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heretofore known only casually. The height of my good fortune was 

 reached when on the morning of Sept. 24, by the purest chance, I secured 

 a single example of this species. The bird was taken in the coppice border- 

 ing Lively's woods, within a few inches of the spot where a week before I 

 had collected my first Worm-eating Warbler of the county. This is the 

 first and only record I have for the county. Diligent search for others 

 after that date developed nothing. 



162. Helmitherus vermivorus. Worm-eating Warbler. — I col- 

 lected a single specimen in Lively's woods on Sept. 16. The bird was in 

 the coppice bordering the woods and, as stated above, within a few inches 

 of the spot where I collected the Swainson Warbler. Search failed to re- 

 ward me again and I am of the opinion that this species is a rare migrant. 

 Why I had never seen these two species before may be accounted for by my 

 disposition to enjoy that ' morning nap ' one hears so much of. My expe- 

 riences during this fall impressed upon me the necessity of early morning 

 work if one expects to know the birds of his locality. 



163. Helminthophila celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. — This 

 species is doubtless a winter resident in the county. On Jan. 31, 1905, I 

 collected one in Lively's woods; it was feeding with a number of Golden- 

 crowned Kinglets. On March 12 I found them in the sweet gum trees of 

 the pasture. 



164. Helminthophila peregrina. Tennessee Warbler. — So far as 

 I am now aware this species is a fall migrant only. I found a migrating 

 band on the morning of Oct. 26, 1904, feeding in the top branches of the 

 slender oaks of Lively's woods. They were passing from tree to tree at a 

 lively rate and I had some difficulty in keeping up with them. Collected 

 three, male and female and one not examined, and another on the 28th. 



Compsothlypis americana. Parxjla Warbler. — These birds were 

 quite common from the middle of August to the middle of October. On 

 the 16th of the latter month I found a number feeding on and near the 

 ground in a cotton field. They left the county about Oct. 20. 



Dendroica coronata. Myrtle Warbler. — Arrived Oct. 16 and was 

 immediately common. 



165. Dendroica maculosa. Magnolia Warbler. — I collected a 

 single specimen on Oct. 11. The bird was in a vine-covered tree on 

 the border of a ditch running through a field near town. Have no other 

 record, though I was on the alert for them afterwards. 



166. Dendroica pensylvanica. Chestnut-sided Warbler. — Col- 

 lected an immature male on September 23 in Lively's woods and found 

 them rather common until Oct. 13, when they disappeared. It is a fall 

 migrant. 



167. Dendroica castanea. Bay-breasted Warbler. — My first and 

 only record was made on Oct. 13 when I collected a male in Lively's woods. 



168. Dendroica striata. Black-poll Warbler. — I saw this species 

 for the first time in the county on Oct. 11, when I collected a male in fall 

 plumage. On the 28th I collected another in Lively's woods. 



