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No. 643. Male. Greensboro. Sept. 4, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 735. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 6, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 769. Female. Greensboro. Oct. 18, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



162. MNIOTILTA VARIA (Linnaeus). 

 BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER. 



"Not common as a summer resident. Abundant in 

 the autumn migration." (1891b). 



No. 545. Male-hornot. Greensboro. July 21, 1890. W. C. 

 Avery. 



No. 593. Female. Greensboro. Aug. 21, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 1070. Female. Greensboro. Sept. 21, 1893. W. C. Avery. 



163. PROTONOTARIA CITREA (Boddaert). 

 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. 



The following note is Dr. Avery's first record of this 

 species : 



"The day (7th May, 1887) was quite cool in the morn- 

 ing, but the thermometer rose towards evening. I was 

 standing near the pond fed by the large Cypress Slough 

 well when I heard the song of a bird which I at first 

 believed to be that of the indigo-bird. After searching 

 for sometime for the author of the pleasing notes that 

 kept resounding through the woods, I saw a prothonotary 

 fly into a tree near the edge of the pond. It was not 

 long before he began to sing and by creeping up I could 

 see his bill vibrate as the notes welled from his throat. 

 I watched him for sometime and to make assurance surer 

 still I shot No. 15, to identify him beyond the question 

 of a doubt." 



The stomach of this specimen, taken near Greensboro, 

 contained insects, as did that of another taken May 21, 

 1887, near the same place. 



"Common. Summer resident. Breeds." (1891b). 



No. 15 (?). Male. Greensboro. April 5, 1889. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 1060. Female. Greensboro. Aug. 25, 1893. W. C. Avery. 



164. HELINAIA SWAINSONI (Audubon). 

 SWAINSON'S WARBLER. 



"On the 6th of September, while collecting about four 

 miles southwest of Greensboro, Alabama, I took a speci- 

 men of Swainson's warbler. As far as I know, this is 



