1910 J HowEhi,, Notes on Birds of Soulheastern Missouri. 383 



Dryobates pubescens medianus. Northern Downy Woodpecker. 

 — Se^'er:ll pairs were seen on the St. Francis River and on April 28 a 

 breeding female was collected. 



Colaptes auratus. Flicker. — • Rather scarce in the swamps but a 

 few were seen in the drier parts of the timber at Cushion Lake and St. 

 Francis River. A specimen collected at Cushion Lake seems to furnish 

 the first record of this southern form of the Flicker from Missouri. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos. Crow. — Crows are quite scarce in this 

 region; only three were seen at Portageville and none at all in the broad 

 fields at Kennett. 



Agelaius phcEniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — Redwings are very 

 abundant in the marshes along the St. Francis River and at the time of 

 my visit they were paired and beginning to build their nests. Specimens 

 taken there belong to the typical race. They are not common at Cushion 

 Lake. 



Sturnella magna argutula. Southern Meadowlark. — Fairly 

 common at Portageville where a specimen referable to this form was 

 secured. They were scarce at Kennett, and along the St. Francis only 

 one was seen, in a clearing two miles back from the river. 



Lanius ludovicianus [migrans ?]. Migrant Shrike. — Scarce in 

 this region; only one pair was seen near Kennett; one of these birds was 

 carrying nesting material into an oak tree on the edge of a plowed field. 



Protonotaria citrea. Prothonotary Warbler. — This is an abun- 

 dant and characteristic inhabitant of the swampy bottom lands. They 

 were present in numbers along the St. Francis River by April 25, and on 

 May 7 at Portageville I saw one carrying nesting material into a fence 

 post by the roadside. 



Helinaia swainsoni. Swainson's Warbler. — Not common, but 

 a few were heard singing in the swamps along the St. Francis and two 

 specimens were collected. When singing they sit in a tree at a height of 

 10 or 15 feet — often over water. The song is loud and clear, consists 

 usually of five notes, and resembles somewhat the song of the Louisiana 

 Water-Thrush. 



Vermivora bachmani. Bachman's Warbler. — Fairly common 

 along the St. Francis River and about Cushion Lake. They were first 

 noted April 28 and 29 at St. Francis River when three specimens were 

 secured and another one heard, all in a brushy clearing in the drier part of 

 the swamp some two miles from the river. The birds taken were males 

 and were singing from low trees at a height of about 15 feet from the 

 ground. The song is short and sounds like a faint, weak song of the 

 Worm-eating Warbler, but has the 'burring' quality of the song of Vermiv- 

 ora pinus. At Cushion Lake they were common and many were seen 

 singing in the cypresses over the water. They are also fond of thick woods 

 grown up to cane {Arundinaria) . A female taken May 5 was evidently 

 incubating at the time. 



Dendroica dominica albilora. Sycamore Warbler. — One was 

 collected May 6 from a cypress on Cushion Lake — the only one noted. 



