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3. TuRDUS PALLASi, Cab. — Hermit 77iritsh. — Mr. Duiy uotes a nest 

 and eggs of this species taken here by Mr. G. Holterhoff', May 10, 1877. 

 This is a fact of much interest, as considerabl}- extending the southern 

 limit of its breeding range; the southernmost record previous to this 

 being Massachusetts, where it is oul^^ occasionall}' found breeding, 

 according to Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, in " North American Birds." 



4. TuRDDS SwAiNSONi, Cab. — Olive-backed Thrush. — This species, 

 previously given hy me as " not common," I have since found abundant 

 in woodland for a fetv daj'^s, in tne latter part of September, 1877. 

 They were quite sh^^, and sought refuge in dense thickets at the 

 slightest alarm, but when all became quiet, they would re-appear and 

 resume their occupations of bathing in a small stream near by, and 

 seai'ching for insects along its banks. 



7. MiMUS POLYGLOTTUS, Boic. — Mocking Bird. — The Mocking bird 

 may fairly be considered a regular, though rare, Summer resident with 

 us, as several instances of its breeding here are reported to me ; in 

 some cases the young being taken and reared as cage birds. 



13. PoLioPTiLA c^RDLEA, Scl. — Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — Two nests 

 observed near Madisonville, early in May, 1878. One contained five 

 fresh eggs, on May 7th, and differs from a nest taken by Mr. E. E. 

 Quick, at Brookville, Ind., in lacking the soft, cotton}' lining ; its 

 interior being composed of fine grasses and hair. Both are beautiful 

 structures, built on the upper side of a limb, and covered externall}' 

 with lichens like the nest of the humming bird. Their situation 

 varies from twelve to fifty feet from the ground. 



14. LoPHOPHANES BicoLOR, Bp. — Tufted Titmouse. — This species is a 

 constant resident with us, but much more conspicuous in its habits 

 during the Fall and Winter, and therefore apparently more numerous 

 at those seasons. One was recentl}'^ observed by me to alight on a 

 small tree-trunk and deposj^t something from its bill in a crevice ; and 

 on examination I found a good-sized chunk of walnut kernel therein, 

 which remained for two or three da3^s, until wanted, I presume. Dr. 

 Bachman, quoted by Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, relates a similar 

 habit of a specimen kept in confinement by him, and it seems probable 

 that the habit of hoarding food may furnish this and allied species 

 with a considerable portion of their Winter sustenance. 



15. Parus atricapillus, L. — Black-capped Titmouse or Chicadee. — 

 Mr, Dur}^ notes two specimens of this Titmouse, taken by himself in 

 the Winter of 1872-3. It is easily overlooked, as it bears a close resem- 

 blance to our common Chicadee (P. Carolinensis), which, with good 

 reason, is by some authorities considered as merely a southern variet}* 

 of atricapillus. 



22. Troglodytes aedon, V. — House Wren. — Referring to this species, 



