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gi Ye LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH. 
Seiurus motacilla (Vieill.). 
Summer resident; common, frequenting the banks of streams 
and swampy and low damp woods where there is clear running 
water. It is an exceedingly shy species, and is mainly terres- 
trial. 
172. KENTUCKY WARBLER. 
Geothlypis formosa (Wils.). 
Summer resident; tolerably common. It was met with very 
frequently along the low bushes that border the banks of Buck- 
hannon River; also in the Qhio Valley near Parkersburg. 
Stomachs of specimens secured contained traces of //ymenoptera 
and Diptera. 
173. MOURNING WARBLER. 
Geothlypis philadelphia (Wils.). 
Transient visitant; rare. I took one September 16, at Fair- 
mont, whefe it was feeding among some low bushes in a 
swampy woods. Stomach of specimen secured contained traces 
of Coleoptera and larve of Lepidoptera. 
174. MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. 
Geothlypis trichas (Linn.). 
Summer resident; common. This beautiful and active spe- 
cies is generally distributed throughout low swampy localities, 
V7 SS YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 
Jeteria virens (Linn.). 
Summer resident; apparently rare. It frequents thickets and 
dense undergrowth on hillsides and is generally known as the 
ventriloquist of the woods. Persons not familiar with its habits 
may look for it in vain. One moment its notes are heard from 
a spot close by, and the very next they come from some distant 
point, always leaving one in doubt as toits whereabouts. This 
species is about the size of the Catbird. Its upper parts are 
bright olive green, the throat and breast are bright yellow, and 
the belly white. 
