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All three of the specimens taken on April 21, 1890, are 

 referable to subspecies palmarum, but it is quite probable 

 that both forms occur during migrations in Hale County. 



182. DENDROICA DISCOLOR (Vieillot). 

 Prairie Warbler. 



"Common. Summer resident. Breeds." (1891c). 



May 1, 1889, Dr. Avery shot an incubating female to 

 properly identify a nest with eggs. A month later he 

 writes : "Found five nests of the prairie warbler on the 

 1st of June ; all empty but one which had two eggs in it. 

 These nests were all in young sweet gums and from 

 about two or three to six feet from the ground." 



No. 444. Male. Greensboro. April 6, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 450. Male. Greensboro. April 12, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 464. Sex (?). Greensboro. Apr. 18, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 598. Male. Greensboro. Aur. 22, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 615. Female. Greensboro. Aug. 25, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 888. Male. Greensboro. Aug. 11, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



No. 894. Male. Greensboro. Aug. 15, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



183. SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS (Linnaeus). 

 Oven-bird. 



"Met with during autumn migration. Not common." 

 (1891c). 



"The 11th of October (1890) was the first day that I 

 had met with the oven-bird (S. aurocapillus) with the 

 exception of two specimens previously collected by me. 

 This bird has the same mode of locomotion as the tit- 

 larks : ivalking instead of hopping. It was curious to see 

 it progressing as it did — lighting on the ground and run- 

 ning off like a partridge. The oven-birds were met with 

 on the live oak ridge running east to the Cypress Slough." 

 (Original notes). 



No. 43. No data. 



No. 338. No dtita. 



No. 589. Female. Greensboro. Aug. 21, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 672. Female. Greensboro. Sept. 16, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 744. Female. Greensboro. Oct. 11, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 745. Female. Greensboro. Oct. 11. 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 746. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 11, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 763. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 18, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 770. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 19, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



