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along fences and hedge-vows, from daylight to dusk, and occasionally 

 even at midnight. 



112. PiPiLO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. Vieillot. — Towliee Finch, Ground 

 Robin. — Mr. O. M. Meyncke, of Brookville, Ind., informs me that 

 several instances of the nesting of this species in bushes, have come 

 under his observation. He also found one nest situated on the top of 

 a stump about six feet high, overgrown with parasitic vines. 



113. DoLiCHONTX oRTZivoRUS, Sw. — BoboUnk. — Present in limited 

 numbers for a few daj's in Ma}^ 1878. 



121. CoRVUS coRAi, Linn. — ^«ye?i.--Dr. Rufus Haymond, in a list 

 of the "Birds of Franklin Co., Ind." (Ind. Geol. Report, 1869), says: 

 " The Raven was once numerous in this section, yet now so rare that I 

 have seen but one during the past twenty years." — In Atwater's His- 

 tory of Ohio (1838), the Raven is mentioned as a constant resident of 

 the State. 



1-46. CoLAPTES ADRATUS, Sw. — Goldeu-ivinged Woodpecker, Flicker. 

 — Unusually abundant during the Fall of 1877. A beautiful albino has 

 been taken at Valley Junction, by Mr. Harry Hunt, and is now in his 

 collection. It is of a delicate cream color, but the red nape shows 

 plainlv, and the pectoral crescent obscurely. 



147. CoNDRUS CAROLiNENSis, Kuhl. — Carolina Paroquet. — Mr. 

 Joseph Settle tells me that Paroquets occurred in large numbers near 

 Madisonville, during the Summers of 1837, '38 and '39. Few were 

 seen in 1840, and none after that year. He describes them as a "green 

 bird," appearing in flocks, like Blackbirds, making a loud, chattering 

 noise, and destroying a considerable amount of fruit. Mr. Dury notes, 

 on the authorit}^ of Giles Richards, Esq., their occurrence in large 

 numbers at Matson's Mills, near Venice, Butler Co., Ohio; Mr. Rich- 

 ards pointing out the identical sycamores in which they had nested 

 many years ago. 



148. Strix flammea, L. var. Americana, Coues. — Barn Owl. — Mr. 

 Dury's collection contains two specimens taken here; the only positive 

 record of its occurrence in Ohio. 



151. Otus vulgaris, var. wilsonianus, Less. — Long-eared Owl. — 

 Full fledged 3'oung of the year taken by Mr. Dury, at Avondale, in 

 July, 1878 — the first evidence of the breeding of this species in this 

 vicinit}^ The stomach of this specimen contained portions of a 

 Robin and two beetles (Cojrris Carolina). 



Syrnium cinereum. And. — Great Gray Oirl. — Identified by Mr. 

 Dury in Clark Co., Ohio. 



157. CiRCCs cyaneus, Lacep. var. hddsonius, Ridgway. — Marsh 

 Haiok. — Mr. Shorten has in his possession an adult female of this 

 species, taken near Covingtun, Ky., in November, 1877. 



