Identifier: birdark00how (find matches)
Title: Birds of Arkansas
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Arthur H. Howell
Subjects: Birds--Arkansas.
Publisher: Washington : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Biological Survey
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
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cond-growth sprouts. It was noted at Helena betweenApril 22 and 27, 1904, but apparently is not a regular breeder in theeastern part of the State. It is a common summer resident at De-light (where it arrived April 9, 1911), and I noted several at Menaand Rich Mountain. It breeds also in small numbers at Chester,Pettigrew, Conway, and Mammoth Spring. Ovenbird. Sciurus aurocapillus. The ovenbird, so named from the fancied resemblance of its domednot to an old-fashioned oven, is one of the ground warblers and adweller in deciduous woodland. It occurs commonly as a migrant,hut .-is a breeder only in the mountains and foothills of the northernand western parts of the State. It is reported as a fairly commonsum met- resident at Clinton, where it arrived from the south on April24. I found it very common and breeding both on Rich Mountainand in the Ozark hills around Pettigrew. A migrant was observednt Turreil on May 9 and :it Helena the Bpecies has been noted a fewtimes between May l and 19.
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A Summer Resident Insect-Eater. The Kentucky Warbler. WARBLERS. 81 Grinnell Water-thrush. Seiurus noveboracensis Tiotabilis. This subspecies, the western form of the water-thrush, is a commonmigrant through the Mississippi Valley and breeds from northernMinnesota northward to Alaska. It is, of course, not a thrush at all,in spite of its name, but a ground warbler related to the ovenbird.It frequents swamps and creek and river bottoms. I noted severalbirds of the species at Turrell May 7, and this seems to be the onlyrecord from the State. The bird is probably of regular occurrence,however, and may be looked for between April 20 and May 15 andagain from the last of August till October. Louisiana Water-thrush. Seiurus motacilla. The Louisiana or large-billed water-thrush is a southern breedingspecies, finding its northern limit in southern Nebraska and Minne-sota. It is a fairly common summer resident in Arkansas, arrivingfrom the south about the middle of March and departing in October

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