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able, without detecting additional specimens. Finally, April 22, while ex- 
ploring a slough near the union of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, I 
met with two more males. Piloted by their song, I readily approached 
them, but, unfortunately, lost one, badly wounded, in the impenetrable 
cane. 
I was impressed by the absorbed manner in which this bird sings. Sit- 
ting quietly upon a limb of some small tree, he suddenly throws back his 
head and pours forth his notes with the utmost fervor and abandon. Dur- 
ing his intervals of silence he remains motionless, with plumage ruffled, 
as if completely lost in musical reverie. 
25. Helminthophaga celata, (Say) Bd. Orange-crowned Warbler. 
— Only two specimens noted. My attention was attracted to the first 
in a cluster of small oak-trees by the roadside, by his loud call-note, 
which, to my ear, was indistinguishable from that of the Cardinal Red- 
bird. This was on February 12. The second specimen I startled from a 
swampy thicket, April 15. 
26. Dendrceca aestiva, (Gm.) Bd. Yellow Warbler. — Arrived 
April 26, in song. But few seen. 
27. Dendrceca caerulescens, (L.) Bd. Black-throated Blue War- 
bler. — A single male found singing in thick, swampy woods, April 26. 
28. Dendrceca coronata, (L.) Gr. Yellow-rumped Warbler. 
— Very numerous up to about the middle of April. Stragglers were 
occasionally seen towards the end of the month. The males began to sing 
on April 12. 
29. Dendrceca discolor, (Vieill.) Bd. Prairie Warbler. — Rather 
common after March 27, frequenting the edges of swampy woods. The 
ovary of a female dissected about the middle of April was but slightly 
developed, and I observed no signs of nest-building during my stay. 
30. Dendrceca dominica, (L.) Bd. Yellow-throated Warbler. 
— A single male observed March 13 ; no more seen until after March 22, 
after which they were not uncommon up to April 4. At this date all dis- 
appeared, and for nearly three weeks none were to be found. During the 
week before my departure I met with two or three solitary males. I saw' 
no females. Although generally frequenting the dry pine wrnods, this bird 
occasionally visits swampy growths of deciduous trees. 
31. Dendrceca palmarum, (Gm.) Bd. Yellow Red-poll Warbler. 
— Of irregular occurrence during the entire extent of my stay. Speci- 
mens taken in the winter and early spring represent the newly separated 
form hypochrysea ; those taken later, the variety palmarum. On April 13 
the males began their simple song, and thereafter both sexes w T ere more 
uniformly and abundantly distributed. 
32. Dendroeca pinus, (Wils.) Bd. Pine-creeping Warbler. — A 
very abundant resident. For the first three or four weeks of my stay I 
found them exclusively in the fields, forming large flocks with Bluebirds 
and several kinds of Sparrows ; and it was not until the latter part of 
