524 J- A. ALLEN ON BIRDS 



HlRUNDINID^E. 



13. Hirundo horrcorum Barton. Abundant. 



14. Petrochelidon huiifrons Bd. (Hirundo lunifrons Say.) Abundant. " This species has 

 been quite numerous since the summer of 1819, when for the first time they built their 

 nests in this county." ( Raymond. ) 



15. Progne subis Bd. (P. purpurea Boie.) Common. 



16. Cotyle riparia Boie. Abundant. 



Vireonid^:. 



17. Vireosylvia olivacca Bon. Abundant. 



18. Vireosylvia gilva Cass. Very common. Had commenced incubation May 28. 



19. Vireo noveboracensis Bon. " Very numerous." (Haymond.) 



Ampelid^;. 



20. Ampelis cedrorum Bd. Abundant. 



Tanagridjs. 



21. Pyranga rubra Vieill. Common. Said by Haymond to be the only species of Py- 

 ranga he had observed here. 



Fringilluxe. 



22. Chrysomitris iristis Bon. Abundant. 



23. Pooecetes gramineus Bd. Very abundant. Next in abundance to Euspiza americana, the 

 most numerous species of the family. 



24. Coturnictdus passerinus Bon. Common. 



25. Spizella socialis Bon. Abundant. June 1st, found a nest of this species containing 

 three eggs, built in the grass within three or four inches of the ground. 



26. Melospiza mclodia Bd. Abundant. The only species of Melospiza noticed. 



27. Euspiza americana Bon. Excessively abundant. Sometimes a dozen were observed 

 singing within hearing at the same instant. June 1st, saw them carrying materials for their 

 nests. 



28. Hcdymeles ludoviciana Cab. Common. 



29. Cardinalis virginianus Bon. Very common. 



30. Cyanospiza cyanca Bon. Common. 



31. Pipilo erythrophihalmus Vieill. Abundant. 



Icterus. 



32. Molothrus pecoris Swain. Common. 



33. Agelceus phceniceus Vieill. Common. 



34. Sturnella magna Swain. Abundant. 



35. Icterus spurius Bon. Common. 



36. Icterus Baltimore Daud. Common. Perhaps rather less so than the preceding ; cer- 

 tainly much less abundant than in New England. Both species of Ictcri building nests 

 May 25th to 30th. 



37. Quiscalus versicolor Vieill. Common. According to Haymond, raises its single brood 

 early in the season, and both young and old go north about the middle of June, and are 

 not seen again till fall. 



