122 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 
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 
Ist 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. Aug. 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 (Linneus). 
OVEN-BIRD. ' 
“Met with during autumn migration. Not common.” 
(LE91ie)\e 
“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: walking 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 data. . 
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. 
