73 



Sil. Miiiiit.t i)oh/</liiftii.^. Mockiii;; l)inl. < )m' s|ierinu'ii takfii March 10, '98, 

 ^)y Victor Harnett, lu-ar Bt'an Biossoin C'rt'ok. 



*)(). (hiii'iixcojilta cdi-idinriisis. ('at Itird. < oimiioM siiminer ri'sitk-iit. April 

 :-23. •04. 



i'l. llufpoihiiiichiis rii/iis. Hmwii tliraslier. ('(Hiimoii siiniiner resident. 



Breeds. Mareli 2:\. '94. 



'.'■J. IVinjolhiHiis liidoriciaini.'i. Carolina wren. Resident. Not very common. 



!'.■>. 'I'loii/itfli/tis (li'diiii. House wi'en. ('oniinon suninier resident. March 

 k;, 'i»4. 



94. Tro(/lodyte.-< hietiutli-i. Winter wn ii. Winter resident. Not comnnm. 



l*."). Ct'iihiu Joiin'ltitrixtnnericdiKi. Brown creeper. Common migrant. March 

 -31. '!»4. 



9t). Sitta carolliietms. Wliite liellied nnthatch. Common resident. 



97. Sitta canadensis. Red bellied nuthatch. Common migrant. 



98. Parus hicolor. Tufted titmon.«e. Common resident. 



99. Parns carnlinensis. Black capped chickadee. C'ommon resident. 



100. Rei/uhis i<a/r(tpa. Golden ^rowned kinglet. Common migrant. Maroli 

 ■22. '94. 



101. Reyulus calendula. Rnlty crowned kinglet. Migrant. April l.S, '94. 



102. Pol iopi ila cd'r idea. Blue gray gnat catcher. Common summer resident. 

 Breeds. April 17, '94. 



103. I'ltrdu.v alicur. (iray cheeked thrush. Summer resident. April 14, '94 



104. Turdu.-< aoiialaxchkae j)alla.<ii. Hermit thrush. Common migrant. 

 April 15, '94. 



lOo. Meriila mujraforiu. American i-oljin. Abundant summer resident, 



lot). Sialia .fialiif. Bine bird. Abun<lant summer resident. 



NoTKs ON TH1-; Birds ok 1S!»4. By A. W. Bitler. 



In tile study of the birds of our state, one steps over the boundary in many 

 instances. < )ii tiie south, tlie bird fauna is influenced by the Ohio River. On the 

 east, tiie Big .Miami and St. .Joseph and St. Mary's rivers have some relatittn to 

 bird life; on the north. Lake Micliigan, with its tributaries, plays an important 

 part in bird dislribul inn : and on the west tlie Wabash and its western tributaries, 

 besidfs the lower Kankakee, afl'ect the distribution of birds both in Illinois and 

 Indiana. The*l-eports of occurrence of the migrations and of the breeding of 

 bir(l> without our slate inav thus be of value in the stndv of our own birds. This 



