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297-676-(138). Seiurns motacilla (Vieill). * Louisiana Water Thrush; Large- 

 billed Wag tail, Warbler. 



Not uncommon, especially in the southern part of the state; April to August; 

 "common in Kalamazoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "very common in Kent County" 

 £S. E. White); breeds; nests on the ground, under logs, or as in the preceding species; 

 eggs as in the preceding. Mr. Jerome Trombley writes me that this is the common 

 •' Water Thrush " of Monroe County. 



Genus GEOTHLYPIS Cab. 





Kentucky Warbler, natural size. 



298-677-(140). Geothlypis formosa (Wils.). * Kentucky Warbler. 



Exceedingly rare; Dr. Atkins reports taking one specimen June 24, 1878; Dr. M. 

 Gibbs reports one specimen taken by him in Kalamazoo County. 



299-678-(139). Geothlypis agilis (Wils.). * Connecticut Warbler. 



Exceedingly rare, but becoming more common; "one of our rarest Warblers" (Dr. 

 M. Gibbs); May and June; migrant; " first taken May, 1879, in Kalamazoo, Washtenaw, 

 Ottawa and Ingham Counties within a week" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "one taken 'August 30, 

 1889, and the same date in 1890, and one taken a week later in Kent County" (S. E. 

 White); Mr. Chas. W. Gunn reports one from Ingham and one from Ottawa County 

 (Bull. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. IV, p. 123); this is one of the latest Warblers 

 to arrive in the spring. 



300-679-(142). Geotlilypis Philadelphia (Wils.). * Mourning Warbler. 



Occasionally quite common; May to August; "Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties " 

 (A. H. Boies); " migrant at Plymouth " (J. B. Purdy); " rare in Monroe County " (Jerome 

 Trombley); "rare in Kalamazoo County'' (Dr. M. GibbB); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); embraced in Cabot's Birds of Lake Superior; " Iron Mountain, May, 1888 " (E. 

 E. Brewster); " breeds north on edge of pinery " (Dr. M. Gibbs). Dr. Gibbs writes me 

 that it is abundant in second growth clearings in the pine region north of 44 degrees 

 north latitude; nest and eggs as in next species. Taken here by A. B. Cook, May 17, 1893. 



Maryland Yellow-throat, male, natural size. 



