lO Neiirlin(J 0)1 Birds of So2itheastei-n Texas. 



I did not find so many Warblers as I expected, although I kept 

 a dilio'ent lookout. I did not observe D. pcdmartim, D. ca>iade>is/s, 

 D. discolor, or D. ccerulca. 



38. Siurus auricapillus, Siv. Golden-crowned Thrush. — Tran- 

 sient and not common. 



39. Siurus nsevuis, Cones. Water Thrush. — Not uncommon 

 in suitable localities during migrations. 



40. Oporornis formosa, Bd. Kentucky Warbler.— A common 

 summer resident ; exceeding in numbers even the Maryland Yellow-thi-oat, 

 with which it occupies the same localities. Common in wet fields with 

 patches of low bushes, and in the dense undergrowth near water. Visits 

 frequently the country gardens. Very abundant on Spring Creek, in the 

 northern part of Harris County, and in Montgomery County. Arrives 

 about April 21. Commences nest-building early in May. Nest verv 

 difficult to find. 



41. Geothlypis trichas, Cab. Maryland Yellow-throat. — Arrives 

 about April 15, from its winter quarters. A common summer sojourner. 

 Like the preceding species, most common in grassy localities with 

 thickets interspersed. On a farm near Houston is a wet piece of land 

 containing about two acres, where I found three pairs breeding. Through 

 this runs a ditch and the whole ground is covered with high broom-grass 

 (^Andropogon macriirus) with briar patches, thickets of water-oak. Vibur- 

 num dentatum, black haw ( F. pruneifoliutn), etc. The field is surround- 

 ed by an almost impenetrable hedge of Cherokee-roses {J?osa Itevigaia). 

 Here the Yellow-throats occur with Kentucky Warblers, White-e^-ed 

 Vireos, Yellow-throated Vireos, Painted Finches, and Blue Grosbeaks, 

 all living in harmonj'. Two broods are raised yearly in this latitude. 

 In almost every nest of this bird, and also of the Kentucky Warbler, eggs 

 of the Cow Bird are to be found. 



42. Geothlypis Philadelphia, Bd. Mourning Warbler. — Tran- 

 sient and rather rare. 



43. Icteria virens, Bd. Yellow-breasted Chat. — A common 

 summer resident, arriving from its winter quarters about April 15. Many 

 winter in sheltered places. Its most favorable resorts are brier-patches 

 in fields, thickets on the edge of woods, myrtle-holly thickets overgrown 

 with tangled Smilax laurifolia, and similar localities. Nest in the inte- 

 rior of thickets near the ground ; it has some resemblance to the Catbird's, 

 and is built of nearly the same material. 



44. Myiodioctes viAtxBXviB, Aud. Hooded Warbler. — This beau- 

 tiful species is common during migrations. Arrives from the South in 

 the last part of April, when the host of Warblers migrate northward. I 

 never observed the bird during the summer months and do not think that 

 any remain to breed. 



45. Myiodioctes canadensis, Aud. Canadian Flycatching War- 

 bler. — Not very common during the spring migration. 



46. Myiodioctes pusillus, Bon. Black-capped Warbler. — I con- 

 sider this the most common species of the genus during migrations. 



