Notes on Birds. 43 



NOTES ON BIRDS. 



Bv ClIAKLi:S DURY AND RALI'II Kia.LOGG. 



This season has been remarkable for the scarcity of many 

 species of birds that are usually common in this locality. The 

 Warbleis have been very scarce, and but a single Scarlet 

 Tanager has been seen by either of us. An exception to this 

 scarcity was the occurrence of the Golden-winged Warbler, 

 H. chrysoptcra, always a rare bird in this locality. Two were 

 taken by Ralph Kellogg May 5th, in an old orchard in Avon- 

 dak", and seven others were seen in company with Redstarts. 



"Bewick's Wren," Thryothorus /'ra'/r/vV (And.) 



April 14, 1 89 1, I shot a male of this wren. It was singing 

 its loud and unwren-like song from the branches of a cherry 

 tree. April 10, 1891, one was taken by Roland Hazen, and 

 May 31 a male was observed building a nest in a box near 

 Mr. Kellogg's house, Avondale. Its mate was never seen. It 

 remained for about ten days and finally disappeared. These 

 are the only ones of this species I have any record of from this 

 locality. In Notes on Birds, by Dury and Freeman, this 

 Journal, there is mention made of Iwo, March 27, 1879. 



ORANCiE Crowned Warbler, HelDunthophila cclata (vSay). 



In the July, 1887, number of this Journal, I recorded the 

 occurrence of this species April 28, 1878. On September 20, R. 

 Kellogg killed, at one shot, one of this and two Tennessee 

 Warblers as they were feeding in company. 



"Savannah Sparrow," Ammodratnus savanna (Wils). 



"Sharp-Tailed Finch," Aninwdramus caiidacutus (Gm). 



" Swamp Sparrow," Mclospir:a ocori^iana (Lath). 



Specimens of these sparrows taken at Ross Lake, April 

 and May, 1890 and 1891. 



