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none of this species being found during the breeding season in the fertile 

 alluvial and prairie regions of the southern part of the State. About 

 August 20, however, the Shrike appears at New Orleans, and is fairly com- 

 mon thereafter in the lowland section until the middle or latter part of 

 March. It seems probable, however, that a majority if not all of the birds 

 seen in these localities are Migrant Shrikes (L. ludovicianus migrans). 



258. Red-eyed Vireo (Vireosylva olivacea). Abundant summer visitor 

 wherever there are deciduous trees, though seldom found in the cypress. 

 Generally arrives at New Orleans about March 22, becoming common the 

 last week in the month. Earliest dates of arrival March 18, 1894, and 

 March 19, 1899. Transient movement in fall begins in August, and con- 

 tinues to be heavy until Oct. 10 or 15. Last one is usually seen about 

 Oct. 20. Feeds extensively in fall on the seeds of the Magnolias (M. 

 fcetida and M. virginiana) . 



259. Philadelphia Vireo {Vireosylva Philadelphia). A rather rare 

 transient; spring records lacking; numerous in August, 1893, in heavy 

 growth of willow, hackberry, Cottonwood, deciduous holly, and other 

 low trees on the batture of the Mississippi river in St. James parish; the 

 first noted August 2. Noted also in October. Oct. 10, 1896, at New 

 Orleans; Oct. 17, 1897, at Ariel, Miss.; Oct. 15, 1901, at Bay St. Louis, 

 Miss. 



260. Warbling Vireo (Vireosylva gilva gilva). Fairly common sum- 

 mer visitor in the southern part of the State, occurring chiefly in shade trees 

 in suburban sections of New Orleans, and in willows along the river and 

 edges of pastures. Arrives the latter part of March; earliest arrival, 

 March 27, 1897. Disappears early in the fall; sings occasionally as late 

 as the early part of September. 



261. Yellow-throated Vireo (Lanivireo flavifrons) . Fairly common 

 summer visitor except in the coastal section. Noted during the breeding 

 season, however, in a suburban locality in New Orleans in 1912, 1913, and 

 1914. Seldom nesting south of about latitude 31°. Arrives about March 

 25. Latest date of departure, Oct. 21, 1897, at Ariel, Miss. 



262. Blue-headed Vireo (Lanivireo solitarius solitarius) . Fairly com- 

 mon in midwinter in the fertile alluvial region of the southeast. Appears 

 to arrive usually in October: Oct. 25, 1901, Bay St. Louis, Miss.; Oct. 

 6, 1905, Biloxi, Miss.; but a single specimen was taken at Diamond, La., 

 Aug. 4, 1893. Latest date of departure, March 24, 1904, New Orleans. 



263. White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus griseus) . An abundant summer 

 visitor in all moist or swampy woodland; may be seen occasionally in the 

 coastal section in winter, even singing on mild days in December and 

 January. Becomes common from March 15 to 20, and remains so until 

 about Nov. 1. \ 



264. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia). Common tran- 

 sient, especially in the fall, and probably breeds sparingly in the northern 

 part of the State. Usually arrives at the coast about March 20; earliest 

 date of arrival, March 15, 1902, at Bay St. Louis, Miss. Remains until 



