VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF KENTUCKY. 9 



specimen, captured in the State College hot house 

 at Lexington in the spring of 1890. 



45. Bewick's Wren (ThryotJiorus bewickii, Audubon). 



Resident throughout the State. Common lo- 

 cally. 



46. Carolina Wren ( Thryothorus ludovicianus, Gmelin) . 



Very common everywhere. Resident. 



47. Brown Thrush (Harporhynchus rufus, Linn.). 



A moderate ly common, summer resident. Less 

 common here than in the states along our northern 

 border. 



48. Catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Linn.). 



A common summer resident. 



49. Mocking Bird (Mimus polyglottes, Linn.). 



Resident in all parts of the State. Becoming 

 shy and rather scarce in the thickly settled regions, 

 owing to persecution by boys and negroes who 

 capture the young for "pets." 



Wagtails (Family Motacillidse). 



50. Titlark (Anthus pensilvanicus, Latham). 



Nelson County, transient (Beckham). 



Warblers (Family Mniotiltidae). 



51. Redstart {Setophaga ruticilla, Linn.). 



An abundant migrant in both fall and spring. 

 Summer resident. 



52. Canada Warbier (Sylvania canadensts, Linn.). 



Kentucky (Aud.). Transient in Nelson County 

 (Beckham). 



53. Green, Black-capped Warbier {Sylvania pusüla, 



Wilson). 



Transient in fall and spring. East Cairo in 

 September. Nelson County, May (Beckham). 



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