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THE MIGRANT.--- -VOL. I1- J U N E , 19;;1- - NO. 2.- -ubl iahd quarterly b y T h e Tcnna?cc Ornithulorrical Sr>cic:v. lu rer .orr l ntlrl enrnbrmpe the st~rrlyor birals i n Tcni~crxre. ('trrrcwln~nrlcnrt fu r T111.:W ICiCANT sl~r+.~ItIe :II ITI~L%~N~0 G T ~ ) c ~ . c.Worrrlri~~r?,:llitor, 1411 Slr.~!on h u r n r ~ e . N:ishvillc. Tcnn.- . - -

SUMMER WARRLEES O F SBELEY COUKTYE y R E N E. COFF'EY, JR .

I f one's study has been carrietl on ehjeffy in the tw o wooded ~)nr:ts01 Mem-phis he rvouId immediate ly think o f the Kentucky and the HondrtI IVxrbEcrs.T he s t u d en t who has slrirted tlie bol-ders of Wolf River, IIom Lalie, andvarious bayous would llzinli of the Prothonotary Wa~bler. Anrl in n ~ o r c pensituations we rind th e RZa~ylandYellow-throat. Thcsc four, to my mind, arethe o u t s ta n r l i n ~ e a u t ie s which spend thr! surnincr with us, a l t h o c ~ h e can f i n dthe Redstart i f m e lcnow where ta loolr.

The Kentucky and IInoded Warblers are alwnl-s associatetE l o g c t h r r in mythoughts of them. P r e f e ~ r i n ~he s a m e ravine and hcnvils sharted hillsirlr:enrir.onrncnts, with a si~nililr iquid quality of tone in the ir son r nolcs, andwith th e same colors predominating, t h i s ~~;.:ouliln ly bc n a t u ~ x l . Reed's BirdGuide does not do f u l l justice to the bright yclEom unrler~)nrt:: of e ither , andthe black e r o n n ant1 ear cover ts of t h e former and black h o o d o f t h e latter~ i v e s bril l iant contrast. Tlze Kentucky Warbler is the Ovcrton Park war.bler; in tlie spring its Inutl, clear "ron-dcc, ron-dce, ron-dye" is llsard t h r o u g h -out the p a ~ k oods morn in^ and evenina. I t is more comnion Ihro~igl*houth ecountry than l h c HoodctI Wal-hler. and nzay be found i n nrosl (lamp ravincsand ~unodrdcreek botlonls . T he Hooded Warbles is the Rivcrc;i:le Park wa r -bler, and is very comnlon near the strcam course there. I t? i n t c ~ ~~ o g a l i v e"come ant1 scc me" is of a l iqu id tone.A l o n g Wolf Rivrr, Nnnconnah Creek, Horn Lake anrl b a y o u s IW finrl,usual ly without much drlay, the Prolhonolary Warbler. TIIF olrl m i n e ofGolden Swamp Warbler is more appropriate, and my Scouts anrl I caIl it ths"twcct-tweet" hirrl. Certainly no other bird's notes are as similar to the pop-uIar printed conception of a bird 's song. The IourZ, clcxr, r i n ~ i n g t lveet-l tveet- t~vect- tweet" attracts instant attent ion, but when t h e s i n g e r i s located;Is beauty eclipscs t h c vcrnal fresllness of its sona. Anothcr song, ?lot s o loutl,hearrl in the same l o c a l i t i c ~mould cause field glesscs to bc turned tow ar d thetops of tall cypresses to hunt for th e Sycamore W a ~ b l c r , rarinpy th e yclla-Ythroat and black flank strcalis. Occnsinnally he is found in sq-cai-~ol~es,hr?trees that l ~ cs more oftcn a s s o c i a t~r lwith arounrl Nashville o r ITarc!y ( A r k -ansas), ant1 on two separate tr ips I h e a d one at the e t l ~ e f Piney IVoorls.half a mile f ~ o mype environl-~ent.The Louis iana Watcr-Thrl!sh is o f t e n found along our streams w i t h t h cKentucky or Hooded Warblers . T have a picture taken May 18, 1925, oS fouryoung in a nes t found undrr t ree roots at the P,s le i~I ; -Wolf River bcseh.with in three feet of a path in continual use by swimmcrs ar,d picnickers. I thas a b ~ a u t i f u lwild-spirited sgng and can be easiIp recognized by its habit ofcontinually flirting its tai l . ( O n l y thc Spotted S an d p i p e r (u n c o m m o n ) andPalm Warbler (mig-rant) do l ikewise . )

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THE M?GR.ANT J u n e , 1931The R d s l n r t has bccn found to hc quite common throughout llhc su lnmcrin th c woodcrl hnitom I a n d x o f the biississippi itsrlf, u7est of thc Y. 8: nl. V.

R. R., south of tnmn, and from t h e linc O F bInffs to t h e river, north of towtt."1,n Candelitn" is n o t seen c~lsewh~rex c v p t dvlrinfi mi ~ mt i o n , h e n i t is veryc o m m o n . Thc Pnrula W ~ r b I r r s found in t he sni~icchar act^^ of environ-mcnt. but iLq territory scrnis to inclurlr simi!ar locnlit i r s t h m r r ~ h o u t he coun-try. Dttrinr thc sunirner n f 1098 onc was my " u n k n o w n marblr~." of Pincy\\'ootls. E niizht ndtl herr tliat th is \vnrl~lcrs very common In O v ~ r t D nPar: