322 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



Swope Park. It has been observed at close range in the small 

 swamp in the woods near the Swope rifle range. 



SEIURUS MOTACILLA (Vieillot). Louisiana "Water-Thrush. 

 Common migrant and not uncommon summer resident. 



Our earliest arrival date for this warbler is April 1, 1905, 

 though the average is ten days or two weeks later. During the 

 first week in May numbers of migrants are found along the 

 streams, especially along the banks of the Missouri Eiver in the 

 willow thickets and other dense growths standing on high cut- 

 ting banks. The fall migratory flight passes through in Sep- 

 tember. 



These warblers breed not uncommonly in the ravines and 

 creek bottoms of the bluff regions and in the valleys of the Big 

 and Little Blue. They nest also in favorable places in and 

 about Swope Park. 



OPORORNIS FORMOSUS (Wilson). Kentucky Warbler. 

 Rather common summer resident. 



The Kentucky Warbler arrives during the first week of May, 

 though occasionally earlier (April 30, 1899, April 29, 1900, 

 April 29, 1917), and leaves late in September. It nests in the 

 deep woods of the Missouri Valley and in the thick undergrowth 

 along the wooded creek bottoms of the higher regions. It is 

 fairly common as a breeder in certain favorable sections of 

 Swope Park and the upper Blue Valley. Three pairs nested 

 in Shilo Hollow during the summer of 1917 and had not left 

 their breeding stands on September 3rd. Bush states that tjiey 

 nest in the coarse grass and sedge along swamps and sloughs in 

 the Courtney district. 



OPORORNIS AGILIS (Wilson). Connecticut Warbler. 

 Very rare migrant. 



Only two local records of this warbler are available. One 

 was seen near Independence on May 12, 1914. On May 15, 

 1916, one was observed at close range in the Country Club re- 

 gion and was heard to sing repeatedly. It was feeding in a 

 clump of Buckberry bushes under large trees from which it 

 sang as it did also from a small thorn tree and from the ground. 

 The song was loud and clear and Carolina Wren-like and may be 

 transcribed as Wee-chipper, Wee-chipper, Wee-chipper, Chip 

 (Hoffmann). 



