THE OOLOGIST. 



193. De /id roira Blackbui'nia' (BlackhurnmnwaThler). Common migrant. "Breeds 

 rarely." (Warren). 



193. Dcnrlroica domimca (yellow-throated warbler). A rare migrant. 



194. Dt'ndroira towtixiiidi (Townsend's warl)ler). Rare; migrant. "Mr. C. D. 

 Wood, of Philadelphia, killed near Coatesville, Chester county, a male of this species." 

 (Warren). M. and W. 



195. Dendfoica i4gorsii {puw vf'AYlAtiY). Migrant; not abundant. 



196. Dendroica palmnriuii (palm warbler). Common migrant. 



197. De/irfr^/ica duro^«?' (prairie warbler). Migrant; rare. 



198. SciuruH (virorrpUliiH (oven-bird). Common summer resident. 'BniVls & covered 

 nest on the ground, hence the name of "oven-bird." 



199. Seiiinis noveburaccnsis (water- thrush). Rather common as a migrant. Prob- 

 ably a few breed. 



200. Seiurnx motacilla (Louisiana water-thrush). Rare migrant. (M. B. W.) 

 201.' Geothlypis formom (Kentucky warbler). Summer resident; rather common; 



nests on ground; eggs 4-5; light, with reddish spots at larger end. 



802. Geof/di/j)it< (((/ilix (Connecticut warl)ler). Migrant; not ver}" abundant. 



203. (hothlyim jAilmlelphia (mourning warbler). Rare migrant. June 19th, 1886, 

 a female of this species was brought to me, having been picked up dead a few days 

 before; a male bird was seen in Uie same vicinity about June 12th. The inference is 

 probably that these birds were already and would have nested in the immediate locality. 



204. Oe/>thli/pis trirlias (Maryland yellow-throat). Abundant summer resident; 

 rears two or three broods; nests in low, damp places, generally near woods; eggs, 3-4; 

 light, with more or less abundant light spots of pink or reddish color; rarely without 

 spots. 



205. Ictevia virens (yellow-breasted chat). Summer resident; apparently more 

 abundant than fifteen years ago; nests in thickets; eggs, 4-5; light, with pale brown 

 spots; food, largely insects; a handsome and shy bird. 



206. Sylvania mitrata (hooded warbler). Migrant; not very abundant. 



207. Sylvania piisilla (Wilson's warbler). Migrant only; rather common. 



208. Sylvania canadensis (Canadian warbler). Rather common as a migrant. 



209. Setopliago ruticilla (American redstart). Common migrant. "Probably 

 breeds." (Warren). 



210. Anthns p>ensilv((nicus {A.\n(ix\c^n pipit). Winter resident, in flocks; common; 

 fall and spring. 



211. Mimiis •pnlyglottos (mockingbird). Rare; summer resident; nest and parent 

 birds taken by the late V. Barnard, one mile east of Kennctt Square; a specimen shot 

 near same place, 1873; eggs, 4-5; blue, with reddish-brown spots; food, seeds and insects. 



312. Galeoscoptes rarolincnsis (catbird). Abundant; summer resident; nests in 

 thickets, bushes and briars; eggs, 4; dark greenish-blue; food, seeds and small fruits, 

 especially grapes. 



313." Harporliynclnis rufiis (brown thrasher). Common; summer resident; nest 

 placed on the ground or in a bush, and is often quite bulky; frequents hedge-rows along 

 roadside; eggs, 4-5, j'^ellowish-browu, with abundant dai'ker spots; food, insects mainly, 

 grasshoppers, &c. 



314. Tliryotlwrtisludovicianus {Carolina vtrew). Resident; not abundant; breeds in 

 holes around houses, mills and liridges; eggs, 5-^6; light ground-work, thickly spotted 

 with reddish-brown; insect cater almost exclusively. 



315. TItryothoriis hemekii (Bewick's wren). "Very rare." (Barnard.) Given 

 also by M. 



216. Troglodytes aedon (house wren). Abundant; summer resident; nests about 

 houses in holes and bird-houses; eggs, 5-8, almost covered with red-brown spots; food, 

 insects. 



217. Troglodytes liiemalis (winter wren). Common; winter resident. 



218. Cistotliorus stellaris {shori-hiVmd \naxii\\\\VQn}. Rare, if at all. (B. and M.) 

 Jime 11, 1886, while collecting a series of eggs of long-billed marsh wren, I took a 



set of 3 eggs — probably incomplete — of this species. This was a few miles south of our 

 county line, in the state of Delaware. — Sec The Oologist, Vol, III., No. 5, page 58. 



219. Cistothorus paliistris {\ong-'bi\\vA\vii'Ars\\Yfr(i\i). Given by Michener; occurs in 

 summer only, if at all; breeds in marshes near Wilmington and Newport, Delaware, ten 

 miles south of county line. 



Under date of June 13. 1883, Mr. T. 11. Jackson, of West Chester, writes me : 

 "About the middle of May I discovered a pair of long-billed marsh wrens in a swamp 



