18. Siurus motacilla (V.) Coues. Large-billed Water Thrush.—Heard one singing in a densely wooded ravine on the 17th. Mr. Wederstraudt 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 (L.) Cab. Maryland Yellow-throat.—Abundant in the usual places.
21. Icteria virens (L.) Bd. Yellow-breasted Chat.—Very abundant. In full song.
22. Myiodioctes mitratus (Gm.) Aud. Hooded Warbler.—Found 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 (L.) Sw. Redstart.—A single specimen, a male, captured in a swamp. It was in company with a female.
24. Vireosylvia olivacea (L.) Bp. Red-eyed Vireo.—Very abundant 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 L. 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.