74 Trans. Acatl. Sci. of St. Louis 



uiiicii sIiowcmI I»v llicir action thai tlicv were onlv on a 

 sliort visit, jjrohahly clieckcW in proiiress by the jiie- 

 cedin<,^ cold spell of May 5-0-7 wjieii tli«* fn)st nipped 

 many a tender yonn'j: oakleaf on tlie Ozark hills without 

 doin^- any a))pr(M'ial)le damai^c to I'lnit trees whieh can 

 stanil well a little frost after tlic hloomin.ir season is 

 passed. 



Of the S|)ari(>w faniily ten species weie noted, six 

 breeding and fonr lransi<'nt. The summer resident 

 species were the Goldlinch, the Larklincji, the ('hip])y, 

 Field Sparrow, Cardinal and lndi<i^o Bird. The tran- 

 sients, ])resent in small numbers, were the white-crowned, 

 white-throated and Lincoln's S))arrows, and the rose- 

 breasted Grosbeak, the latter ])ossil)ly stayini^ in small 

 numbers. The Tana^ers were both thei-e, the sunuuer 

 Tanai^er being- heard in the forest everywhere, and tlie 

 scarlet Tanaj!:er, a line old male, met but once. More 

 j^regarious than any others were the members of the 

 Swallow family. All oui- eastern species, six in numl)er, 

 were well re])resented and jthiyed a prominent part in the 

 enlivening- of the \alley. Whole droves of them, com- 

 posed of three, four or more species, were constantly 

 flyinu: wp and down the river in search of food, which in 

 cold weather they lind over water easier than elsewhere. 



Martins, Rough AVings, learns, P>ank and Eave Swal- 

 lows were )>robably all at home in the vicinity, but the 

 number of Tree Swallows seemed too large for suunner 

 residents, the species being rather rare in sunnner in 

 southern ^Missouri, and must therefore be regarded as in 

 j)art transient. Foni- species of Vireos were prominent 

 among the musicians in the great concert performed 

 every morning and, belonging to our most industrious 

 and persevering singers, wei-e olten heard during tlu' (hiy 

 when most other binls are silent. The red-eved, the 

 warl)ling, the vellow-throated and the white-eved Vireos 

 were all more or less common in their favorite haunts. 

 The s])lendid i)rothonotary Warbler was at home on t)ie 



