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found it commoQ in Parke and Montgomery counties May 29, 1887; a nest and 

 one egg was taken at "Shades of Death" on that date. Dr. A. W. Braytoa informs 

 me of the capture of two specimens three miles southwest of Indianapolis in May, 

 1878. In the southeastern quarter of the State they are very rare, but few have 

 been noted iu the Whitewater Valley, yet about Cincinnati they are (juite com- 

 mon (Dury and Freeman, .Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1879, p. 2). They arrive 

 by April 17th to May let, and most, if not all of them, leave by the middle of 

 July. 



271. Geothlypis agilis (WiV«.). Conxecticct Warbler. 



Migrant, usually somewhat rare. Arrives late in May and passes south late 

 in September. They arrive May 17th to 20th and leave by 26th. They frequent 

 the borders of woods and thickets and bru"h patches along fence rows. Somewhat 

 common in Franklin County May 24 and 25, 1882. Rather common migrant in 

 the vicinity of Chicago (Nelson). Quite common at English Lake May 4, 1891 

 ( Deane). 



Subgenus Geothlypis Oabanis. 



372. Geothlypis Philadelphia ( Wih.). Mourning Warbler. 



Rare migrant generally ; occasionally common locally. Mr. Ridgway notes 

 "became suddenly very common May 6, 1881 (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1882, p. 20). 

 May be common resident in some localities. Mr. H. K. Coale writes me that Mr. 

 Geo. F. Clingman shot a specimen in Lake County June 1, 1879. This specimen 

 was identified by Prof. R. B. Sharpe as Geothlijpis mucgitivrayi (Aud.) (Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mu*., Vol. X, p. 365). Mr. Coale says this was undoubtedly a O. Philadelphia, 

 and writes that Mr. Ridgway is of the same opinion. In southeastern Indiana it 

 seems especially rare, only one specimen having been taken in the Whitewater 

 Valley. 



"273. Geothlypis trichas {Linn.). MiRVLAxo YELLow-THROiT. 



Head of Maryland Yellow-throat, nat. size. 



'•274. Geothlypis trichas occidentalis {Bremt.). Westers Y'ellow Throat. 



Mr. Kidgway thinks the occidentalis form is the prevailing representative in 

 Indiana and Illinois, but for lack of material for comparison no separation of the 

 two forms has been made in this paper. It may be that both forms are found 

 within our limits. Common summer resident among the grasses, sedges and 

 shrubbery about damp places and along the valleys of streams; breeds. I have 

 but once found it among the hills, although not far away its pei'uliar song 

 might be beard from many parts of a patch of horse-weeds and willows. Its 

 song resembles very much that of the Carolina Wren {T. ludoricianus). Arrives 

 in spring from April 16 to 25, the nest with eggs is to be found throughout the 

 latter part of May. My friend, Mr. E. R. Quick, has in his collection a curious nest 



