330 OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



GENUS SETOPHAGA SWAINSON. 



162. Setophaga ruticilla (LINN.). 

 American Redstart. 



A very rare summer resident, though common as a spring transient. It appears 

 .usually during the first week of May, the earliest date being April 30 (1891). It fre- 

 quents the woods of both the uplands and the bottoms ; being often associated with 

 other species of Warblers. It has been observed in summer on but one occasion, 

 July 27, 1893. and has been entirely overlooked in the fall. It is generally in song 

 upon its arrival in spring; and was heard singing on July 27. 



FAMILY TROGLODYTID^E. WRENS, THRASHERS, ETC. 



SUBFAMILY MIMIN/E. THRASHERS. 



GENUS GALEOSCOPTES CABANIS. 



163. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (LINN.). 

 Catbird. 



An abundant summer resident from April 26 to October 2. 



The numerous and extensive thickets on the bottom-lands seem to afford particu- 

 larly favorable nesting sites, since it is there that during the breeding season this 

 species occurs most abundantly. The nests are seldom higher from the ground than 

 six feet, and by far the greater number of those found have been but three and one- 

 half feet or less; but almost always carefully concealed. When the situation is, as 

 occasionally chosen, an orchard, the nest is generally at least twelve or fourteen feet 

 from the ground and in the upright fork of a limb. The lining of the nest was 

 ascertained to be in nearly every case entirely of dark-colored roots, the only excep- 

 lions containing in addition a small quantity of grass and weedstalks. Three or four 

 eggs generally constitute a complement ; five having been but twice recorded. Occu- 

 pied nests have been noted from May 14 to June 26. 



The Catbird sings very continuously from the time of its arrival until August, 

 and subsequently more or less intermittently until September. The latest date of 

 song heard is September 18 (1892). 



GENUS HARPORHYNCHUS CABANIS. 



SUBGEXUS METHRIOPTERUS REICHENBACH. 



164. Harporhynchus rufus (LINN.). 

 Brown Thrasher. 



A common summer resident. It appears sometimes by April i, though not in- 

 frequently several days later. Not observed in fall after September 17 (1893). 



