54 BIBDS OF KANSAS. 



dome-like structure made of leaves and grasses, with entrance on the side. 

 Eggs, four or five; .80x.55; white, marked around large end with dots and 

 blotches of reddish brown and lilac; in form rounded oval. 



B. 187. R. 116. C. 136. G. 54. U. 675. 



293. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.). Water-Thrush. Migratory; rare. Ar- 

 rive the last of April to first of May. Possibly breed in the northern part of 

 the State. 



B. 188. R. 117. C. 138. G. 55. U. 676. 



294. Seiurus motacilla (ViEiLL.). Louisiana Water-Thrush. Summer resident; 

 common. Arrive the last of April. Begin laying about the 8th of May. Nest 

 on the ground, under projecting roots, old logs, and fissures in rocks, on the 

 banks of streams and ponds, and near the water's edge, composed of leaves 

 and mosses, and lined with fine grasses, fibers and hairs. Eggs, four or five; 

 .78x.59; white, specked with reddish brown, thickest around large end; in 

 form oval. 



Genus GEOTHLYPIS Cabanis. 



Subgenus OPORORNIS Baird. 



B. 175. R. 119. C. 140. G. 56. U. 677. 



295. Geothlypis formosa (Wils.). Kentucky Warbler. Summer resident; 

 common. Arrive the last of April. Begin laying about the 20th of May. 

 Nest on the ground, usually on the banks of streams, in thick growths of 

 small trees; outside or base a loose structure of leaves, stems, and wide blades 

 of grass, upon which a more compact inner nest is built of the finer grasses, 

 stems and rootlets, and lined with horse hair. Eggs, four or five; .72x.63; 

 white, finely dotted with reddish brown, chiefly around large end; in form oval. 



Subgenus GEOTHLYPIS Cabanis. 



B. 172. R. 120. C. 142. G. 57. U. 679. 



296. Geothlypis Philadelphia (Wils.). Mourning Warbler. Migratory; rare. 

 Arrive the last of April. 



B. ~. R. — . C. ~. G. — . U. 681a. 



297. Geothlypis trichas occidentalis Bbewst. Western Yellow-throat. Sum- 

 mer resident; abundant. Arrive in April. Begin laying about the 20th of 

 May. Nest usually on the ground, but I have found them in bushes, two or 

 three feet from the ground, composed outside loosely of leaves and grasses, 

 inside of wire-like stems from plants and rootlets interwoven together. Eggs, 

 four to six; .68x.50; clear white, spotted and blotched with reddish brown and 

 purple, thickest around large end; in form oval. Entered in first catalogue 

 (No. 58) as G. trichas. 



Genus ICTERIA Vieillot. 



B. 176. R. 123. C. 144. G. 59. U. 683. 



298. Icteria virens (Linn.). Yellow-breasted Chat. Summer resident; com- 

 mon. Arrive the first of May. Begin laying about the middle of May. Nest 

 generally in thickets, on low bushes; outside composed of leaves, within with 

 layers of strippings from the bark of grape-vines and weeds, lined with fine 

 grasses and fibrous roots. Eggs, four or five; .85x.66; glossy white; finely 

 spotted with a rich reddish brown, thickest about large end; in form elliptical. 



