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part of its habitat. It actually overflowed its accus- 

 tomed haunts of luxurient undergrowth, the bird as- 

 sociated with the spicewood, swamp cabbage, sum- 

 mer fern, mandrake and wild sarsaparilla, encroached 

 upon the domains of the Ovenbird and the Blue- 

 winged Warbler. The following year it fell to about 

 one-half the preceding high total and yet ranked next 

 to the Ovenbird in the Warbler family. It has since 

 held its own, I can give no reason for the decrease. It 

 is a matter of congratulation that this and other insect 

 destroying species have so greatly multiplied and ex- 

 tended their ranges as to fill in a large measure the 

 gaps made by the destruction of other beneficial species. 

 1 record 20, 24 and 21 pairs in the last three years. 42 



52. Haryland Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas. I have 

 been accustomed to regard this bird as a swamp 

 dweller exclusively until recent years, when I have 

 found it skirting the second growth sprouts and at- 

 tendant dense vegetation some distance from water. 

 Two types of nests are known to me, the first a frail, 

 thin, grass-built structure ; and the other, high and 

 well built of weed stems, grape-vine bark and dead 

 leaves, lined with fine grass stems or strawberry run- 

 ners, the cornicopia type. Six to nine pairs. 14 



53. YeIlow=breasted Chat Icteria virens Apparently one 

 place is as good as another to the Chat, and it may 

 usually be found more or less common according to 

 the available briers, brambles and cedar brushes; apart 

 from this it is occasionally somewhat uncertain in 

 numbers. The average for the last three years is 

 fourteen pairs. 28 



54- Catbird Ga/escopies carolinensis. Found anywhere 

 except in the deep woods. An average of thirty-two 

 pairs. 64 



55. Brown Thrasher HarporhyncliHS rufus. As a small 

 boy, I remember this bird as a familiar roadside fre- 

 quenter; then for a number of vcar^it Sank to a verv 



