384 [August, 



*DoLICHONYX ORYZIVORA, LiuU, 



Abundant. 



MoLOTURUS PECORIS, Wihoil. 



Common. I found the egg of this bird, in one instance, in the nest of the 

 Red-winged Blackbird. 



* Agelaius xanthocephalus, Boiiap. 



A few nest within rifteen miles of Racine, in an extensive marsh. Seldom 

 visit the lake shore. 



* Agelaius phceniceus, Linn, 



Abundant every where. 



* SOOLECOPHAGUS FERRUGINEUS, Lath. 



Common fall and spring. Arrive 15th of March. A few remain during 

 summer. 



*QuiscALus VERSICOLOR, Vieill. 

 Common. 



CORVID^., (5 species.) 



Cyanocorax cristatus, LCnn. 

 Common through the year. 



Cyanocorax Canadensis, Li/m. 



Occasionally during severe winters visit the vicinity of Racine. 



Pica melanoleuca, And. 



Occasionally a straggler visits us. Two were shot in Caledonia, ten miles 

 from Racine, December, 1848. A gentleman of this city obtained one at Balier 

 Harbor, on Lake Michigan, November 15, 1849. 



* CoRvus Americanus, And. 



A singular fact in relation to the Crow is, that it never takes up its quarters 

 within fifteen or twenty miles of Lake Michigan, within this State. At Racine 

 it may be considered one of the rarest birds. 



* CoRvus coRAX, Linn. 



More numerous than the preceding. Remain through the winter. 



TROCHILID.E (1 species.) 



* Trochilus colubris, Linn. 



Common. 



PlCIDiE, (1 species.) 



*Picus pileatus, Lm7i. 



Common in heavy timber districts. 



Dendrocopus Canadensis, Gmel. 



Occasionally met witb during winter rare. 



*Dendrocopus villosus, Linn. 

 Abundant through the year. 



* Dendrocopus pubescens, Linn. 



Common remain during winter. 



Dendrocopus vartus, Linn. 



Common. Leave us 1st of November, arrive 15th April. This Woodpecker 

 visits the orchards during September and October, to feed upon the inner bark 

 of the peach and cherry, girdling the stems so effectually as not unfrequently to 

 kill the trees. I have watched them while thus engaged in my own garden, and 

 and have carefully examined, under a microscope, the contents of the stomachs 

 of numerous specimens. 



