174 Brown on Birds observed ai Coosada, Alabama. 



February that they frequented the woods commonly. The females de- 

 posited their eggs about the last of March, judging from the appearance 

 of specimens dissected at that time. Young were flying generally by 

 April 27. 



Throughout the six weeks of winter which I spent at Coosada the Pine 

 "Warblers were iminterruptedly tuneful. No other winter birds sang so 

 continuously ; even the Carolina "Wrens and Tufted Titmice were often 

 chilled into silence on raw, sunless days in February ; but, however cold 

 (and midwinter in Alabama is much less tropical than is popularly sup- 

 posed, frost often crusting the ground, and ice skimming ponds and slug- 

 gish streams), I never failed to hear the notes of these indefatigable little 

 songsters. 



33. Siurus motacilla, ("V"ieill.) Coues. Large-billed "Water 

 Thrush. — Abundant after March 13, in swampy localities. 



34. Oporornis formosus, (Wils.) Bd. Kentucky "Warbler. — 'Arrived 

 April 9, and soon became common, frequenting the same places as the pre- 

 ceding species. I did not find them the active bird they have generally 

 been described, but rather leisurely in their movements.. Nor do they, 

 as has been asserted, always walk when upon the ground, but frequently 

 move about by the hopping, or rather jumping, motion common to most 

 small birds. They were apparently not breeding at the time of my 

 departure. 



35., Geothlypis trichas, (L.) Cab. Maryland Yellow-throat. — 

 On February 7, Mr. Bond reported having seen a solitary male in a dense 

 swamp ; but it was not until the 5th of March that the species appeared 

 in numbers. Thereafter they were common during my stay. 



36. Icteria virens, (L.) Bd. Yellow-breasted Chat. — Arrived 

 April 20 ; became common a week later. 



37. Myiodioctea mitratus, (Gm.) Aud. Hooded Warbler. — 

 Eather the most numerous summer resident of this family. The males 

 arrived March. 28 ; the females, about two weeks later. A female taken 

 April 22 was on the point of laying. 



38. Setophaga ruticilla, (L.) Sw. Redstart. — First seen April 

 19. Not very common. No females observed. 



tf 39. Pyranga rubra, (L.) Vieill. Scarlet Tanager. — But one speci- 

 men observed ; a female, in swampy woods, April 25. 



40. Pyranga aestiva, (L.) Vieill. Summer Redbird. — First speci- 

 men noted March 31 ; became common April 8. Apparently not breed- 

 ing at the time of my departure. Found almost exclusively in pine 

 woods. 



{To be continued.) 



