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I have never seen but one specimen of this wren, a male, 

 which was shot May 1st, 1882, from the top of a small 

 blackberry vine in a rye field, while singing, if the queer 

 stridulous noise he made can be called singing. 



Family MOTACILLID-ffi : Wagtails and Titlarks. 



Genus Anthus. 



23. Antbus ludoricinianus (Gmel. ). American Titlark. 



Transient. Captured as late as April 19th. Genei'ally 

 found in wet fields. In my foi'mer list it is stated that 

 this bird was sometimes seen here in winter. This state- 

 ment was made upon what I am now convinced, was insuf- 

 ficient evidence, although it doubtless does occur here at- 

 that season. 



Family MNIOTILTIDiE : American Warblers. 



Genus Muiotilta. 



24. *Mniotilta rar/a (Linn.). Black and white Creeper. 



An abundant summer resident. Arrived, in 1882, as eaxlj 

 as April 1st. 



Genus Helminthophila. 



26. iHelminthopbila pinus (Linn.). Blue-winged Yellow 

 Warbler. 

 Common from April. 10th to May 25th; a few probably 

 remain to breed. Unlike most of the arboreal Mniotilti- 

 dae, which generally do their so-called "warbling" while 

 flitting about amongst the tree-tops in pursuit of insects, 

 this dainty little beauty perches himself in the top of 

 some small tree thirty to forty feet high, and at intervals 

 of two or three minutes, pours forth his "screepy" solo ; 

 sometimes remaining fifteen or twenty minutes on the 



