Ornithological Field Notes. 121 



ORNITHOLOGICAL FIELD NOTES, WITH FIVE ADDI- 

 . TIONS TO THE CINCINNATI A VI AN FA UNA. 



By Frank W. Langdon. 



Since the publication of the writer's '"Revised List of Cincinnati 

 Birds,"* several of the species therein given as "of probable occurrence, 

 but not 3^et identified^' in this vicinity, have been taken, two of 

 which — Tringa hairdii, and Sterna Mrundo^ have been already 

 recorded by Messrs. Dury and Freeman. f Four others, namely: 

 CistotlioTus stellaris, Helminthophaga celata, Melospiza Uncolni^ 

 and Tringa fuscicolUs, have also been added to the list of identified 

 species, and a fifth [Helminthophaga cincinnatiensis), entirely 

 new to ornithology, has been discovered, a description and figure 

 of which will be found in another part of this number. 



The five additions to our avian fauna herein noted, with the two 

 already recorded by Messrs. T)uvy and Freeman, bring the total num- 

 ber of species actually identified, in this vicinity, up to 263 ; leaving 

 20 unidentified species, whose range includes this locality, jQt to be 

 heard from. 



For information of value contained in the following notes, acknowl- 

 edgments are especially due to Mr. John W. Shorten, the well known 

 taxidermist of Cincinnati, Ohio; to J. Bonsall Porter, Esq., of Glen- 

 dale, Ohio; and to Messrs. Edgar R. Quick and A. W. Butler, both 

 of 'Brookville, Ind; their names accompan3dng their respective notes. 



The species are here numbered to correspond with the "Revised 

 List of Cincinnati Birds," excepting the additions which are not num- 

 bered. 



8. MiMus POLYGLOTTUS, Boic. — Mockiug Bird. — A set of three eggsi 

 taken by Mr. Joel Metcalf, near Glendale, Ohio, on June 20, 1879, is 

 now in my collection, being the fourth instance known of the breeding 

 of the species in this vicinity, during the past four jears. 



12. Regulus ca-Lendula, Lichtenstein. — Rithy -crowned Kinglet. — 

 Mr. Quick favors us with the following extract from his note book in 



*A Revised List of Cincinnati Birds, By Frank W. Langdon, this Journal, Vol. 1. 

 No. 4, January, 1879, pp. 167-193. 



t Observations on Birds, by Charles Dury and L. R. Freeman, this Journal.. Vol 2., 

 No. 2, pp. 100-104. 



