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Mr. Doan reports it from West Virginia. Specimens fi"om eastern 

 Virginia are probably referable usually to hypochrysea^ but a typ- 

 ical specimen oi palmar um was obtained near Washington, May 

 iSth, 1881, by Mr. Lewis McCormick, and the latter form may 

 be expected to occur in parts of West Virginia. 



264. Dendroica discolor. Prairie Warbler. — Common 

 summer resident in eastern Virginia, more numei'ous in spi"ing, 

 but locally distributed in bushes and scrub growth ; arrives in 

 April. Mr. Freke found a nest containing four eggs in Amelia 

 County, June ist, and Mr. Jamison (O. and O., Vol. IX, p. 144) 

 found no less than nine, all containing eggs, in Fairfax County in 

 the month of May. Mr. E. B. Coues has given a detailed ac- 

 count of the breeding of this species in Virginia near Washing- 

 ton (The Auk, Vol. V, p. 405). I have observed it in Albe- 

 marle County, in Botetourt County, and near Newport News, 

 but have not succeeded in discovering the nest. Mr. Doan says 

 he took a single specimen in Hampshire County, October 33, 

 188S. 



265. Seiurus aurocapillus. Oven Bird. — Abundant sum- 

 mer resident throughout the Virginias, arriving about the middle 

 of April and leaving in October ; breeds. I have several times 

 found the nest in Albemarle County in the month of May. 



266. Seiurus noveboracensis. Water Thrush. — Not 

 uncommon in the Virginias during the migrations in suitable 

 localities ; possibly a summer resident in the mountain region. 

 Dr. A. K. Fisher has found it common in Virginia near Wash- 

 ington and has also taken it at Bull Run about tiiree miles from 

 Manassas Junction. According to Dr. Fisher it is one of our 

 earliest migrants in the fall and he has taken it as early as Au- 

 gust 5th. Drs. Coues and Prentiss (Avifauna Columbiana, p. 47) 

 suggest that it may breed sparingly near Washington, but this is 

 probably not the case. Mr. Brewster found it common in spring 

 in Ritchie County, West Virginia, and Mr. Scott took a single 

 specimen on the 8th of August in Kanawha County. Mr. Doan 

 also mentions its occurrence in West Virginia. 



267. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis. Grinnell's 

 Water Thrush. — Rare. Two specimens taken in Virginia, 

 near Washington, May nth, 1879, and May 5th, 1885, are in the 

 collection of Mr. W. Palmer ; it has not been previously recorded 



