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153. Dendroica blackburniae (GMEL.). 

 Blackburn iau Warbler. 



Although Wheaton considers 1 this bird an abundant transient in the vicinity of 

 Columbus, it is seemingly very rare in Wayne County. Only three individuals have 

 been noted ; two on May 20, 1890, and one on May 20, 1892. It is possiblv more com- 

 mon than is thus indicated. 



154. Dendroica virens (GMEL.). 

 Black-throated Green Warbler. 



A common spring transient from May i to May 22. It is apparently rare in the 

 fall, as there is available but one record for that season : October 4, 1891. It may be 

 found in the woods ot both the uplands and the bottoms, and there its very distinctive 

 rsong may be heard almost any day during its spring migration. 



GENUS SEIURUS SWAINSON. 



OVEN-BIRD, NATURAL SIZE. 



155. Seiurus aurocapillus (LINN.). 

 Oven-bird; Golden- crowned Thrush. 



A rare summer resident. It is for a while in May common in certain localities, 

 especially in portions of the Killbuck Valley, where at this season it occurs associated 

 with the next species. It arrives early in May, and remains until the middle of Oc- 

 tober (May i to October 16). It has seldom been noted on the bottom-lands except 

 during the migrations, since it retires for the summer to the most secluded portions 

 of the upland forests. 



156. Seiurus motacilla (VIEILL.). 

 Louisiana Water Thrush. 



Rare summer resident. A certain portion of the valley of the Killbuck, lying 

 'between four and five miles northwest of Wooster, is the only locality where this 

 species has in summer been observed, and although it there probably breeds, its 

 nest has not been discovered. In this place the species is usually common for a few 

 daysln spring, frequenting the woods and thickets along the creek, together with the 

 many mossy ravines in the adjacent woodland. It has been in spring occasionally 



Geological Survey of Ohio IV, 1882, p. 252. 



