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expected to find commonly, were not seen at all. The migration 

 kept up steadily and evenly throughout March and April without 

 any noticeably large flights, and lasted till about the middle of May 

 when a few late transients were still present, although the breeding 

 birds had settled down and been nesting for some time. 



Since my stay in any one county did not last through the entire 

 migration, complete lists for the counties were not possible. The 

 following birds were found in Coosa County, but not in Clay County : 

 Woodcock, Cooper's Hawk, Barred Owl, Belted Kingfisher, 

 Whip-poor-will, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Bobolink, Red-winged 

 Blackbird, Meadowlark, Purple Finch, Vesper Sparrow, Swamp 

 Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing, Loggerhead Shrike, 

 JNIountain Solitary Vireo, Bachman's Warbler, Orange-crowned 

 Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Kirtland's Warbler, American Pipit, 

 House Wren, Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Olive-backed 

 Thrush, Hermit Thrush. The following birds were found in Clay 

 County, but not in Coosa County : Wood Duck, Spotted Sandpiper, 

 Screech Owl, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Nashville Warbler, Yellow 

 Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, 

 Grinnell's Water Thrush, Wilson's Warbler, American Redstart, 

 Short-billed Marsh Wren, Brown Creeper, Gray-cheeked Thrush. 

 With the exception of the Warbling Vireo, which was found only in 

 Talladega County, the remaining species were found in both Clay 

 and Coosa Counties. 



The following are some of the most interesting records in this list. 

 The occurrence of the Florida Blue Jay in place of the more 

 northern form appears to be a northern extension of the range of 

 this bird. As the birds differed from the common Blue Jay not 

 only in size and plumage but also in their notes I have no doubt that 

 all, or practically all, of the Jays here were of this subspecies. The 

 occurrence of the Nashville Warbler seems to be the first record of 

 this species in the State of Alabama, as Prof. W. W. Cooke, in his 

 report on the jNIigration and Distribution of Warblers, published in 

 1905, states that it had not been recorded from the State. The 

 occurrence, in considerable numbers, of the Blue-winged and 

 Black-throated Green Warblers as breeding birds, appears to be 

 a southward extension of the breeding ranges, particularly of the 

 latter species. 



