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166. PINE WARBLER. 
Dendroica vigorsii (Aud.). 
Summer resident; rare. I met with this species once near 
Parkersburg, in a tract of pine timber along the Little Kanawa 
River. Mr. Brown, of that town, has two stuffed specimens 
that he took in the same place during July. 
167. PALM WARBLER. 
Dendroica palmarum (Gmel.). 
Transient visitant; tolerably common. I observed this spe- 
cies frequenting the thickets and small trees along the South 
Branch of the Potomac River October 27. It was extremely 
shy. In eastern Pennsylvania I have found in the stomachs of 
this species red ants (/ormica sanguinea), and house flies 
(Musca domestica). ' 
168. PRAIRIE WARBLER. 
Dendroica discolor (Vieill.). 
Transient visitant; rare. I took a specimen of this species 
October 23 at Green Springs, Hampshire County, in a small 
belt of timber near the Potomac River. It was the only one 
observed. 
169. OVEN-BIRD. 
Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.). 
Summer resident; common in all wooded districts, but more 
plentiful in low damp woods in the mountains. It is chiefly 
terrestrial. 
170. WATER-THRUSH. 
Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.). 
Summer resident; tolerably common along the streams and 
small pools which are plentiful in some sections towards the 
mountains, I did not observe them in the Ohio or Great Ka- 
nawha Valleys. 
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