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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 

 ' List of birds nesting within the National Zoological Park. 



Populnr iiaiiit'. 



Scientitic uaiiie. 



"Woodcock 



Bob Wbito 



Turtle ilovo 



Broml-winjieil hawk . . 



Screech owl 



Yt'llowbillfd cuckoo . 

 BliiikbiUcd cuckoo... 



KiujjtisluT 



Downy woodpecker 



Eedbcaded woodpecker 



Flicker j 



Kuby-throiUed li u ni- 

 niiufj-binl. 



Kinj; bird I 



Crested flycatcher j 



I'bujbo I 



Wood pe wee 



Acadian llycatchcr 



American crow 



Fish crow 



Cow bird 



Orchard oriole 



Bait imore oriole 



European house spar- 

 row. 



American goldfinch 



Gra88h()i)pcr sjiarrow.. 



Chipping sparrow 



Field sparrow 



Sonc sparrow 



Towhee 



Cardinal 



Indigo bunting 



Philohela minor. 

 Colintm vifgi7iianug. 

 Zenaidura macroura. 

 Jhtteo latissimtis. 

 Meijancoiis n»io. 

 Coccyzug americanuis. 

 Coccyzus erythrophthal- 



mm. 

 Oertjle alcyon. 

 Dryobatex pubegcens. 

 Melanerpes erythroceph- 



alus. 

 Colaptes auratus. 

 Trochilus colubrig. 



Tijranntis tyrannus. 

 Myiarchus crinUus. 

 Sayornis phccbe. 

 Contopus virens. 

 Empklonax acadicus. 

 Corvus americanus. 

 Corrus ogsifragus. 

 Molothrus ater. 

 Ictciits spitrius. 

 Icterus ijalbula. 

 I'aascr domesticug. 



Spinug trigtis. 

 Ammodramtis g. pasgeri- 



nus. 

 Spizella socialig. 

 Spizella ptigilla. 

 Melogpiza fascia fa. 

 J'ipilo erythrophthalnms. 

 Cardinalig cardinalis. 

 Pasgerina cyanea. 



I'opular name. 



Scientific name. 



Scarlet tanager 



Suinuier tanager | 



Itough-winged swal- 

 low . 



Cedar waxwing i 



Red-eyed vireo 



Warbling vireo 



Yellow-tliroated vireo. I 



White-eyed vireo | 



Black and white war- 

 bler, j 



Worm-eating warbler. 



Yellow warbler 



Prairie warbler 



Oven-bird 



Louisiana water- 

 thrush. 



Kentucky warbler 



Mary land yellow- 

 throat. 



Yellow-breasted chat . 



American redstart 



Mockingbird 



Catbird 



Brown thrasher 



Carolina wren 



House wren 



White-breasted nut- 

 hatch. 



Tufted titmouse 



Carolina chickadee . .. 



Blue-gray guatcatcher 



Wood thru.sh 



American robin 



Bluebird 



Piranga erythomelas. 

 Piranga rubra. 

 Slelgidopleryx scrripen- 



nig. 

 Ampelis cedrorum. 

 Vireo olivaceous. 

 Vireo gilvus. 

 Vireo flamfrong. 

 Vireo novcboracengig. 

 Mniotilta varia. 



Jlelmitherus vennivorus. 

 Dcndroica asliva. 

 Dendroica disculur. 

 Sciurus aurocapillus. 

 Seiurun inotacilla. 



Geothhjpig formota. 

 Geothlypis trichag- 



Icteria vireng. 

 Sctophaga ruticilla. 

 Miimis pulygloUus. 

 Galcoscopteg carolincnsig, 

 narpurhynchus rvfng. 

 Thryothorusludiivicianus. 

 Troglodytes anion. 

 Sitta carolinensin. 



Parus hicolor. 

 Parus carolinengig. 

 PolioptHa ccerulea. 

 Tvrdug mustelinus. 

 Merula migratoria. 

 Sialia sialic. 



Many other creatures likewise find a natural home within these limits, and though 

 no Hysteiiiatic collection has yet been made, there has been observed dnriug the sea- 

 son in the Park or its immediate vicinity the common woodchuck, the cottou-tail 

 rabbit, the Virginia opossum, and the flying squirrel. 



BOTANY OF THK ZOOLOGICAL PAHK, 



An examination of the tlora has been made by Mr. W. Hunter, an employ(^ of the 

 Park and a competent botani.st, who received advice and assistance from Prof. Lester 

 F. Ward and Prof. W. H. Knowltoii. The list of plants is necessarily incomplete, 

 owing to the fact that the observations did not commence until late in the season. 

 Excluding the trees a list of which has already been given, the following were noted 



