154 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



686. Sylvaiiia canadensis (Z»in.).— Canadian Warbler. 



"Observed only during spring migration in eastern part of state " (Aughey); 

 "Migratory, rare, arrive in May" (Taylor); "west to Minnesota, eastern Ne- 

 braska and Texas " (Goss). 



687. Setophaga ruticilla (iin>i.).— American Redstart. 



West Point, Omaha, Blair, Bellevne, Lincoln, etc. — breeds (L. Bruner) ; " Com- 

 mon in the timbered river-bottoms of Nebraska, and breeding extensively" 

 (Aughey); "Summer resident, common, arrive in May" (Taylor); "west to 

 and including the Kocky mountains" (Goss); Omaha — breeds (L. Skow); Peru, 

 common — breeds (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); Gage county 

 (F. A. Colby); "a common summer resident, arrives May 1 to 10, breeds June 

 10 to 25, departs Sept. 1 to 15 " (I. S. Trostler). 



Family MOTACILLIDiE.— Wagtails. 



697. Anthus pensilvanicus {Lath.).— American Pipit; Tit- 

 lark. 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); Lancaster county (Aughey) ; " Migratory » 

 rare, arrives in May and September" (Taylor); "The whole of North Amer- 

 ica" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Omaha, "a common migrant April 10 to May 

 1, Sept. 20 to Oct. 10" (I. S. Trostler); Lincoln Oct. 19-25 (D. A. Haggard). 



700. Anthus spragueii {And.). — Sprague's Titlark; Missouri 



Titlark. 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "One specimen mentioned by Baird " 

 (Taylor); "Interior plains of North America, east to western Manitoba and 

 eastern Kansas" (Goss); Omaha (I;. Skow). 



Family CINCLIDiE.— Dippers. 



701. Cinclus mexicanus Swains. — American Dipper; Water 



Ouzel. 



White river in northwest Nebraska (L. Bruner) ; "Otoe county" (Aughey); 

 "in August on the Niobrara about seven miles from its mouth" (Aughey). 



Family TROGLODYTIDiE.— Wrens, Thrashers, etc. 



Much could be written concerning the food-habits of the various 

 members of this group of birds. Three of the species at least are 

 known to be more or less destructive to fruits, viz., the Catbird, 

 Brown Thrasher, and Mockingbird. Still if we take into account 

 what these birds eat during the entire time spent within the state, the 

 balance sheet stands in favor of the birds as insect destroyers. 



The wrens are pre-eminently insect destroyers, and the others are 

 not much behind them in this respect. 



