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arrival is April 8, 1900, Bay St. Louis, Miss. A specimen was noted by Mr. 

 Andrew Allison, and, in fact, taken, at Bay St. Louis, Miss, on August 11, 

 1898. The next earliest record of arrival is Sept. 13, 1897, Ariel, 

 Miss. The latest date of departure is Oct. 18, 1901, Bay St. Louis, 

 Miss. As with most other warblers of this group, this species occurs more 

 freely in mixed upland woods than in the fertile alluvial region of south- 

 eastern Louisiana. 



283. Sycamore Warbler {Dendroica dominica albilora). Fairly com- 

 mon summer visitor, especially in brakes of tall cypress. Earliest arrival, 

 Feb. 27, 1897, New Orleans. Usually arrives about March 10. Latest 

 date of departure, Sept. 20, 1901, Bay St. Louis, Miss. Confined more 

 or less closely to swampy woods in the breeding season. 



284. Black-throated Green Warbler {Dendroica virens). Fairly 

 common in the lowlands during fall waves; common throughout much 

 of the fall migration in pine and other upland growths. Rarer in all 

 sections in spring. I took a specimen at Beauvoir, Miss., July 30, 1897, 

 and I am sure of having seen it the latter part of July in Madison Parish! 

 Excluding these abnormally early transients, the earliest date of arrival 

 is Sept. 18, 1897, Ariel, Miss. It was common at New Orleans, Oct. 20, 

 1896, and became common at Biloxi, Miss., Oct. 22, 1906. The last 

 was seen at Covington, Oct. 28, 1899. In spring it occurs chiefly in 

 the latter part of the season: April 14, 1902, Bay St. Louis, Miss., and May 

 9, 1903, Lobdell, La. 



285. Pine Warbler {Dendroica vigorsi). Abundant resident in pine 

 forests; elsewhere a winter visitor only. Individuals wintering in regions 

 of deciduous woodland do not appear in such localities until the early part 

 of the winter as a rule, and they do not remain much after the middle of 

 March, at least in the southern part of the State. In the pine woods, this 

 warbler begins to sing with the first mild weather of January. 



286. Palm Warbler {Dendroica palmarum). A fairly common winter 

 visitor, sometimes rather abundant, in open places in the lowlands and in 

 flat pineries. I have been unable to trace the relation between the move- 

 ments of this species and the Yellow Palm Warbler {Dendroica palmarum 

 hypochrysea) , and have assumed all data to refer to the Palm Warbler. 

 Arrives about the middle of October and becomes common about Nov. 1. 

 Remains until the early part of April: April 11, 1896, New Orleans. 



[Prairie Warbler {Dendroica discolor). Though undoubtedly occur- 

 ring in localities in the piney sections of the State similar to those frequented 

 by it in southern Mississippi, this species has not been recorded by any 

 observer in Louisiana so far as I know. While it does not appear to breed 

 on the coast of Mississippi, it arrives there by the latter part of July, and is 

 rather common in scrubby growths of pine and oak. I have no data on its 

 movements in southern Mississippi in spring, and no record of its departure 

 in fall.] 



287. Ovenbird {Seiurus aurocapillus) . Fairly common transient for 

 brief and occasional periods, found chiefly in mixed woodland undergrowth, 



