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23. Protonotaria citrea, Bd. Prothonotary Warbler. — A not 



uncommon summer resident in marshy localities on Spring Creek and 

 in Ford Bend County in the Brazos bottom, where so-called lakes are 

 abundant. It breeds in hollows of trees, deserted Woodpeckers' Holes, 

 and in stumps standing in the water. I usually met with this bird in 

 localities where the Little Blue Heron {^Florida ccerulea) and the Snowy 

 Heron (^Garzetta candidisshna) were common. I can add nothing to 

 the unsurpassable life-history of this bird given by Mr. William Brewster 

 in this Bulletin. Vol. Ill, pp. 153-162. 



24. Helmintherus vermivorus, Bo7i. Worm-eatixg Swamp War- 

 bler.— A few seen April 6, iSSi, in a flowering plum tree in a city-garden. 



25. Helminthophaga chrysoptera. Cab. Blue-winged Yellow 

 Warblicr. — Common during the migrations, in October and April. 



26. Helminthophaga peregrina. Cab. Tennessee Warbler. — Not 

 uncommon during migrations. 



27. Helminthophaga celata, Bd. Orange-crowxed Warbler. 

 Seen onlv during migrations and very rare. 



28. Dendroeca Eestiva, Bd. Summer Yellow Bird. — Very abun- 

 dant during migrations. Not a very common summer sojourner, but 

 quite regularly distributed. 



29. Dendrceca coronata. Gray. Yellow-rumped Warbler. — The 

 most common of all the Warblers from November to April. Winters 

 abundantly in this region and numbers visit the gardens, even those in 

 the interior of the city. 



30. DendrcEca maculosa, Bd. Black-axd-yellow Warbler, and 



31. Dendroeca blackburniae, Bd. Blackburnian Warbler, are 

 both, so far as I observed, exceedingly rare during migrations. 



32. Dendroeca pennsylvanica, Bd. Chestnut-sided Warbler. 

 — Somewhat common in the latter part of April and early in May. 



33. Dendroeca castanea, Bd. B.\y-breasted Warbler. — This 

 elegant Warbler is one of the most common of its family during the 

 spring migration. I observed small flocks of from eight to ten so late as 

 May 5. 



34. Dendroeca striata, Bd. Black-poll Warbler. — Transient; 

 arrives from winter quarters late in April, when the host of Warblers 

 pass northward. Tolerably common. 



35. Dendroeca virens, Bd. Black-throated Green Warbler. — 

 Abundant during migrations. Moves in flocks of from four to ten. 



36. Dendrceca dominica albilora, Ridg. Yellow-throated War- 

 bler. — A very rare summer resident and very diflicult to observe in the 

 high moss-grown forest trees of the river bottoms. The song resembles 

 that of DendrcBca (Bsiiva, but is louder and more varied. I think it is 

 almost impossible to discover a nest of this bird in the high trees, 

 so densely covered with Tillandsia. 



37. Dendroeca pinus. Bd. Pine Warbler. — Winters in small com- 

 panies in the woods in the northern part of Harris County, near Spring 

 Creek. 



