1 62 Beckham on the Birds ofBayju S.rra. Lo?(ls'ia)ia. 



— Heard one singing in a densely wooded ravine on the 17th. Mr. Weder- 

 straudt has often seen them in pairs along the smaller water-courses. 



19. Oporornis formosa {Wils.) Bd. Kentucky Warbler. — One 

 of the most abundant inhabitants of the dense growth along the ravines. 

 Two or three were often heard singing at the same time. 



20. Geotlilypis trichas (Z.) Cab. Maryland Yellow-throat.— 

 Abundant in the usual places. 



21. Icteria virens (Z.) ^(f. Yellow-breasted Chat. — Very abun- 

 dant. In full song. 



22. Myiodioctes mitratus (G;«.) .'l//f/. Hooded Warbler.— P\nind 

 in same places, and almost as abundant as the Kentucky Warbler. An 

 inhabitant of the undergrowth principally. In song ; its note being uttered 

 at intervals of 15 or 20 seconds as it hops from branch to branch in pursuit 

 of insects. 



21. Setophaga ruticilla {L.) Szv. — Redstart. —A single specimen, 

 a male, captured in a swamp. It was in company with a female. 



24. Vireosylvia olivacea (Z.) ^/. Red-eyed Vireo. — Very abun- 

 dant exerywhere. 



25. Vireosylvia gilva (F. ) Cass. Warbling Vireo. — Heard one 

 singing in a shade tree in Bayou Sara on the. 15th. 



26. Vireo noveboraceusis {Gm.) Bp. White eyed Vireo. — \cvy 

 abundant and voluble everywhere. 



27. Lauius ludovicianus L. Loggerhead Shrike.— Not observed. 

 Mr. Wederstraudt says that they are not uncommon here in tlie fall. He 

 once saw one kill and devour a small bird in a thorn tree. 



28. Ampelis cedrorum (F.) Bd. Cedar Wax-wing. — Observed 

 several small flocks. Said to be very abundant here in winter when num- 

 bers are shot for the table. Known here as the ''ortolan" — the fourth 

 bird, I believe, embraced under that comprehensive name. 



29. Progne subis (Z.) Bd. Purple Martin. — Common about Ixnou 

 Sara an'd St. Francisville. 



30. Stelgidopteryx serripannis {Aud.) Bd. Rough-winged Swal- 

 low. — Very abundant. Beginning to breed. Several holes examhied 

 but no eggs found. One was shot out of a dead tree. 



31. Pyranga eestiva (Z.) F. SuiMmer Redbird. — Abundant about 

 dwellings and open ground. In song. 



T,2. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna ( IVi'/s.) Ridgiv. Savan- 

 na Sparrow. — Common in old wet fields. (Jne indiNidual captured, a 

 female, had a very large tiunor on the bill and ^e\eral t-maller ones on the 

 toes. 



33. Zonotrichia albicollis {Gm.) Bp. V\'iiite-throatkd Sparrow. 



— Abundant in parties of six or eight in the luidergrow th about open 

 places in the low lands. 



34. Peucaea aestivalis illinoensis Ridgiv. Oak-woods Sparrow. 



— Two specimens of this interesting form v>ere taken; both males. One 

 was shot from the top of a small bush near the edge of an old corn lield: 

 the other from the top of an isolated pine on the edge of a cottoii Held. 



