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297-676-(138). Seiurns motacilla (Vieill.). * LOUISIANA WATER THRUSH; LARGE- 

 BILLED WAG TAIL, WARBLER. 



Not uncommon, especially in the southern part of the state; April to August; 

 "common in Kalamazoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); " very common in Kent County" 

 (S. E. White); breeds; nests on the ground, under logs, or as in the preceding species; 

 eggs as in the preceding. Mr. Jerome Trombley writes me that this is the common 

 Water Thrush " of Monroe County. 



GENUS GEOTHLYPIS CAB. 



Kentucky Warbler, natural size. 



298-67 7-(14O). Geothlypis Formosa (Wils.). * KENTUCKY WARBLER. 



Exceedingly rare; Dr. Atkins reports taking one specimen June 24, 1878; Dr. M. 

 Gibbs reports one specimen taken by him in Kalamazoo County. 



299-678-(139). Geothlypis agrilis (Wils.). * CONNECTICUT WARBLER. 



Exceedingly rare, but becoming more common; "one of our rarest Warblers" (Dr. 

 M. Gibbs); May and June; migrant; " first taken May, 1879, in Kalamazoo, Washtenaw, 

 Ottawa and Ingham Counties within a week" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "one taken August 30, 

 1889, and the same date in 1890, and one taken a week later in Kent County" (S. E. 

 White); Mr. Chas. W. Gunn reports one from Ingham and one from Ottawa County 

 (Bull. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. IV, p. 123); this is one of the latest Warblers 

 to arrive in the spring. 



3OO-(>79-(142). Geothlypis Philadelphia (Wils.). * MOURNING WARBLER. 



Occasionally quite common; May to August; "Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties " 

 ( A. H. Boies); " migrant at Plymouth " (J. B. Purdy); " rare in Monroe County " (Jerome 

 Trombley); "rare in Kalamazoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); embraced in Cabot's Birds of Lake Superior; " Iron Mountain, May, 1888" (E. 

 E. Brewster); " breeds north on edge of pinery" (Dr. M. Gibbs). Dr. Gibbs writes me 

 that it is abundant in second growth clearings in the pine region north of 44 degrees 

 north latitude; nest and eggs as in next species. Taken here by A. B. Cook, May 17, 1893. 



Maryland Yellow -throat, male, natural size. 



