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and there is but one for Louisiana — also a spring record, from New 

 Orleans. Evidently this species is one of those not entering the Mississippi 

 Valley route by way of the delta. 



76. Dendroica aestiva. Yellow Warbler. — Sparingly present from 

 April 17 to May 1. 



77. Dendroica caerulescens. Black-throated Blue Warbler. — I 

 saw a male on April 29, with other migrant warblers. This is another 

 bird new to the State list, and almost unknown in Louisiana. 



78. Dendroica coronata. Myrtle Warbler. — Very common, in 

 bright, though incomplete, plumage, and fine song, up to April 26; after 

 this less common until it left on May 5. 



79. Dendroica maculosa. Magnolia Warbler. — A late migrant, 

 as it is everywhere in the State. I saw it first on May 3, and it was present 

 rather commonly until May 16. 



80. Dendroica pensylvanica. Chestnut-sided Warbler. — I took 

 a male on May 9; it was in fine song — a long warble like that of House 

 Wren. 



81. Dendroica castanea. Bay-breasted Warbler. — Very common 

 from time to time, but always in close flocks. It mingled freely with other 

 species, but it was very noticeable that the two sexes of this species were 

 rarely to be seen in the same group. I also found that it showed rather a 

 fondness for pine trees, when these occurred among the oaks, which was 

 not shared by any of the other migrant warblers. I saw the first April 29, 

 and the last May 9. 



82. Dendroica striata. Black-poll Warbler. — Common in vary- 

 ing degrees from April 26 to May 3; these were almost all females. After 

 this came a period of rarity, and the last — one of the few males seen 

 was taken on May 12. This one was singing a feeble cricket-like song, 

 and after long search I discovered it actively exploring the branches of a 

 Spanish oak on the border of a field. 



83. Dendroica blackburniae. Blackburnian Warbler. — Rather 

 common from April 27 to May 5. Males predominated, and sometimes 

 sang their weak imitation of Indigo Bunting's song. 



84. Dendroica virens. Black-throated Green Warbler. — Pres- 

 ent from April 23 to May 10; generally common, though flocking less 

 than some of the other species; and well distributed. I noticed two 

 distinct songs, neither strikingly original: one, a rather featureless trill, 

 I have described in my notes as "Paruloid "; the other smacked strongly 

 of the Chickadee's notes. 



85. Dendroica vigorsii Pine Warbler. — Abundant, and very noisy. 



86. Dendroica palmarum. Palm Warbler. — It seems singular 

 that this form of Palm Warbler should occur here, in place of D. p. hypo- 

 chrysoea, our common Mississippi coast form; but this was the case, and 

 on one day it was very abundant. I first noticed it April 19 — though it 

 doubtless winters — and on April 22 it was abundant with other warblers 

 in Vaccinium undergrowth on the hillsides; after this it was not abundant, 

 but lingered until May 6. 



