iSoi.] Rreustick andCiiai>im.\n on Birds of the Su-.vniice River. I ^ C 



cies which also as transients pass thr()u<^li the State on their return 

 from the tropics, renders it impossible to ascertain with accuracy 

 the date of their first appearance as migrants. We give here, 

 therefore, only a list of those species which probably do not winter 

 in the region, arranged according to the date of their arrival. 

 After reaching the mouth of the river on March 26, our oppor- 

 tunities for observing the migration were less favorable. 



March 12. Helmtnthophila backmani. 



" 12. Atitrostomus carolinensis. 



" 14. Vireoflavifrons. 



" 20. V. oUvaceus. 



" 20. Tyranntis tyrannus. 



" 21. Seinrus noveboracetisis notabilis. 



" 22. Prototiotaria citrea. 



" 22. Helinaia swainsoni. 



" 22. Setophaga ruticilla. 



" 22. Chcetura pelagica. 



" 23. Myiarchus crinitus. 



" 26. Clivicola riparia. 



" 30. Sylvania mitrata. 



" 31. Piratiga rubra. 



Technical Remarks. 



Ardea wardi. Ward's Heron. — We are not prepared on the pres- 

 ent occasion to discuss the relationships of this Heron. As a slight 

 contribution to a final study of the group to which it belongs, we merely 

 give the measurements in inches, of the two breeding birds procured, 

 with the stateinent that they apparently agree in coloration with two speci- 

 mens from Tarpon Springs. The measurements of a young bird evidently 

 about ready to leave the nest are also given. 



Rallus scottii. Scott's Rail. — Although the nine specimens which 

 we collected differ very considerably inier se in respect to the width and 

 color of the light edging of the dorsal feathers and secondaries, and still 

 more decidedly in the general coloring of the under parts, there is not a 

 bird among them which cannot be closely matched by one or more of the 

 eight examples of scottii taken at Tarpon Springs by Mr. Scott, with 

 which we have compared them. In short, the Suwanee birds are evi- 

 dently all true scottii. The remarkable variations of coloring which 



