24 Allison, Spring Birds of Tishomingo Co., Miss. [jan 



87. Dendroica discolor. Prairie Warbler. — A common breeder 

 in the cleared regions that have grown up in thickets; and an abundant 

 migrant, its wiry trill being sometimes one of the conspicuous bird voices 

 of the hillsides. I first heard it April 19; found it abundant with Palm 

 Warbler April 22; after April 23 the residents scattered, and the great 

 majority left the woods for the fields. 



88. Seiurus aurocapillus. Ovenbird. — I was sure of seeing this 

 usually common bird only once; I took one May 4. 



89. Seiurus motacilla. Louisiana Water-Thrush. — A breeder 

 along the brooks and creeks, but not common. I first heard it April 19, 

 uttering its clear, far-reaching song by the side of a rocky brook. 



CO. Geothlypis formosa. Kentucky Warbler. — Present at the 

 time of my arrival; less common later, the surplus probably passing to 

 wider bottom-lands as was doubtless the case also with Black-and-white, 

 Worm-eating, Western Parula, Hooded Warblers, and Redstart. 



91. Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla. Northern Yellow-throat. 

 — The Yellowthroats I collected on this expedition are now in the hands 

 of Mr. F. M. Chapman, and have not yet been passed upon; but I refer 

 them provisionally to this subspecies. It is common in suitable localities. 



92. Icteria virens. Yellow-breasted Chat. — Very common in 

 alder and blackberry thickets. First noted April 23, when it was tolerably 

 common; the bulk arrived about May 1. I found nests with eggs on 

 May 10 and 16. 



93. Wilsonia mitrata. Hooded Warbler. — Common when I arrived, 

 and present through my stay; but of course absent from the hills after 

 about May 1. 



94. Wilsonia canadensis. Canadian Warbler. — First seen May 3, 

 last seen May 11. Tolerably common, but always single; it was very 

 active, and often sang a pleasing little lay possessing well-marked generic 

 characters. 



95. Setophaga ruticilla. American Redstart. — I saw a female on 

 April 24, and noted the last of the hill migrants soon after this. Doubtless 

 I could have found breeders in the swamps later than this. It was at no 

 time common. 



T6. Mimus polyglottos. Mockingbird. — Not very common. I 

 found a nest containing three eggs on May 10, and by May 14 the young 

 were hatched. 



97. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Catbird. — A very common breeder, 

 and a very abundant migrant. On April 24 Catbirds were everywhere; 

 but they soon settled down to breeding numbers; and on May 14 and 16 

 I found nests with full sets of eggs. 



98. Toxostcma rufum. Brown Thrasher. — Doubtless a constant 

 resident; its numbers underwent no fluctuation while I remained, and it 

 was always a familiar'bird of the thickets. I found a nest with eggs op 

 April 25; these did not hatch until about May 9. On May 15 I found 

 another nest with two eggs. 



