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Oporornis fonuosus, Wxuhk 



KENTTJCKT WABBLEB. 



f Si/h'iii a^quiiuK-tiiilis, ViKiLL. Ois. Am. Sri»t. 11, lMi7, 20, \\. Ixxxi, Penn. (not of OmklinK 



Siilcji fonnosi,, Wii.s. Am. Oni. Ill, isil, 8'., jtl. xxv, li^'. :i. — Nrrr. ; Ari». Orn. 



liioj;. I, i»l. xxxviii. Sif/cimln /-irmosu, ,Iaki». ; liicii. ; Ijon. ; Max. Mifmiiixfrs 

 formosi's. All). Syn. — In. Birds Am. II, pl. Ixxiv. — Lkmbeyk, Av. ('uIki, 1850, ;{7. 



GuNDLAcii, Cab. .lour. 1861, 320 (Cuba). Oporornis /iriihtsus, Baikd, Birds N. Am. 



18r>8, 247 ; Hiv. '218. — Silatku & Sai.vin, Ibis, I, 18.'>9, 10 (OuattmalaK 

 Other localitii's citt'd : J/«''7C<», ScLATEll. htkmus Puionao, Lawkknck, Veraijiut, Salv. 



Costii Rica, Lawk. , 



Sp. Cfiau. Adult mnlr. rpix-r part.x unci sidi's dark olivo-jrrocn. Crown and sid«'s of 

 tho lu'ad, iiichitlhiy: a trianirular patch tVoin behind the ey«' di»\vn the side of the neck, 

 bhick, the feathers of the erown narrowly Innulated at tips with dark ash. A liiu' from 

 nostrils over the eye and eiicin linii' it (except anteriorly), with the entire nnder parts, 

 briijrht vellow. Xo white on tiu; tail. Female, similar, with less black on the head. Lenirth, 

 r> inches ; winjj;, 'J.l'.') ; tail, 2.'l't. Yomnj not seen. 



TKo adults in aiitunm are exactly the same as in spring:. 



Hau. Ertsti'rn Province of L'nited States, north to Washinirton and Chicasjo ; west to 

 Republican Fork of Kansas River (Corns). Cuba, Guatemala, and Isthmus Panama. Not 

 recorded from West Indies except Cuba. 



Habits. The Kentucky \Varl)ler i.s an abundant species in tlie Southern 

 and Southwestern States, and has been found, thouuh more mrely, as far to 

 the north as Southern Xew York in the east and to Southern Wisconsin in 

 the west. It has also been obtained at Fort Riley, in Ka'jsas. Its nest and 

 eggs have been procured near Cleveland, O., by Dr. J. P. Kirtland, and also 

 in Chester County, I*enn., by Mr. Xorris. It is a winter inhabitant in 

 Mexico, Panania, Guatemala, and Cuba. 



Wilson speaks of having met with this bird in abundance from Kentucky to 

 the mouth of the ^lississippi, everywhere quite common, but most esi)ecially 

 so in the States of Tennessee and Kentucky. At the IJalize he several times 

 heard it twittering among the high rank grass of those solitary morasses. 

 He found it freipienting low damp woods, and building its nest either in the 

 middle of thick tufts of rank grass, in the fork of a low bush, or on the 

 gronnd. The materials of which these nests were made were loose dry 

 grass, mixed with the pith of wood, and lined with hair. He found the eggs 

 from four to six in nnmber, pure white, s])rinklc ' rith reddish s])ecks. He 

 met with the female sitting u]M)n her egus as earlv as Ma v. These birds, 

 he adds, are seldom seen among high branches, but prefer to frecpient low 

 bushes and canebrakes. In their habits they are very lively and s])rightly. 

 The song is loud, comjn-ising three notes, and resembles f wtrrl/i-f trirtfJc-d mr- 

 dle. It makes its aj)peardnce in Kentucky from the South al>ont the middle 

 of April, and leaves the region about New Oileans on the apjn*oacli of cold 

 weather. Wilson was assin^eil that it never remains there during the winter. 



W^ilsou characterizes these birds as a reckless fighting species, almost 

 always engaged in pursning its fellows. 



