112 Cincinnati Society of Natural. History. 



Mr. Duiy writes that it '• has always beeu very cominoa until the iu- 

 troduction of imported sparrows." — " Only a few seen in Avondale in 

 1877." Mr. Walter Douglass, of Mt. Auburn, lells me that, in 1875, he 

 took three nests, containing respectively, eight, six, and five eggs ; in 

 1877, however, he did not see a single specimen. 



Its distribution, even before the introduction of the European spar- 

 row, must have been extremelv local, as my own identification of the 

 species rests upon a single specimen taken several years ago at 

 Madisonville. 



Alauda arvensis, Linn. — European Skylark. (Not previously re- 

 corded.) — Mr. Armin Tenner tells me that this species has become 

 acclimatized in the suburbs of Cincinnati, and that in June, 1877, he 

 found its nest containing 3^oung. As Mr. Tenner was familiar with the 

 species in Europe, there can be no doubt of the correctness of his iden- 

 tification, and the birds therefore, is as much entitled to a place in our 

 fauna as is the European sparrow or any other imported species. 



30. Protonotaria citr^a, Bd. — Prothonofary Warbler. — Several 

 specimens obtained at St. Marv's Reservoir (130 miles north of Cin- 

 cinnati) by Mr. Dury, who also took a nest containing one Qgs,- Al- 

 though probably a migrant with us, it has not yet been identified in 

 this vicinit3^ 



31. Helmitherus vermivorus, Bp. — Worm-eating Warbler. — Ad- 

 ditional specimens observed. One in June, 1877, b}^ Mr. Dury, which 

 contained an Qgg ready to lay*; others in August, 1877, and in Ma}- and 

 June, 1878, at Madisonville. 



36. Helminthophaga peregrtna, Cixh.— Tennessee Warbler. — In 1877 

 I found this species literally abundant at Madisonville, from Sept. 8th 

 to 30th, and stragglers were seen until after the 15th of October. Mr. 

 Dury also observed it in large numbers at Avondale. His experience 

 coincides with my own as to its comparative rarity previous to 1877. 



In Ma}' of the present year I took several additional specimens, but 

 it could not be said to be abundant. Its sharp, shrill song, at this 

 season, resembles that of the Cerulean Warbler, but is more energetic, 

 and merel}^ a repetition of one or two notes, without the peculiar ter- 

 mination of the song of the latter species. Its usual note in the Fall is 

 a faint " tchip,'' but I have occasionally taken it in full song at that 

 season. 



37. Dendroeca iESTiVA, Bd. — Summer Warbler, Yellow Warbler. — 

 A common Summer resident, and, with the exception of D. coronata, 

 the first warbler seen in the Spring; making its appearance about the 

 middle of April. A nest discovered on the 2d of June, was situated ten 

 or twelve feet from the ground, in a Quince tree, and contained four 

 well-grown 3^oung which completely filled the nest. These young, when 



