FAMILY Mniotiltide. 
The song of the Louisiana Water-thrush is extraordi 
narily wild and reverberant; it may be heard under favor- 
nble conditions at a distance of quite a third of a mile. 
The general rhythm is like that of its northern relation’s 
song with a few more notes added—at least that is my 
¢mpression so far as I can sum up their comparative length. 
Here is my only record: 
PB sostenuto. 
gccel, TT Pe 
The first pair of notes, though high-pitched are strikingly 
clear and loud, and they are well sustained, the next six 
notes are gradually diminished in force and character and 
it is difficult to place them definitely on the musical staff. 
Bradford Torrey counted ten notes in all, but the song 
rendered in syllabic form by Mr. Brewster evidently rep- 
resents five tones: Pseur, pseur, perseé, ser. I presume it 
all depends upon one’s ear! Yet, understanding the char- 
acter of this Warbler’s notes as I do, these four words 
should and do represent seven tones, and I am quite sure 
Mr. Torrey counted the notes aright when he recorded as 
many as ten! ' 
Kentucky A most charming Warbler this, and a 
Res common one in the intermediate States 
ee eastward from Tennessee to Maryland; he 
L.5.65 inches is rarer as far north as the lower Hudson 
May roth Valley, and Connecticut. The colors are 
beautiful and soft if not quite so brilliant as those of the 
Yellow-breasted Chat. Upper parts lustrous olive green 
including wings and tail, forehead and a broad bar running 
from the bill and below the eye to the neck, black, a narrow 
yellow bar above this extends over and spreads behind 
the eye, the under parts bright yellow, no wing-bars; the 
female slightly duller. Bradford Torrey writes, ‘he is 
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