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: 267. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.). WATER THRUSH; SMALL-BILLED WATER THRUSH: 

 NEW YORK WATER THRUSH ; ^WATER \\'AGTAIL. 



Migrant, generally rare; in the northern counties rare summer resident; 

 breed*. Hon. R. We.. McBride and Mr?. Jane L Hine have both informed me of 

 its breeding in Dekalb County. In certain localities some seasons it is common. 

 Professor Kvermann reported it quite common at Bloomington in the spring of 

 1888, and the same spring Mr. Ruthvtn Deane found them common at English 

 Lake. I have never found the species common in the Whitewater Valley. 



268. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis (Gr/-inn.\ GRINNELL'S WATER THRUSH. 



The only records of the occurrence of this bird in the State that I know, are 

 supplied me by Mr. Ridgway, who writes: "Obtained by me May 4 and 6, 1885, at 

 Wheatland (Knox County) three adult male*, numbered, respectively, 104,998, 

 104,999 and J 05,000, U. S. Nat. Mu*. register. I have taken it also in Wabash and 

 Richland counties, Illinois, and we have it from Warsaw, Ills." 



'''269 Seiurus motacilla (Vie ill.). LOUISIANA WATER THRUSH; LARGE-BILLED WATER 

 THRUSH ; WATER WAGTAIL. 



Summer resident; common southward ; rare northward. Perhaps rare winter 

 resident in lower Wabash Valley. Frequents woodlands along streams and about 

 ponds, whence its loud characteristic song comes to the ear. When seen, a nervous 

 bird with a vertical, wagging motion to the tail is noted; hence its name, " Wag- 

 tail." In the Whitewater and the greater part of the lower Wabash Valley they 

 are common, but in some localities they are rare. I found them common along 

 Sugar Creek in Parke and Montgomery counties, May 19 and 20, 1887, at which 

 time they were building their nests. They are rare over the northern part of the 

 State. Mr. H. K. Coale notes the capture of a single specimen in Lake County, 

 May 24, 1879. Mrs. Hine reports them more common in Dekalb County in spring, 

 but rare in summer. They arrive in spring very early, reaching Southern Indiana 

 as early as April 4, some years. They seeaa to be paired when they arrive. The 

 nest is often built by April 15, and I killed a bird containing an egg ready to be 

 laid, April 21. They pass south in September. The latest I have noted them is 

 September 21. 



GENUS GEOTHLYPIS CABANIS. 

 Subgenus OPORORXIS Baird. 



Head ol Kentucky Warbler, nat. size. 

 : 270. Geothlypis formosa ( Wus.). KENTUCKY WARBLER. 



Summer resident over the southern two-thirds of the State; common in the 

 Wabash Valley, but apparently rare elsewhere. In Knox County it is " one of 

 the most abundant of the summer residents" (Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn Club, 

 1882, p. 20). It is rather common in Monroe County, where young were out of 

 nest June 4, 1886 (W. S. Blatchley) ; common in Vigo County (Evermann). I 



