Wayne: Birds of South Carolina. 173 



This species breeds in the mountains of West Virginia and north- 

 ward to Hudson Bay. 



271. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis Ridgw. Ghinnell's 

 Water-Thrush. 



This race of noveboracensis is apparently more abundant in 

 late summer and autumn than the preceding species. I have 

 observed it in spring from March 24 until May 20, and from July 

 18 until the middle of November. Of the specimen taken Jan- 

 uary 20, 1887, referred to under the name noveboracensis, Mr. 

 Brewster writes as follows: "The Water-Thrush you mention 

 I should call notabilis but it is hardly typical of that form. ' ' The 

 habits of this race are identical with those of the preceding species. 



The breeding range of this form extends from Minnesota and 

 Nebraska northward to Alaska and East Cape, Siberia. 



272. Seiurus motacilla (Vieill.). Louisiana Water-Thrush. 

 I have observed the Louisiana Water-Thrush from March 21 



to April 26, and from July 13 to August 16. It is rare in spring, 

 but during some years is exceedingly abundant in late summer. 

 From August 1 to 16, 1902, I took no less than thirteen speci- 

 mens — all shot in a very dense swamp near Mount Pleasant. A 

 female taken August 11, 1902, has the entire pileum sooty black. 



This species is almost always exceedingly shy and wary, and 

 I know of no bird of its size so difficult to approach. I wore out 

 an entire suit of clothes in attempting to shoot one of these birds 

 which I pursued for more than a week in a very dense swamp, 

 but without success! During the spring migration the exqui- 

 site song of the male is frequently heard. The birds are always 

 exceedingly fat in July and August, but are lean in the spring. 



Mr. Leverett M. Loomis 1 found this species breeding among the 

 mountains of Pickens and Greenville counties. At Chester, 

 Mr. Loomis found it to be a very rare autumn migrant, but he 

 did not observe it in the spring. 



This species winters in the West Indies, Mexico, Central Amer- 

 ica, and Colombia. 



273. Oporornis formosa (Wils.). Kentucky Warbler. 

 This lovely warbler inhabits only the deep, dark, gloomy 



swamps where there is a dense undergrowth with more or less 



lAufc, VII, 1890, 128, and VIII, 1891, 332. 



