162 Beckham on the Birds of Bayou Sara , Louisiana. 
— Heard one singing in a densely wooded ravine on the 17th. Mr. Weder- 
straudt has often seen them in pairs along the smaller water-courses. 
19. Oporornis formosa ( Wils. ) Bd. Kentucky Warbler.. — One 
of the most abundant inhabitants of the dense growth along the ravines. 
Two or three were often heard singing at the same time. 
20. Geothlypis trichas (A.) Cab. Maryland Yellow-throat. — 
Abundant in the usual places. 
21. Icteria virens (A.) Bd. Yellow-breasted Chat.— Very abun- 
dant. In full song. 
22. Myiodioctes mitratus ( Gm .) And. Hooded Warbler. — F ound 
in same places, and almost as abundant as the Kentucky Warbler. An 
inhabitant of the undergrowth principally. In song ; its note being uttered 
at intervals of 15 or 20 seconds as it hops from branch to branch in pursuit 
of insects. 
23. Setophaga ruticilla (Li) Sw. — Redstart. — A single specimen, 
a male, captured in a swamp. It was in company with a female. 
24. Vireosylvia olivacea (A.) Bp. Red-eyed Vireo. — V ery abun- 
dant everywhere. 
25. Vireosylvia gilva (V.) Cass. Warbling Vireo. — Heard one 
singing in a shade tree in Bayou Sara on the 15th. 
26. Vireo noveboracensis (Gm.) Bp. White-eyed Vireo. — Very 
abundant and voluble everywhere. 
27. Lanius ludovicianus A. Loggerhead Shrike.— Not observed. 
Mr. Wederstraudt says that they are not uncommon here in the fall. He 
once saw one kill and devour a small bird in a thorn tree. 
28. Ampelis cedrorum (V.) Bd. Cedar Wax-wing. — O bserved 
several small flocks. Said to be very abundant herein winter when num- 
bers are shot for the table. Known here as the “ortolan” — the fourth 
bird, I believe, embraced under that comprehensive name. 
29. Progne subis (A.) Bd. Purple Martin. — -C ommon about Bayou 
Sara and St. Francis ville. 
30. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (And.) Bd. Rough-winged Swal- 
low. — Very abundant. Beginning to breed. Several holes examined 
but no eggs found. One was shot out of a dead tree. 
31. Pyranga aestiva (A.) V. Summer Redbird. — Abundant about 
dwellings and open ground. In song. 
32. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna ( Wils.) Ridgw. Savan- 
na Sparrow. — Common in old wet fields. One individual captured, a 
female, had a very large tumor on the bill and several smaller ones on the 
toes. 
33. Zonotrichia albicollis (Gm.) Bp. White-throated Sparrow. 
— Abundant in parties of six or eight in the undergrowth about open 
places in the low lands. 
34. Peucasa aestivalis illinoensis Ridgw. Oak-woods Sparrow. 
— Two specimens of this interesting form were taken; both males, One 
was shot from the top of a small bush near the edge of an old corn field ; 
the other from the top of an isolated pine on the edge of a cotton field. 
