Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 



Pileated Woodpecker 



iRed-headed Woodpecker 



Red-bellied Woodpecker 



Northern Flicker 



Blue Jay 



Southern Crow 



Fish Crow 



European Starling 



Meadowlark 



American Goldfinch 



English Sparrow 

 1 Field Sparrow 



Song Sparrow 



Cardinal 



Cedar Waxwing 

 ^Migrant Shrike 



Mockingbird 



Carolina Wren 



White-breasted Nuthatch 



Tufted Titmouse 



Carolina Chickadee 

 ^Southern Robin 



Bluebird 



Phloeotomus pileatus pileatus (very rare) 



Melanerpes eythrocephalus erythrocephalus 



Centurus carolinus 



Colaptes auratus lufeus 



Cyanocitta cristata hromia 



Corvus brachyrhynchos paulus 



Corvus ossifragus 



Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris 



Slurnella magna magna 



Astragalinus tristis tristis 



Passer domesticus domesticus 



Spizella pusilla pusilla 



Melospiza melodia melodia 



Richmondena cardinalis cardinalis 



Bombycilla cedrorum 



Lanius ludovicianus migrans 



Mimus polyglottos polyglottos 



Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus 



Sitta carolinensis cookei 



Baeolophus bicolor 



Penthestes carolinensis carolinensis 



Planesticus migratorius achrusterus 



Sialia sialis sialis 



Rare, Irregular or Accidental Visitants. 



In the following list are included all the known authentic dates for the 

 species that are but stragglers in the vicinity of Washington, and for a few 

 that occur fairly regularly but only in small numbers. 



Holboell's Grebe (Colymbus holboellii). — One, November 4, about 1850 

 (Spec. U. S. Nat. Mus.); one, about 1859 (Spec. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Sep- 

 tember 30, 1877 (W. F. Roberts); March 26 and December 2, 1916 

 (L. D. Miner); one, January 20, 1920 (Spec. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata). — One, spring, 1882 {fide Smith and 

 Palmer); October 20, 1889 (Richmond MS.); November 15, 1892 (W. 

 Palmer); October 30, 1904 (A. K. Fisher). 



Brunnich's Murre {Uria lornvia lomvia). — Six specimens, December 14, 

 1896-January 1, 1897 (collections of P. Bartsch and W. Palmer). 



Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus hyperbore%is) . — One, April 5-9, 1914 

 (E. A. Preble); one, February 20, 1920 (F. Harper)— February 21, 1920 

 (M. J. Pellew.) 



iRare in winter. 

 2Rare in summer. 



3The Northern Robin {Planesticus migratorius migratorius) occurs in migration and may 

 prove to be our wintering bird. 



