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growth of pines and hardwood, on a spur of Mt. Pinnacle a few hundred 

 feet above the Oolenoy. The parents and one of the young were secured. 

 The superciliary stripe of the male, in the flesh, was slightly tinged over 

 the lores with yellow for 6.3 mm. In the female the yellow tingeing was 

 scarcely perceptible, and extended only 3. S mm. In both the vellow was 

 interrupted at the base of the bill by pure white. Dimensions as follows : 

 Male, bill from nostril, S. 9 mm. ; length, 127.0 mm.; wing, 64,3 mm.; 

 longest rectrix, 52.1 mm. Female, bill from nostril, 9.1 mm. ; length, 127.0 

 mm. ; wing. 61.0 mm. ; longest rectrix, 52.1 mm. While not typical illus- 

 ions, I have placed these examples, without question, under albilora, as, 

 in my judgment, they approach that form more nearly than dominica 

 proper. 



56. Dendroica virens. Black-thro vied Green Warbler. — I was 

 much surprised to find that the Black-throated Green Warbler was a verv 

 common bird at the foot of the mountains, as well as over the higher 

 slopes. Its peculiar song, which was uttered with unfailing emphasis dur- 

 ing the entire month of June, rendered it one of the more prominent 

 choristers of the woodland. A well-feathered bird of the year was taken 

 June 10. The testes of all examined were not larger than a small pea. 



57. Dendroica vigorsii. Pine Warbler. — Common in congenial situ- 

 ations. Like the Chipping Sparrow, it ranges along the sterile ridges on 

 Mt. Pinnacle to the heavy timber. 



58. Dendroica discolor. Prairie Warbler. — In the Oolenov Valley 

 and other lowlands of the immediate vicinity it is tolerably common in 

 scrubby growth. 



59. Seiurus aurocapillus. Oven-bird. — On Mt. Pinnacle Oven-birds 

 were very common near the top, but they did not appear to descend below 

 3000 feet, although locations possessing features similar in characterto those 

 occupied occur at lower elevations. On the Horse Mountain, just across the 

 north fork of the Oolenoy from Mt. Pinnacle, they were common as low 

 down as 2000 feet. Near the High-low Gap, at 2500 feet, they were very com- 

 mon. They were also detected at Table Rock. Deciduous woods, chiefly 

 those free from undergrowth, were habitually frequented. In these haunts 

 throughout the day their loud chant fell continually upon the ear I did 

 not find the young on wing until the last week in June. A female taken 

 June 26, had ova as large as BB shot. This suggests that a second hatch 

 is raised, if not regularly, at least occasionallv. 



60. Seiurus motacilla. Louisiana Water-thrush. — The distribution 

 of this species is not determined by altitude, but by the presence or absence 

 of running water ; thus it is common along the streams, among rhodo- 

 dendrons, at the base of the mountains and up their sides to above 3000 

 feet. Well-fledged young were taken in a little cove on the north side of 

 Mt. Pinnacle, just below the highest point, on my first arrival, both in 

 1S8S and 18S9. At this early date, also, the adults were beginning to 

 moult, and their generative organs were greatly diminished in size. In 

 Reedy Cove (1800 feet) young, but very recently a-wing, were captured 

 several days later, evidencing that the breeding season on the higher 

 grounds is not necessarily tardier than on the lower. 



