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along the ground in an open grassy place, pausing at every three or four 
hops to extend and close its wings. It repeated this several times until a 
grasshopper was flushed, when the bird immediately “reached” for it, and 
having captured it, made off to a neighboring bush to eat it. Mr. Weder- 
straudt says that he has observed this interesting performance many times. 
4. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Z.) Cab. Catbird. — Abundant in 
the shrubbery in the creek bottoms. None were seen near the dwellings. 
5. Harporliynchus rufus (Z.) Cab. Brown Thrasher. — A bundant 
in same places as the last. Three clutches of three eggs each were taken, 
in one of which incubation was very far advanced, and on the 19th a nest 
was found containing two young nearly able to fly. 
6. Sialia sialis (Z.) Haldem. Bluebird. — Observed several pairs in 
town and in the country. • Not as common as in Kentucky. 
7. Polioptila caerulea (Z.) Scl. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — A 
common, and, on account of its active and noisy habits, conspicuous bird. 
8. Loplioplianes bicolor (Z.) Bp. Tufted Titmouse. — N ot very 
common. Frequenting principally the tops of trees. 
9. Pams carolinensis Aud. Carolina Chickadee. — But few ob- 
served. A pair bred in a hole in a cedar post within twenty yards of the 
house last year. 
10. Thryothorus ludovicianus (Gm.) Bp. Carolina Wren.— -V ery 
abundant everywhere. A clutch of three eggs was taken on the 19th from 
a nest in a small recess formed by the junction of several timbers, under 
the piazza, which was frequented at all times of the day. The nest was 
empty on the 16th, one egg was deposited on the 17th, one on the 18th, 
and one on the 19th. I saw neither of the old birds about the place at all, 
and it was only by capturing the female on the nest at night, that the eggs 
were positively identified. A pair have bred about this piazza for many 
years, I am informed. 
11. Mniotilta varia (Z.) V. Black-and-white Creeper. — A male, 
the only one seen at all, was captured in a dense wood on the 17th. 
12. Parula ainericana (Z.) Bp. Blue-yellow-backed Warbler. — 
Very abundant. A persistent but weak vocalist. 
13. Bendroeca aestiva ( Gm .) Bd. Summer Yellowbird. — Com- 
mon in open places. 
14. Bendroeca blackburniae {Gm.) Bd. Blackburnian Warbler. 
— Common in large trees about open ground. 
15. Bendroeca dominica albilora Bd. White-browed-yellow- 
throated Warbler. — A male, the only one seen, was shot out of a mag- 
nolia tree on the 10th. In all of my Kentucky specimens of this bird the 
anterior portion of the superciliary line has a trace of yellow. In this one 
no yellow is perceptible. 
16. Bendroeca pinus ( Wils$i Bd. Pine-creeping Warbler. — A p- 
parently not uncommon. Preferring open ground. In song. 
17. Siurus auricapillus (Z.) ■ Siv. Golden-crowned Thrush. — 
One specimen captured in a thicket on the 15th. 
18. Siurus motacilla (V.) Cones. Large-billed Water Thrush. 
