Seiurus aurocapillus furvior Batchelder, Newfoundland Oven-bird
Seiurus aurocapillus cinereus A. H. Miller, Gray Oven-bird
Four specimens in our series of Oven-birds are identifiable without question as examples of furvior. Two were collected by me at University on September 15 and 25, 1940, and Tucker shot one there on September 27, 1942, and another at Cameron on April 29, 1945. There are also two specimens in the series referable to cinereus, as well as several that are intermediate between cinereus and S. a. aurocapillus. Burdick shot one of the typical examples of cinereus at University on September 24, 1942, and I shot the other at the same place on May 16, 1945.
Seiurus noveboracensis noveboracensis (Gmelin), Northern Water-thrush
Seiurus noveboracensis limnaeus McCabe and Miller, British Columbia Water-thrush
A. H. Miller has recently examined our large series of migrant Water-thrushes and identified three as good examples of limnaeus, and six as noveboracensis, neither one of which has been recorded previously from the state. The specimens of limnaeus were taken at or near University on October 2, 1942 (Howell), October 12, 1943, and May 11, 1945 (Burleigh). The specimens of noveboracensis were collected at University on September 14, 1941 (Lowery); at Baines on September 4, 1943, August 20, 1944, and May 6, 1945 (Bruns); at New Orleans on October 20, 1941 (Burleigh); and at Cameron on April 26, 1942 (Lowery).
Geothlypis trichas occidentalis Brewster, Western Yellow-throat
I have found it impracticable to determine subspecifically every specimen in our series of 104 Yellow-throats from Louisiana. However, two female specimens taken by me, one at Cameron on December 4, 1938, and the other on False River at Lakeland on February 11, 1941, are without doubt representatives of the race now known as occidentalis, a subspecies not previously recorded from this state. Several additional specimens in the series are probably also of that race, but I am deferring, for the time, recording them as such.
Icteria virens virens (Linnaeus), Yellow-breasted Chat
The only winter record for Louisiana is that of a female taken by me at Hackberry on January 24, 1941.