Vol. XX 

 1905 



n ~] KOPMAN, Warbler Migration in La. and Miss. -95 



10. Prairie Warbler. — Although the name of this species 

 appears but a few times in our records, a fact noted by Professor 

 Cooke, this was because it was observed only occasionally as an 

 early migrant on the Mississippi coast, July 22, 1902, at Bay St. 

 Louis, and July 28, 1897, at Beauvoir. Later in the summer, it 

 has been seen on various occasions, and is by no means rare in 

 the pine woods of southern Mississippi. 



11. Louisiana Water-thrush. — The records from this region 

 available to Professor Cooke contained no instance of early 

 arrival of this species in southern Louisiana, but March 19, 1904, 

 I saw a single bird. This record makes it easier to understand 

 the early arrival of the species at St. Louis, where Mr. Widmann 

 has found it by March 29. Even so, our best date seems very 

 late. 



12. Yellow-breasted Chat. — While I was formerly inclined 

 to agree with the opinion of Professor Beyer, quoted by Professor 

 Cooke, that the Chat never reaches our district before the middle 

 of April, having more recently seen the bird as early as April 11 

 (1903), I am inclined to think that in forward seasons at least, it 

 is not so late a migrant as we had supposed. 



13. Hooded Warbler. — As before noted, the deductions 

 made in regard to the arrival of the Hooded Warbler at New 

 Orleans are considerably astray. March 12 is a normal time of 

 arrival, and by March 25 it is nearly always abundant. The 

 reason Professor Cooke has misunderstood the New Orleans 

 records relating to this species is that some of them were for 

 blizzard seasons, while others were made in seasons when oppor- 

 tunities for observation were limited. There is this, however, to 

 be noted of the arrival of the Hooded Warbler in this section, 

 that it comes much earlier at New Orleans and in identical coun- 

 try of southeast Louisiana, than at points in the pine woods or 

 in some of the higher alluvial lands west of New Orleans, in other 

 words, further up the river. This is no doubt because the species 

 is so highly typical of the extremely low and wet alluvial lands of 

 the southeastern corner of the State, and the legion breeding birds 

 come to their stands there before the transients and smaller num- 

 ber of breeding birds have arrived at the higher lands. This is 

 just the reverse of the case of the Black-and-white Warbler, for 



