174 Brown on Birds observed at Coosada, Alabama. 



February that they frequented the woods commonly. The females de- 

 posited their eggs about the last of March, judging from the appearance 

 of specimens dissected at that time. Young were flying generally by 

 April 27. 



Throughout the six weeks of winter which I Bpent at Coosada the Pine 

 Warblers were uninterruptedly tuneful. No other winter birds sang so 

 continuously ; oven the Carolina Wrens and Tufted Titmice were often 

 chilled into silence on raw, sunless days in February ; but, however cold 

 (and midwinter in Alabama is much less tropical than is popularly sup- 

 posed, frost often crusting the ground, and ice skimming ponds and slug- 

 gish streams), I never failed to hear the notes of these indefatigable little 

 iters. 



33. Siurus motacilla, (Yieill.) Coues. Large-billed Water 

 Thrush. — Abundant after March 13, in swampy localities. 



34. Oporornis formosus, (Wils.)Bd. Kentucky Wabbler. — Arrived 

 April 9, and soon became common, frequenting the same places as the pre- 

 ceding species. I did not find them the active bird they have generally 

 been described, but rather leisurely in their movements. Nor do they, 

 as has been asserted, always walk when upon the ground, but frequently 

 move about by the hopping, or rather jumping, motion common to most 

 small birds. They were apparently not breeding at the time of my 

 departure. 



35. Geothlypia trichas, (L.) Cab. Maryland Yellow-throat. — 

 < In I'l unary 7, Mr. Bond reported having seen a solitary male in a dense 

 swamp ; but it was not until the 5th of March that the species appeared 

 in numbers. Thereafter they were common during my stay. 



36. Icteria virens, (L.) Bd. Yellow-breasted Chat. — Arrived 

 April 20 : became common a week later. 



37. Myiodioctes mitratus, (Gm.) And. Hooded Warbler. — 

 Rather the most numerous summer resident of this family. Tin- males 

 arrived March 28 ; the females, about two weeks later. A female taken 

 April 22 was nil the point of laying. 



38. Setophaga ruticilla, (L.) Sw. Bedstart. — First Been April 

 19. Not very common. No females observed. 



1 39. Pyranga rubra, (L.) Yieill. Scarlet Tanaoer. — But one speci- 

 men observed : b female, in swampy woods, April -I'y. 



40. Pyranga aestiva, (L.) Yieill. StJMMEB EtEDBTRD. — First speci- 

 men lmted March 31 ; became common April 8. Apparently not breed- 

 ing at the time of my departure. Found almost exclusively in pine 



(To be continued.) 



