, and noted another May 21, 1885. in same locality. 

 I have seen it also in Vigo and Monroe counties. 



205. Oporornis ruiLADELPJiiA (Wilson), mourning warbler. (679) 



A rare spring and fall migrant ; most often seen in heavy underbrush in 

 woodlands and along old fence-rows. 



I have only one record, and that is of one taken May 21, 1885, near the 

 Maple swamp in Carroll County. 



206. Geotiilypis trichas tricjias (Linnaeus). 



^FARYLAND YELLOW-TIIROAT. (681) 



One of our most common and interesting summer residents among the 

 warblers : most often seen in the low shrubbery, marsh grasses and vines 

 about creek borders and ponds and marshes. 



. Carroll Counlij: May 11. 1878, one collected: set of three fresh eggs 

 taken May 22. 1883, nest in edge of a pond on home farm, and on June 12, 

 young able to fly : May 5. 1SS5. tirst of season, a female, seen near Burling- 

 ton ; April 24. 1885. a pair noted in a thicket in CarroUton Township, first 

 df season. 



In Paikc County, found a nest with four eggs and one of the cowbird, 

 about a foot fi'oni ground in weeds in edge of a field at Bryant's Ford, eggs 

 all fresh. 



V/(/o ('(jiiiiti/: April 2S. 1888. many seen, a male collected, five miles 

 southwest of Terre Haute: May 3, a female collected three miles southeast 

 of Terre Haute on the Hunt farm. 



Monroe Coiniti/: Common; one collected April 28. 1886. 



