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76. Seiurus motacilla. Louisiana Water-Thrush. — Rare summer 

 resident. Arrives May 2 to 12. Have but two nesting records. Earliest, 

 nest and 5 eggs, collected by Guy Day in Salt Fork bottoms May 30, 1906; 

 latest, taken by me at same place, 5 eggs, June 9, 1907. 



77. Oporornis formosa. Kentucky Warbler. — Common summer 

 resident. Inhabitant of our low damp woods only. Arrives May 2 to 10. 

 Earliest nesting, 5 eggs. May 23, 1902; latest 5 eggs, June 6, 1909. 



78. Geothlypis trichas. Yellow-throat. — Abundant summer resi- 

 dent. Arrives April 30 to May 9. Nests in briar patches, along country 

 roads, by open ditches, in woods, and extensively in swampy places. 

 Nests difficult to find except in the swampy spots where they may be 

 easily located in the bunches of dead swamp grass about six inches from the 

 ground. In a small half-acre of swamp, I found in one hour seventeen 

 nests of the Yellow-throat. Earliest nesting, 4 eggs, May 17, 1896; latest, 

 5 eggs, June 11, 1906. 



79. Icteria virens. Yellow-breasted Chat. — Common summer resi- 

 dent. Inhabitant of briar tliickets at edge of woods. Arrives May 9 to 

 May 13. Earliest nesting, 4 eggs. May 30, 1902; latest, 4 eggs, June 17, 

 1900. 



80. Wilsonia mitrata. Hooded Warbler. — Rare summer resident. 

 Arrives May 2 to 10. Although pairs of this bird are noted each season, 

 my only nesting record is five eggs, taken May 30, 1897. This nest was 

 placed in a small bush six inches from the ground. 



81. Setophaga ruticilla. Redstart. — Common summer resident. 

 Found nesting, however, only in Salt Fork timber. Arrives April 27 to 

 May 5. Earliest nesting, 4 eggs, May 24, 1901 ; latest, 4 eggs, June 4, 1908. 



82. Mimus polyglottos. Mockingbird. — Common summer resident. 

 Becoming more abundant each year. Arrives April 16 to 28. Earliest 

 nesting, 5 eggs, May 18, 1902; latest, 4 eggs, July 4, 1897. 



83. Dumetella carolinensis. Catbird. — Common summer resident. 

 Arrives April 26 to May 2. Earliest nesting, 5 eggs. May 14, 1896; latest, 

 4 eggs, July 1, 1897. 



84. Toxostoma nifum. Brown Thrasher. — Abundant summer resi- 

 dent. Arrives March 23 to April 1. Earliest nesting, 4 eggs, May 2, 

 1898; latest, 5 eggs, June 7, 1899. 



85. Thryothorus ludovicianus. Carolina Wren. — Common resident. 

 Nests in all three timbers. Earliest nesting, 5 eggs. May 31, 1905; latest, 

 4 eggs, June 8, 1909. These records are most certainly second nests of the 

 season, as I have seen young out of the nest in late April. Nests undoubt- 

 edly early in April. 



86. Thryomanes bewicki. Bewick's Wren. — Rare summer resident. 

 Arrives March 27 to April 5. Earliest nesting, 5 young, photographed in a 

 paint keg, May 20, 1906; latest, 4 eggs, June 16, 1906. 



87. Troglodytes aedon. House Wren. — Abundant summer resident. 

 Arrives April 10 to 20. Earliest nesting, 6 eggs, May 18, 1896; latest, 

 7 eggs, July 12, 1907. 



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