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Family Kirundinid^: Swallows. 



14. Progne subis, Baird. — Purple Martin. 



15. Petrochelidon lunifrons, Cabaiiis. — (JUff Swalloio. — Many ob- 

 served carrying mud ; doubtless to repair their nests for the reception 

 of the second brood. 



16. Hirundo erythrogastra, Boddaert. — Barn Swallow. — Much 

 less common" than the succeeding species. First brood on the wing, 



17. Tachycineta bicolor, Cabanis. — White-bellied Stoallow. — An 

 iibundant species ; the prevailing Swallow of the locality. Numerous 

 young of the first brood observed on the wing in their peculiar silvery 

 drab first plumage. On June 29th, a nest containing one addled egg 

 and a 3'oung bird (probably of the second brood), was observed in a 

 knot hole in an old snag, about two feet above the water ; with the 

 exception of a thin layer of water moss and grass as a foundation, this 

 nest was composed entirely of feathers, amongst which could be recog- 

 nized those of tame geese, chickens, wild ducks, and the Great Blue 

 Heron. 



18. CoTYLE RiPARiA, Boic. — Bank Swallow. — A few onl}' observed. 



Family Vireonid^: Greenlets. 



19. ViREO OLIVACEUS, Yicillot. — Bed-eyed Vireo. — Much less 

 numerous than in southwestern Ohio, being evidentl}- replaced to a 

 great extent b}' the Warbling Vireo which was exceedingly common, 



20. Vireo gilvus, Bonaparte. — Warbling Vireo. — As above stated 

 this species was found in considerable numbers, the woods and scat- 

 tered groves on the borders of the marsh resounding with their musi- 

 cal and somewhat plaintive notes. 



Family Ampelid^: Waxwings. 



21. Ampelis cedrorum, Sclater. — Cedar Waxioing. — Observed 

 breeding in 1878, by Mr. J. B. Porter. 



F.amily LAXiiDiE: Shrikes. 



22. Lanius LUDoviciANUs excubitoroides, Coues. — White-rumped 

 Shrike. — A single pair observed. 



Family Fringillid^: Finches, Sparrows^ etc. 



23. Chrysomitris tristis, Bonaparte. — American Goldfinch; Thistle 

 Bird. 



24. Passer domesticus, Linnneus. — JEuropean House Sparrow. — 

 Common at Port Clinton, within five or six miles of the marsh. 



