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267. Seiurus noveboraoensis (6'/;i<(.i. Watkr Thrush; Small-billkd Water Thrush: 

 New York Water Thrush; Water U agtail. 



Migrant, generally rare; in the northern counties rare summer resident; 

 breeds. Hon. R. Wee. McBride and Mr'. .lane L Hine have both informed me of 

 its breeding in Dekalb County. In certain localities some seasons it is common. 

 Professor Evermann reported it quite common at Bloomington in the spring of 

 1888, arKl the same spring Mr. Ruthveu Deane found them commnn at English 

 Lake. I have never found the species common in the Whitewater Valley. 



268. Seiurus noveboraoensis notabilis (drinn.K Grinnell's Water Thrush. 



The only r. cords of the occurrence of this bird in the State that I kno", are 

 supplied me by Mr. Ridgway, who writes: "Obtained by me May 4 and 6, 1885, at 

 Wheatland (Ivno.f County) thr.'e adult male-", numbered, respectively, 104,998, 

 104,999 and 105,000, U. S. Nat. Mus. regi.ster. I have taken it aljo in Wabash and 

 Richland counties, Illinois, and we have it from Warsaw, Ills." 



■'269 Seiurus motacilla iVUiU). Louisiana Water Thrush; Large-ijii.led Water 

 Thrush; Water Waotaii,. 



Summer resident; common southward ; rare northward. Perhaps rare winter 

 resident in lower Wabaeh Valley. "Frequents woodlands along streauis and about 

 ponds, whence its loud characteristic song comes to the ear. When seen, a nervous 

 bird with a vertical, wagging motion to the tail is noted; hence its name, " Wag- 

 tail." In the Whitewater and ihe greater jjart of the lower Wabash Valley they 

 are common, but in some localities they are rare. I found them common along 

 Sugar Creek in Parke an<l Montgomery counties. May 19 and 20, 1887, «t which 

 time they were building their nests. They are rare over the northern part of the 

 State. Mr. H. K. Coale notes the capture of a single specimen in Lake County, 

 May 24, 1879. Mrs. Hine reports them more common in Dekalb County in spring, 

 but rare in summer. They arrive in spring very early, reaching Southern Indiana, 

 as early as April 4, some yeais. They seem to be paired when they arrive. The 

 nest is often built by April 15, and I killed a bird containing an egg ready to be 

 laid, April 21. They pass south in September. The latest I have noted them is 

 September 21. 



Genus GKOTULYPIS Cabanis. 

 Subgenu." Oi'ororms Baird. 



Ilca'l ol Kentucky Warliler, nat. size. 

 270. Geothlypis formosa ( IVi's.). Kentucky Warbler. 



Summer resident over the southern two-thirds of the State; common in the 

 Wabash V?.lley, but apparently rare elsewhere. In Knox County it is " one of 

 the most abuniant of the summer residents" (Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn Club, 

 1882, p. 20). It is rather common in Monroe County, where young were out of 

 nest June 4, 1886 (W. S. Blatchley) ; common in Vigo County (Evermann). I 



