174 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



water. It is positively rare in spring and I have but few records. 

 The first bird was noted in 1890 on April 19, and this is my 

 earhest record. Other spring records are May 3, 1886; May 6, 

 1891, at Hardeeville, Savannah River; and April 30, 1901, near 

 Mt. Pleasant, where a male was heard singing and captm'ed. 



During the autumn migration, however, it is abundant, and 

 I have taken specimens from July 31 (my earliest record), to 

 September 15. During the autumn migrations occasional birds 

 are found in open pine woods or on the edges of fields where there 

 is no water. On August 1, 1902, I shot a female in open pine 

 woods where Bachman's Finch breeds, and on September 15 

 of the same year, I took a male on the edge of a cotton field among 

 some low bushes. The birds are most numerous between August 

 13 and 25, which is generally the hottest part of the summer, 

 and September 15 represents the limit of their sojourn. 



Mr. Loomis^ found the Kentucky Warbler breeding in the moun- 

 tains of Pickens county and also on Caesar's Head, Greenville 

 county. 



The Kentucky Warbler winters in Central America and Colom- 

 bia. 



274. Geothlypis trichas (Linn.). Maryland Yellow-throat. 

 This form is a transient visitant and is exceedingly abundant 



during the autumn migration. On some days thousands can be 

 seen along roads which are flanked with patches of weeds. The 

 birds also resort to fields of pea vines and hay-grass. About 

 the first of September great flights commence and these "bird 

 waves" continue well into October. In the spring there are well- 

 marked flights, but the number is insignificant in comparison with 

 those in autumn. By May 1 this form has migrated from the 

 coast region. 



The Maryland Yellow-throat breeds in the Piedmont region 

 of the State (as well as in the upper counties), and northward to 

 southern Labrador, and winters in the Bahama Islands, Mexico, 

 and Central America. 



275. Geothlypis trichas ignota Chapm. Southern Yellow- 

 throat. 



This species is a permanent resident and breeds sparingly in 

 large swamps where the cane {Arundinaria tecta) grows in abun- 



^Auk, VII, 1890, 129 and VIII, 1891, 332. 



