THE IOWA OBNITHOLOGIST. 



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mon transient visitor in Poweebiek 

 county" (Kelsey.) 



071 — {135.) Seinrus aurocapillus. 

 (Linn.) 



OVEN BIRD. 



Common ^ throughou the state; 

 "common in Jackson county; nest- 

 ing here, nests are very hard to find; 

 arrives rather early for a warbler and 

 departs about the first of August" (H. 

 J. Giddings.) "A summer resident 

 in Winnebago county, not rare" [R. 

 M. Anderson.) "Have not observed 

 this species as as common in Mahaska 

 county" (W. A. Bryan.) "A com- 

 mon summer resident in Van Buren 

 county" (William Savage.) "Com- 

 mon in Poweshiek county; summer 

 resident" (Kelsey.) Nests are placed 

 on the ground and are oven shaped, 

 from this we get the common name 

 of the bird; April to September; nests 

 in June; eggs four to six, creamy- 

 white, with spots and markings of 

 reddish brown. This species is often 

 the foster parent of the cow bird. 



6*75 — {130.) Seiurus noveboraceusis. 

 (Gmel.) 



WATER THRUSH. 



Rare; a few breed in the state; "I 

 have found their nests in Van Buren 

 county" (William Savage.) In Iowa, 

 near Des Moines, according to Messrs. 

 Keyes and Williams, a female was 

 seen feeding its young in June, 188i. 

 I have observed it as a migrant in 

 Henry county. 



675a— {137.) Seiurus noveboraceusis 

 notabilis. (Grinn.) 



Grinnell's WATER THRUSH, 

 Not reported by any of the mem- 



bers of the I. 0. A. ; Mr. Carl Kelsey 

 reports it as a tolerably common sum- 

 mer resident in Poweshiek county. 



070— {133.) Seiurus motaeilla. (Nielli.) 



LouisANA WATER THRUSH, 



Rare; emigrant; "one specimen 

 taken in Polk county. May 22nd, 

 1885, and is now in the Iowa Agri- 

 cultural Museum at Ames" (W. A. 

 Bryan.) "A few remain to beed in 

 Iowa" (Davie's "Nest and Eggs.") 

 077— {110.) Geothlypisformosa. (Wils.) 

 KENTUCKY WARBLER. 



Rather rare; breeds in some parts 

 of the state; "tolerably common sum- 

 mer resident in Poweshiek county" 

 [Kelsey.] "Not common in Van 

 Buren county, have not found it 

 neting" [William Savage.] "I found 

 a nest of this species in the early part 

 of June, 1894; it was placed in a 

 buck-berry bush about three inches 

 above the ground, and contained four 

 young only a few days old; Van 

 Buren county" [W. G. Savage.] 

 078— {139.) Geothylypis agilis. (Wils.) 



CONNEOTICUTT WARBLER. 



Exceedingly rare ; this specimen is 

 only reported by TFilliam Savage; he 

 says "I have taken a few specimens 

 in Van Buren county; rare." 

 079~[110.] Geothypis phi1a(lel[>Liia. 

 [Wils] 

 MORNING IFARBLER. 



Very rare; migrant: "a rare tran- 

 sient visitor in Van Buren county" 

 [PFilliam Savage.] 



08la-{lll.) Geothlypis tricha.s Occi- 

 dent alls. 



WESTERN YELLOW THROAT. 



Very common throughout the state; 



