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spiders' nests from under the veranda of a cottage and carry- 

 ing these and other materials into two places in the pines. A 

 day or so afterwards a gang of men moved a neighboring 

 cottage a few feet, cutting two trees near those in which the 

 birds were building, and the birds disappeared. About two 

 weeks later a single bird was seen at the same place. 



224. Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea. 



YELLOW PALM WARBLER. 



A rare migrant. Mr. Shepard records three specmiens; two 

 near Clinton, May 3 and 9, 1888, and ont rt the eastern end 

 of Oneida Lake October 5, 1889. 



225. Seiurus aurocapillus. 



OVEN-BIRD. 



A common summer resident. Breeds. Arrives April 21 to 

 May 6. 



226. Seiurus noveboracensis noveboracensis. 

 WATER-THRUSH. 



A not uncommon migrant. A not common summer resident 

 in the West Canada Creek Valley and at the east end of 

 Oneida Lake. 



227. Seiurus montacilla. 



LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH. 



A rai-e summer resident, of very local distribution. Found, 

 evidently breeding, though the nest was not taken, in a little 

 ravine on the headwaters of Mud Creek, in the town of Kirk- 

 land May g, 1897, May 10, 1888, May 12, 1889. 



