FAMILY Mniotiltidae. 



The song of the Louisiana Water-thrush is extraordi- 

 narily wild and reverberant; it may be heard under favor- 

 able conditions at a distance of quite a third of a mile. 

 The general rhythm is like that of its northern relation's 

 song with a few more notes added at least that is my 

 impression so far as I can sum up their comparative length. 



Here is my only record : 



fo/to u>/VdOf. Thrice &\>& 



f sostenuto. 



The first pair of notes, though high-pitched are strikingly 

 clear and loud, and they are well sustained, the next six 

 notes are gradually diminished in force and character and 

 it is difficult to place them definitely on the musical staff. 

 Bradford Torrey counted ten notes in all, but the song 

 rendered in syllabic form by Mr. Brewster evidently rep- 

 resents five tones: Pseur, pseur, persee, ser. I presume it 

 all depends upon one's ear! Yet, understanding the char- 

 acter of this Warbler's notes as I do, these four words 

 should and do represent seven tones, and I am quite sure 

 Mr. Torrey counted the notes aright when he recorded as 

 many as ten! 



Kentucky 

 Warbler 



Oporornis 

 formosus 

 L. 5.65 inches 

 May loth 



A most charming Warbler this, and a 

 common one in the intermediate States 

 eastward from Tennessee to Maryland; he 

 is rarer as far north as the lower Hudson 

 Valley, and Connecticut. The colors are 

 beautiful and soft if not quite so brilliant as those of the 

 Yellow-breasted Chat. Upper parts lustrous olive green 

 including wings and tail, forehead and a broad bar running 

 from the bill and below the eye to the neck, black, a narrow 

 yellow bar above this extends over and spreads behind 

 the eye, the under parts bright yellow, no wing-bars; the 

 female slightly duller. Bradford Torrey writes, "he is 



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