310 [March, 



*TUKD[ S :\IIGRATORIUS, Linn. 



Abundant. Arrives middle of March, leaves first of November. 



*TuRDrs arusTELiNus, Gmel. 



Common. Wishinjt to add to my collection a pair of this species, together 

 with their nest and eggs, I shot the female, and was about to secure the nest, 

 when the male, which had been Vv^atching me in the vicinity, commenced sing- 

 injr ; and as I approached the spot he glided off still further from the nest, all the 

 time pouring fourth the most mellow and plaintive strains I ever before heard 

 uttered by this most melodious of songsters. After I had been enticed to a con- 

 siderable di-tance, he returned to the vicinity of the nest; three or four times I 

 followed this bird in the sams manner bafore 1 suceeded in shooting him. This 

 movement, am! the effect of his tender song, so far enlisted my sympathies that 

 I regretted exceedingly my cruelty in destroying his nest and mate. It is 

 common for birds to resort to various stratagems for the purpose of attracting 

 intruders from their nests, but this is the only instance with which I am ac- 

 quainted where the charms of their music were employed for this object. 



TURDUS SOLITVRIUS, WilsOJl. (?) 



Numerous during spring and fall. 



Is our bird, which retires further north to breed, the same that nests in the 

 Southern States ? 



*TuKDUS wiLSONil, Bonap. 

 Common. Nests 1st of June. 



*Seiurus noveboracensis, Gmel. 



Abundant in spring and fall. A few nest in dark and gloomy swamps. Their 

 sonii is sweet, a mixture between the Warbler's merry ditty and the more mellow 

 strains of the Thrush. 



*Seiurus aurocapillus, Wilson. 

 Common. 



Anthus ludovictanus, LicJist. 



Abundant on the prairies in spring and fall. 



SYLVIAD.E, (35 species.) 



Sylvicola CORONATA, Wils07l. 



Numerous. The first warbler that arrives in the spring 1st of April; they 

 all go north by the third of May ; in the fall they linger with us until November. 



Sylvicola petechia, Lath. 



Very numerous, especially in the fall, vrhen thousands may be seen any day 

 on the prairies, running along the fences, flitting from stalk to stalk in the 

 corn-field, all the time wagging their tails in the manner of the Titlark and 

 Aquatic-Thrush, w^hich they closely reserjble in habits. 



*Sylvicola estiva, Gmel. 

 Abundant. 



Sylvicola macvlosa, Lath. 



Numerous from the 5th to 27th of May. 



Sylvicola flavicollis, Wilson. 



I shot a single individual of this species near Racine, June 20th, IS IS. 



*Sylvicola virens. Lath. 



Common. A few nest with us. The old males arrive 5th of May, young males 

 and females about the 10th of the same month. 



Sylvicola Blackiujrni^, Lath. 



One of the most numerous warblers from the 5th to the 20th of May. The 

 old males precede the females about a week. The first arrivals of this species, 

 as well as all others, are in the finest plumage. A few nest with us. 



