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and departs for the tropics, I believe, before the first of 
October. 
“On June 4th, 1889, I took a nest of formosa on a 
shady, steep hillside, at the foot of a small sassafras (S. 
officinale). The set contained four eggs; incubation 
slight. 
“My latest record of G. formosa is September the 12th; 
my observations lead me to believe that it does not tarry 
long after this date.” (Original notes). 
No. 547. Female-hornot. Greensboro. July 21, 1890. W. C. 
Avery. 
No. 613. Male. Greensboro. Aug. 25, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
188. GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS IGNOTA (Chapman). 
FLORIDA YELLOW-THROAT. 
The first mention of this species is the record of a male 
taken June 17, 1876, at Greensboro, whose ‘‘stomach con- 
tained debris of insects.”’ The following was appended: 
“This little bird seems to abound in the thickets about 
marshes and streams. Its song is so similar to that of 
the house wren (Troglodytes aedon, the singing trog- 
lodyte) that it requires a practised ear to distinguish be- 
tween them.” Another bit of evidence that the Doctor 
was young at the work in ’76. 
A couple of early records are Feb. 15, 1887, when the 
Doctor heard the notes of a yellow-throat, and Mar. 20th, 
when an adult male was seen. A female was taken on 
Mar. 11, 1890. : 
May 24, 1888, a set of three eggs was collected near 
Greensboro. “Incubation of three or four days. Nest 
was concealed on a blackberry vine, and supported about 
three or four inches from the ground, in thick briers and 
weeds.” 
In April, 1891, the Doctor writes in his journal: ‘Nest 
of Geothlypis trichas was found on the 23rd; it contained 
only one egg; an egg was laid every day till the set (four) 
was produced. Nest on the ground near a bunch of 
broom grass (Andropogon virginica) .” 
“Common. Summer resident. Breeds.” (1891c). 
No. 406. Female. Greensboro. Mar. 11, 1890. W. C. Avery. — 
No. 657. Male. Greensboro. Sept. 6, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
