174 Cincinnati Society of Natural Historij. 



69. *ViKK0SYLViA GiLvus, Cassin. — Warbling I'ireo, — Common 

 summer resident. May to September. 



70. Lanivireo solitarius, Baird. — Blue-headed or Solitary Vireo. 

 — Rare migrant in May (Byrnes, Dury); and September [Shorten). 



71. f Lanivireo flavifrons, Baird. — Yellow-throated Vireo. — Com- 

 mon migrant in May and September ; a few remaining tlirough the 

 summer. 



72. * Vireo noveboracensis, Bonaparte. — White-eyed Vireo.- -A com- 

 mon summer resident. April 25th to September 20tli. 



Family Ampelid.<e : Waxwings. 



73. *Ampelis CEDRORUM, '^c\?iter.— (J edarWaxwing .—An irregular but 

 often abundant migrant, and a summer resident in limited numbers. 

 Appears during the fall and winter in large flocks, feeding on wild 

 grapes and the berries of the sour-gum and cedar. 



Family Laniid^ : Shrikes. 



74. CoLLURio BOREALis, Baird.— -G^reaf Northern Shrike ; Butcher 

 Bird. — Rare fall and winter visitant. 



75. *CoLLURio LUDoviciANUS, var. LUDOviciANUs, Hixh'iX.-- -Loggerhead 

 Shrike.— An uncommon summer resident. Arrives about March loth, 

 and remains until September. 



75a. CoLLURio LUDOVICIANUS, var. excubitoroides, Cones.- -A well 

 marked example of this variety taken at Madisonville, August 22d, 

 1878. 



Family Tanagrid^: Tanagers. 



76. *Pyranga RUBRA, Vicillot. — Scarlet Tanager. — Summer resident. 

 More common however during the migrations in IMay and September. 



77. *Pyranga estiva, Vieillot. — Summer Bedbird. A rather com- 

 mon summer resident. May 1st to September 25th. 



Fainil}' FRiNGiLLiDiE : Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



78. Carpooacus purpureus. Gray. — Purple Finch. — Migrant in fall, 

 winter and spring, usually in flocks. Feeds largelj^ on the buds of the 

 slippeiy elm, its flesh being strongly flavored thereby. 



79. *Curysomitris tristis, Bonaparte. — American Goldfinch; Thistle 

 Bird. — A common resident. Less numerous during the winter, but 

 appears about the 1st of March in large straggling flocks, sometimes 

 containing a hundred or more individuals, which are then just begin- 

 ning to assume their summer dress. These flocks soon break up into 



