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latter half of May, in the creeks and detached copses upon the 

 prairie. I always found them in pairs, and very affectionate, 

 keeping close together, and apparently feeding one another; 

 they seem to prefer the upper branches of small or young trees 

 to those of a greater altitude, and are not so restless in their 

 habits as D. coronata. 



Dendececa DOMINICA (Linn.) Yellow-throated Warbler. — I 

 obtained but one specimen of this warbler, which I found upon 

 the 20th March, 1880, feeding among the loftiest branches of a 

 tall tree in company with D. coronata and R. calendula. 



SiUEUS NiEVius (Bodd.) Small-billed Water Thrush. — I shot 

 my only specimen of this warbler at a tank upon the open 

 prairie, on September 13, 1880. The situation, which was far 

 away from any trees, shows that it was merely a passing migrant. 

 It was very fearless, running about and feeding close to my feet, 

 and was most adroit in catching the small water beetles along 

 the shallow margin of the tank. The difference in size, espe- 

 cially of the bill, between this and the next species is very 

 appreciable. 



SiURUS MOTACILLA (Vieil.) Large-billed Water Thrush. — ^A 

 summer visitor, but nowhere very common. This handsome and 

 interesting little bird may be found any day between the middle 

 of March and the end of August along the most undisturbed 

 parts of the banks of the river, and about the muddy edges of the 

 woodland ponds. Always shy, and anxious to shun the neigh- 

 bourhood of man, it is not easily watched, as the approach of an 

 intruder causes it instantly to dive into the recesses of the 

 thicket, from whence it does not emerge until all is again quiet. 

 They feed along the edge of the water, like the smaller sand- 

 pipers, picking up insects, and even wading a short distance in 

 to take them from the surface, occasionally also catching them 

 on the wing. They run most adroitly over half-submerged logs 

 and branches, from the decaying wood of which they extract a 

 rich harvest of eggs and larvse. I never saw them alight on any 

 except the lowest branches of trees and bushes, and generally 

 those alone which overhung the water. 



Opoeornis FORMOSA (Wils.) Kentucky Warbler. — A summer 

 visitor, arriving about the beginning of April, and frequenting in 

 small numbers the densest and shadiest thickets along the banks 



