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162. Seiurus motacilla (Vieill.). 

 LOUISIANA WATER THRUSH. 



Dark olive-brown; beneath wbite, tinged with buff, streaked with black 

 except on throat and middle of belly. Length, 6 inches- 

 Very rare visitor from the south. Two instances. Female, 

 Leverett, May 18, 1871 ; W. A. Stearns. Male, Amherst, 

 July 12, 1886 ; H. L. Clark. 



163. Geothlypis agilis (Wils.). 

 CONNP]CTICUT WARBLER. 



Olive-green; beneath, yellow; crown and throat, ash. Length, 6 inches. 



Very rare migrant. Mr. Stearns says "several have been 

 taken here in former years." 



164. Geothlypis Philadelphia (Wils.). 

 MOURNING WARBLER. 



Brightolive; beneath, yellow; throat feathers, black tipped with ash or 

 yellow. Length, 5k inches. 



Very rare migrant. One instance; Amherst? 1872; Sid- 

 ney Dickinson. 



165. Geothlypis trichas (Linn.). 

 MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT. 



Above, yellow-olive; beneath yellow; in male, front and sides of head, 

 black bordered behind by gray. Length, 5 inches. 



Common summer resident. Earliest arrival, May 5 ; departs 

 in October. Raises 2 broods. Eggs 3-5, white, spotted with 

 reddish-brown. Nest of fine grass and leaves, either in a tuft 

 of swamp grass or pensile in a group of ferns. Eggs laid in 

 May and July. Feeds on insects. Beneficial. Notes, clear 

 and energetic; may be written '•'•witcliery-witchery-ioitchery." 



