178 West Va May 1874 man the ground, they can be Distinguished at once by their almost unvarying habit of carrying the tail up. The Oporis was perfectly silent, shy and while flitting ahead of me hit invariably on the ground. I recognized it at once by the peculiar markings of the head. Shot four of my M ostratus from the top of high oaks, 100 ft above the ground & observed they often sang from such situations! They are very ruthless in habit & not only ruthless but actually shy; indeed! I think I stand one half a mile before getting a hit May 5 Cloudy all day. Started down the track after breakfast and took about a dozen birds the best Pyranga castanea & Centurus Carolinus &! My ostratus 3 &! Hel chrysoptera & Semius hedic, Arrivals were D. caerulea & (R. D.) D. caruleceus & Py. astiva & Hel chrysoph &. Pyranga castanea was perching the tops of some high oaks, reminded exactly P. rubra launching up occasionally after a fly, was quite shy & perfectly silent: it looked much larger than rubra haver & the absence of the black wings betrays it at once