Summer Birds of a Northern Ohio Marsh. 221 



The absence from the list of such species as the Tufted Titmouse, 

 Great Carolina Wren, Yellow-breasted Chat, Redstart, and our two 

 Tanagers, is noticeable in view of their comparative abundance in 

 Southern Ohio; but in some cases of course this absence may only 

 indicate failure of observation, owing to comparative rarit}^ of the spe- 

 cies at the locality under consideration. • 



The thanks of the writer are due to the above-mentioned Club for 

 various privileges accorded during his stay; to Mr. J. H. Porter for 

 the use of boats and other conveniences, and to Mr. J. B. Porter, whose 

 knowledge of the locality and of its birds was an invaluable aid in our 

 observations and collections. 



For the nomenclature, such standard works as Dr. Coues' " Key to 

 North American Birds," and "Birds of the Colorado Valley," and 

 Baird, Brewer & Ridgway's " History of North American Birds," have 

 been consulted. Some recent changes have been adopted from the cur- 

 rent ornithological literature, notably that contained in the " Bulletin 

 of the Nuttall Ornithological Club." 



LAND BIRDS, 



Order Passeres : Perchers. 



Sub-order Oscines: Singing Perchers. 



Famih^ Turdid^: The Thrushes. 



1. TuRDUS MUSTELiNUS, Gmclin. — Wood Thrush. — A few observed in 

 the oroves bordering the marsh. 



2. TuRDUS MiGRATORius, Linnasus. — Rohin. — Common. 



3. Harporhynchus rufus, Cauanis. — Brown Thrasher. — Rather 

 common. 



4. Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Cabanis. — Catbird. 



Family Saxicolid.^: Bluebirds; Stonechats. 



5. SiALiA siALis, Baird. — Eastern Bluebird. 



Family Sylviid^: Sylvias. 



6. PoLioPTiLA c^RULEA, Sclatcr. — Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — Evi- 

 dentl3^ this species is here much less common than in Southern Ohio, 

 as our only identification of it rests on the note of a single individual 

 heard. 



Family Parid^: Titmice. 



7. Parus carolinensis, Audubon. — Carolina Chicadee. {Porter.) 



8. SiTTA CAROLINENSIS, Latham. — White-bellied Nuthatch. 



