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Its note was not heard, but in wetter seasons the lound song of 

 this thrush delights the bird lover. I have never known this 

 warbler to breed in our locality. 



Yellow-breasted Chat 

 Icteria virens 

 I have seen the chat but once in all my observations. Other 

 observers in our locality seem to have been more fortunate, and 

 have reported this species at least occasionally. As I have been a 

 very regular and fairly careful observer of bird life for many years, 

 I can not understand why I have missed this warbler so frequently. 



•Redstart 

 Setophaga ruticilla 

 This beautiful \varbler is very plentiful at Notre Dame, but 

 does not breed here. Arriving about the middle of May, it some- 

 times tarries until early in June. Usually it is a constant singer, 

 but in 191 7 the song was not heard frequently. In the month of 

 August I have found Redstart families in the deep woods, which 

 would seem to indicate that these warblers may begin to migrate 

 early. 



JOHN EATTON LE CONTE 



BY JOHN HENDLEY BARNHART 



The LeConte family has long maintained a conspicuous place 

 in the history of American science. Guillaume LeConte, born at 

 Rouen, France, March 6, 1659, was one of the many Huguenots 

 who fled to America during the years immediately following the 

 revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 168,5. He settled at New 

 Rochelle, New York; afterward went to the island of Martinique, 

 where he married; and spent his last years in New York, where 

 he died in 17 10. Guillaume's second son, Dr. Pierre LeConte, 

 married Valeria Eatton, and their second son, Dr. John Eatton 

 LeConte (1739- 1822), was the ancestor of all the later scientists who 

 have contributed to the fame of the name LeConte in this country. 



Dr. John Eatton LeConte spent his summers in New York or 

 New Jersey, and his winters on his plantation, " Woodmanston," 

 in the southern part of Liberty County, Georgia. He married 

 Jane Sloane, of New York, and they had three sons, two of whom 



