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aide, without detecting additional specimens. Finally, April 22, while ex- 

 ploring a slough near the union of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivt rs, 1 

 met with two more males. Piloted by their song, I readily approached 

 them, but, unfortunately, lost one, badly wounded, in the impenetrable 

 cane. 



I was impressed by the absorbed manner in which this bird sings. Sit- 

 ting quietly upon a limb of some small tree, he suddenly throws back his 

 head and pours forth his notes with the utmost fervor and abandon. Dur- 

 ing his intervals of silence he remains motionless, with plumage ruffled, 

 as if completely lost in musical reverie. 



25. Helminthophaga celata, (Say) Bd. Oraxge-crowxed Warbler. 



— Only two specimens noted. My attention was attracted to the first 

 in a cluster of small oak-trees by the roadside, by his loud call-note, 

 which, to my ear, was indistinguishable from that of the Cardinal Red- 

 bird. This was on February 12. The second specimen I startled from a 

 swampy thicket, April 15. 



26. Dendrceca sestiva, (Gm.) Bd. Yellow Warbler. — Arrived 

 April 26, in song. But few seen. 



27. Dendrceca caerulescens, (L.) Bd. Black-throated Blue War- 

 bler. — A single male found singing in thick, swampy woods, April 26. 



28. Dendrceca coronata, (L.) Gr. Yellow-rumped Warbler. 



— Very numerous up to about the middle of April. Stragglers were 

 occasionally seen towards the end of the month. The males began to sing 

 on April 12. 



29. Dendrceca discolor, (Vieill.) Bd. Prairie Warbler. — Rather 

 common after March 27, frequenting the edges of swampy woods. The 

 ovary of a female dissected about the middle of April was but slightly 

 developed, and I observed no signs of nest-building during my stay. 



30. Dendrceca dominica, (L.) Bd. Yellow-throated Warbler. 



— A single male observed March 13 ; no more seen until after March 22, 

 after which they were not uncommon up to April 4. At this date all dis- 

 appeared, and for nearly three weeks none were to be found. During the 

 w r eek before my departure I met with two or three solitary males. I saw 

 no females. Although generally frequenting the dry pine woods, this bird 

 occasionally visits swampy growths of deciduous trees. 



31. Dendrceca palmarum, (Gm.) Bd. Yellow Red-poll Warbler. 



— Of irregular occurrence during the entire extent of my stay. Speci- 

 mens taken in the winter and early spring represent the newly separated 

 form hypochrysea; those taken later, the variety paknairwm. On April 13 

 the males began their simple song, and thereafter both sexes were more 

 uniformly and abundantly distributed. 



32. Dendrceca pinus, (Wils.) Bd. Pixe-creepixg Warbler. —A 

 very abundant resident. For the first three or four weeks of my stay I 

 found them exclusively in the fields, forming large flocks with Bluebirds 

 and several kinds of Sparrows ; and it was not until the latter part of 



