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parently great effort is put forth by 

 the singer. 



119. Black Throated Green Warbler 

 During the spring migrations the 



birds keep well up in the trees, but in 

 the fall the immature birds are much 

 easier to approach. 



120. Oven Bird 



Rather rare summer resident. 



121. Louisiana Water Thrush 

 Another characteristic bird of the 



region. The wild rocky glens of the 

 little hill creeks are peculiarly adapt- 

 ed to the wishes of this bird, and near- 

 ly every 'run' has its pair of lively, 

 cautious water thrushes. The spring 

 song of the adults is a wonderfully 

 loud and striking volley, and is ap- 

 parently rendered by both sexes. They 

 are very dainty creatures as they run 

 along the slippery rocks with tails 

 gracefully wagging up and down. I 

 captured a nestling in 1916, but have 

 not found the eggs. 



122. Kentucky Warbler 



Abundant summer resident of the 

 deep woods. The song may easily be 

 confused with that of the oven bird. 



123. Mourning Warbler 



I secured one immature female on 

 Sept. 21, 1914. 



124. Maryland Yellowthroat 

 Common summer resident. 



125. Yellow Breasted Chat 



An abundant characteristic bird of 

 the region. The nest is usually placed 

 in a low bush on an open hillside, and 

 is quite the easiest to discover of any 

 of the warblers, save possibly the yel- 

 low warbler. I once discovered a chat 

 nest unexpectedly, and almost touched 

 the female bird; otherwise I have 

 found them very seclusive and diffi- 

 cult of approach. The loud song of 

 the male usually suggests where the 

 nest may be found. 



126. Wilson Warbler 

 Recorded in the faU of 1918. 



127. Canadian Warbler 



Recorded twice in the spring of 

 1916. 



128. Am. Redstart 



Common in migration and probably 

 nests. I saw one female redstart all 

 during the summer of 1914 and feel 

 that probably she was nesting. The 

 species is notably rarer than it is 

 further east however. 



129. Catbird 



All sets secured in 1915 and 1916 

 were sets of five. I found but one set 

 of four and two of three. 



130. Brown Thrasher 

 Remarkably rare. During my resi- 

 dence in the county I located only two 

 pairs, one north of West Liberty near 

 the Ohio County line and one near 

 Bethany. 



131. Carolina Wren 



The status of this species has 

 curiously changed during four years of 

 observation. During 1914 they were 

 very abundant, in fact one of the com- 

 monest winter residents. In the fall 

 of 1915 I discovered a nest with two 

 fresh eggs in a neighbor's shed. These 

 birds were prevented from going on 

 with their nesting by the boarding up 

 of the entrance to the nest. During 

 1915 I kept four nests under close ob- 

 servation, and collected one set of five 

 eggs. In the winter of 1915 they 

 seems quite as common as beZore and 

 the cheerful little fellows were among 

 the most common guests at my feed- 

 ing table. But there was a decided 

 absence of them in the winter of 1917, 

 for some thus far undiscovered cause. 

 I noted the birds occasionally but was 

 forced to record them as rare. Dur- 

 ing the following winter the species 

 was actually missing and in the spring 

 of 1919 during several walks about 

 Bethany 1 did not even see an individ- 

 ual. Where the birds have gone is a 

 mystery to me. Perhaps they will be 

 discovered in another part of the coun- 



