THE OOLOGIST. 



192. De iidroica Blackburniie (Blackhnvmnn warhler). Common migrant. "Breeds 

 rarely." (Warren). 



193. Dendroica dominica (yellow-throated warbler). A rare migrant. 



194. Dendroica townsendi (Townsend's warbler). Rare; migrant. "Mr. C- D. 

 Wood, of Philadelphia, killed near Coatesville, Chester county, a male of this species." 

 (Warren). M. and W. 



195. Dendroica mgorsii {^hie wdirhlQv). Migrant; not abundant. 



196. Dendroica palmarum (palm warbler). Common migrant. 



197. Dendroica discolor (prairie warbler). Migrant; rare. 



198. Seiurus aurocrpillus {ove\i-\>\rd). Common summer resident. Builds a cowre^ 

 nest on the ground, hence the name of "oven-bird." 



199. Seiurus noveboracensis (water- thrush). Rather common as a migrant. Prob- 

 ably a few breed. 



200. Seiurus motacilla (Louisiana water- thrush). Rare migrant. (M. B. W.) 



201. OeotMypis formosa (Kentucky warbler). Summer resident; rather common; 

 nests on ground ; eggs 4-5 ; light, with reddish spots at larger end. 



202. Oeotlilypis agilis {Cowa.eclicvity^&rh\Qv). Migrant; not very abundant. 



203. OeotMypis Philadelphia (mourning warblei-). Rare migrant. June 19th, 1886, 

 a female of this species was brought to _me, having been picked up dead a few days 

 before; a male bird was seen in the same vicinity about June 12th. The inference is 

 probably that these birds were already and would have nested in the immediate locality. 



204. OeotMypis triohas (Maryland yellow-throat). Abundant summer resident; 

 rears two or three broods ; nests in low, damp places, generally near woods; eggs, 3-4; 

 light, with more or less abundant light spots of pink or reddish color; rarely without 

 spots. 



205. Icteria virens (yellow -breasted chat). Summer resident; apparently more 

 abundant than fifteen years ago; nests in thickets; eggs, 4-5; light, with pale brown 

 spots; food, largely insects; a handsome and shy bird. 



206. Sylvania mitrata (hooded, vf&rhlev). Migrant; not very abundant. 



207. Sylvania pusilla (Wilson's warbler). Migrant only; rather common. 



208. Sylvania canadensis (Canadian warbler). Rather common as a migrant. 



209. Seiophago ruticilla (American redstart). Common migrant. ' 'Probably 

 breeds." (Warren). 



210. AntJius j^fensilvcmicus {American pipit). Winter resident, in flocks; common; 

 fall and spring. 



211. Mimns polyglottos (mockingbird). Rare; summer resident; nest. and parent 

 birds taken by the late V. Barnard, one mile east of Kennett Square; a specimen shot 

 near same place, 1872; eggs, 4-5; blue, with reddish-brown spots; food, seeds and insects. 



212. Oaleoscoptes carolinensis (catbird). Abundant; summer resident; nests in 

 thickets, bushes and briars; eggs, 4; dark greenish-blue; food, seeds and small fruits, 

 especially grapes. 



213. Harporhynckus rufus (brown thrasher). Common; s\immer resident; nest 

 placed on the ground or in a bush, and is often quite bulky; frequents hedge-rows along 

 roadside; eggs, 4-5, yellowish-brown, with abundant darker spots; food, insects mainly, 

 grasshoppers, &c. 



214. Th7'yotIiorusludovician'us {Carolina wren). Resident; not abundant; breeds in 

 holes around houses, mills and bridges; eggs, 5-6; light ground-work, thickly spotted 

 with reddish-brown; insect eater almost exclusively. 



215. TJiryothorus hewickii (Bewick'!^ wren). "Very rare." (Barnard.) Given 

 also by M. 



216. Troglodytes aedoii (house wren). Abundant; summer resident; nests about 

 houses in holes and bird-houses; eggs, 5-8, almost covered with red-brown spots; food, 

 insects. 



217. Troglodytes hiemalis (winter wren). Common; winter resident. 



218. Cistotliorus stellaris (short-billed marsh wren). Rare, if at all. (B. and M.) 

 June 11, 1886, while collecting a series of eggs of long-billed marsh wren, I took a 



set of 3 eggs — probably incomplete — of this species. This was a few miles south of our 

 county line, in the state of Delaware. — See The Oologist, Vol, III., No. 5, page 58. 



219. Oistothorus palusiris ([ong-hi\\G\\ marsh, ^van). Given by Michener; occurs in 

 summer only, if at all; breeds in marshes near Wilmington and Newport, Delaware, ten 

 miles south of county line. 



Under date of June 13, 1883, Mr. T. H. Jackson, of West Chester, writes me : 

 "About the middle of May I discovered a pair of long-billed marsh wrens in a swamp 



