BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



Europe in 1890 in Central Park, New York City. They 

 are resident throughout the year wherever found, and 

 have spread, mostly coastwise, to Philadelphia and New 

 London, Conn., respectively. The first record for this 

 County of which I learned was given me by Mr. J. S. 

 Dutcher, who reports a pair seen breeding in Watertown 

 in the spring of 1907. In very few years they will proba- 

 bly be a familiar sight in all our towns. 



110. Bobolink. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. A fairly common sum- 



mer resident, though somewhat irregularly distributed. 



111. Cowbird. Motothrus ater. A common summer resident. 



112. Red-winged Blackbird. Agelaius phoeniceus. An abund- 



ant summer resident, very rarely found in winter. 



113. Meadowlark. Stumella magna. A summer resident, fre- 



quent, but hardly common. 



114. Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurius. A summer resident, 



rare in the towns of higher elevation, but in the Housa- 

 tonic Valley I find it not uncommon locally. Mr. Wil- 

 liams has seen but one in Winchester. 



115. Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. A common summer 



resident. 



116. Rusty Blackbird. Euphagus carolinus. A rather common 



migrant. 



117. Purple Grackle, or Crow Blackbird. Quiscalus quiscula. 



Locally common as a summer resident, usually in towns 

 and villages, where it nests in evergreens in gardens. 



118. Bronzed Grackle. Quiscalus quiscula seneus. Indistin- 



guishable from the preceding except in hand, this form 

 occurs more as a migrant, usually breeding a little further 

 north. A breeding specimen, however, examined by Mr. 

 Woodruff in Litchfield proved to be of this form. 



119. Evening Grosbeak. Cocothraustes vespertinus. A very 



rare and irregular winter visitor, usually appearing, if at 

 all, in flocks. In 1890 there was a notable irruption of 

 the species into the United States from the far North. In 

 this County they were noted by Messrs. Austin, Hanson, 

 and others. 



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