228 Merriam on Birds of the Adirondack Region. 



34. Siurus naevius {Bodd.) Coues. Common Water Thrush. — 

 Rather rare summer resident. Have found it breeding near the "Old 

 Forge House" below First Lake. 



35. Siurus motacilla ( \ r ieillot) Cones. Large-billed Water Thrush. 

 — Strange as it may seem, several typical specimens of this southern bird 

 have been killed about the southern end of Lake George, in Warren 

 County.* 



36. Geothlypis Philadelphia ( Wilson) Band. Mourning War- 

 bler. — Common summer resident, breeding chiefly in the dense growth 

 of blackberry and raspberry bushes that spring up on nearly all the 

 burned districts. 



37. Geothlypis trichas {Linn.) Cabanis. Maryland Yellow- 

 throat.— Tolerably common summer resident. 



38. Myiodioctes pusillus ( Wilson) Bonufi. Black-capped Yellow 

 Warbler. — Rare. Have seen it only during the migrations. 



39. Myiodioctes canadensis {Linn.) Audubon. Canada Flycatch- 

 ing Warbler. — Breeds abundantly. Found everywhere in suitable 

 localities. 



40. Setophaga ruticilla {Linn.) Szvainson. Redstart. — Common 

 summer resident. 



41. Vireosylvia olivacea {Linn. ) Bonap. Red-eyed Vireo. — Com- 

 mon and noisy. 



42. Vireosylvia gilva {Vieillof) Cassia. Warbling Vireo. — Not 

 common and only met with, so tar as I am aware, about the borders of 

 the great forest. 



43. Lanivireo flavifrons ( Vieillof) Baird. Yellow-throated Vireo. 

 — Breeds. Tolerably common. 



44. Lanivireo solitarius ( Vieillof) Baird. Blue-headed Vireo. — 

 Breeds plentifully in many places. 



•45. Lanius borealis, Vieillot. Great Northern Shrike. — Toler- 

 ably common during the fall, winter, and spring. Not known to breed, 

 numerous "records" to the contrary notwithstanding — they all fit the 

 next. 



46. Lanius ludovicianus excubitoroides {Swainson) Cones. White- 

 rumped Shrike. — -A rather common summer resident, in suitable 

 localities, where it breeds. In a paper written nearly four years agof I 

 narrated the occurrence of this bird in Lewis County, and called attention 

 to the fact that the specimens killed here agree more closely with the 

 western {e.xcttbit oroides) type than with the southern {ludovicianus).. 

 Since then they have steadily increased in numbers till now they breed 

 throughout Lewis County and have extended their range into all con- 

 genial spots within the Adirondack wilderness. Last summer (1880) 

 Walter H. Merriam found it breeding on the South Branch of Ausable 

 River, in Essex County, on the eastern or Lake Champlain side of the 



* Bull. Nut. Ornith. Club, Vol. I, No. 2, p. 117, April, 1880. 



t Published in Bull. Nutt. Ornitli. Club, Vol. Ill, No. 2, pp. 52-56, April, 1878. 



