62 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [1883. 



HIRUNDINIDJE. 



■VS. Hirundo erythrogastra horreorum. Barn Swallow. 

 Common. 



34. Petroohelidoa lunifrons. Cliff or Eave Swallow. 



Breeds abundantly. 



35. Steleidopteryz serripecnis. Rough-winjjed Swallow. 



Have a single specimen, which I shot near Youngstown. 



36. Progne subis. Purple Martin. 



Very common ; breeds freely in bird-houses in the villages. 



AMPELID^. 



37. Ampelis cedrornm. Ce 'ar Waxwing; Cherry-bird. 



Quite common, especially when cherry-trees are in fruit. 



VIREONID^. 



38. Vireo olivaceus. Red-eyed Grcenlet. 



Common in orchards and groves. 



39. Vireo solitar US. Blue-he ided Greenlet. 



Apparently migratory. 



LANIIDJE. 



40. Lanius borealis. Gt. Northern Shrike: Butcher-bird. 



Very I'are ; I have seen it near Latrobe. 



PRINGILLIDiE. 



41. Faseer domesticus. House Sparrow ; European Sparrow. 



This irrepressible foreigner has established himself in our towns 

 and villages, to the total exclusion of native songsters. 



42. Carpodaous purpureus. Purple Finch. 



Not common ; have seen but few individuals, and those in 

 spring. Probably only migratory here. 



43. Astragalinus tristis. Am. Goldfinch : Thistle-bird. 



Summer resident ; abundant ; breeds. 



44. Pleclrophanes nivalis. Snow Bunting. 



One of my friends described to me a flock of bii'ds which he 

 saw flying about the fields during very severe weather in Jan., 

 1881, which, from his description, must have been Snow Buntings. 



45. Pocecetes gramin.eu>. Grass Finch. 

 Common ; breeds. 



46. Melospiza palustri^ . Swamp Sparrow. 



Common. 



47. Melospiza f^sciata. Song Sparrow. 



Common : breeds. 



