° 1015" J Kopman, Birds of Louisiana. 193 



noted by Mr. Andrew Allison in Mississippi (Bay St. Louis, April 1, 1902), 

 and no doubt it occurs occasionally in Louisiana.] 



310. Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla). Confined apparently 

 to the pine flats and long-leafed pine hill regions, where it is an abundant 

 resident. 



311. Tufted Titmouse (Bwolophus bicolor). Common resident in all 

 wooded localities. 



312. Carolina Chickadee (Penthestes carolinensis carolinensis) . 

 Common resident throughout the State. Starts nesting early in March 

 in the southern part of the State. 



313. Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa satrapa). Common 

 winter visitor, showing a decided preference for evergreen growths. In the 

 fertile alluvial region of the southeastern part of the State it frequents 

 live oaks almost exclusively. It arrives at Gulf coast latitude about Oct. 

 15-20. Latest date of departure, April 5, 1906, Biloxi, Miss. 



314. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula calendula). Com- 

 mon winter visitor in all mixed woods, as well as in groves and high shrub- 

 bery. Earliest date of arrival, Oct. 6, 1897, Ariel, Miss. Becomes com- 

 mon Oct. 20 or shortly after. Becomes very abundant with first cold 

 weather in November. Usually departs about April 10. Latest date of 

 departure, April 25, 1903, Lobdell. Sings rather freely for a few weeks 

 before its departure. 



315. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila cmrulea cwrulea). Com- 

 mon summer visitor in all more or less wooded localities. May be noted 

 occasionally in winter near the Gulf coast and I saw one at Shreveport, 

 La., Feb. 23, 1915. First migrant usually seen March 12-15. Usually 

 common March 20-22. Disappears more or less completely by the mid- 

 dle or latter part of August. 



316. Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina). Common summer visitor, 

 though breeding only sparingly in the immediate vicinity of the coast, 

 being found in close, moist woods, but never in the heavy swamps. Com- 

 monest as a fall transient, from about Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Arrives the 

 last week in March near the coast; earliest, March 25, 1900, Covington. 

 Becomes common April 5-10. Latest date in fall, Oct. 19, 1897, Ariel, 

 Miss. Prefers shady bottoms in the higher parts of the State. 



317. Veery (Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens). Fairly common tran- 

 sient, frequenting mixed woodland generally. Spring migration performed 

 chiefly between April 15 and May 15. May be heard in night migration 

 almost to the end of May; latest, May 25, 1911. On June 4, 1907, I saw 

 one of this species on Last Island, and noted that it was "obviously off its. 

 reckoning and showing signs of fear to the point of confused stupidity. It 

 made short nervous flights among the "mangle" bushes (Avicennia nitida) 

 and about the sand on the spit. Earliest date of arrival in fall, Sept. 7, 1900, 

 Bay St. Louis.. Miss.; latest date cf departure, Oct. 24, 1914, New Orleans. 



318. Gray-cheeked Thrush (Hylocichla alicice alicice). Common 

 transient at times in spring, especially in the latter part of the season; less 



