1890 . 1 Mortimer on Habits 0/ Florida Birds. 337 



76. Icteria virens. — In the fall of 18S9 the first appeared Oct. 26. For 

 two weeks they were not uncommon and then disappeared entirely, not 

 being seen again until March I, 1S90. They were tolerably common 

 until the 5th, when I took the last, a female. For the spring of 1889 I 

 have only one note, that of a female taken Feb. 15. 



77. Sylvania pusilla pileolata. — First seen Oct. 27 ([SSy), by Nov. 20 

 they are quite common, and throughout December are the most abundant 

 Warbler. Saw the last March 6. 



78. Sylvania canadensis. — The first I saw at San Jose was a female 

 picked up in the street on the morning of Sept. 29, 1SS9. They were not 

 uncommon from that date until Oct. 6 when I found them abundant 

 along the river banks. None appeared in the spring. 



79. Setophaga ruticilla. — I have no notes for the spring of 18S9. The 

 first for the fall is that of a female Aug. 13 ; the second, also a female, was 

 seen on the 20th; the first male was noted on the 23d; on the 27th I 

 saw the second and last male noted, although the females were tolerably 

 common until March 6 when the last was seen. 



80. Turdus fuscescens. — I have seen only a single example, brought 

 in the Mesh to the museum Oct. 14, 1SS9, by Senor Manuel Caranza. 



Si. Turdus ustulatus swainsonii. — There is one specimen in the 

 museum collection, labelled "San Jose, Nov. 7, 1SS7. A. Alfaro." 



NOTES ON HABITS OF A FEW BIRDS OF ORANGE 

 COUNTY, FLORIDA. 



BY D. MORTIMER. 



Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. 



The Great Blue Heron is commonly rather wary, but I have 

 noticed one or two singular exceptions to this rule. On June 23, 

 1SS8, my brother and I were fishing in a small creek that drains 

 from the great prairie on the west shore of Lake Jessup. We 

 had shifted our position to a certain point when we noticed that 

 some creature was splashing about just around the nearest bend. 

 Watching for a moment, we soon saw a Great Blue Heron bus- 

 ily~engaged in catching a lunch. It was wading in water that 

 reached above the joints of its legs, and its mode of proceeding 

 was to lift one foot after the other slowly and deliberately clear of 

 the surface, thus moving steadily and silently. Frequently it struck 



