75 



.'). Cli(tiadriii.< siiHulttiolu (L.'wiu.''. I5lack-l)ellk'(l phivoi-. 



A rare iiii<jraiit. Mr. J. K. Beesloy reports two froiu Ijcbanoii, Iml., 'tin- past 

 sprino;; one May otl, the other May oth. Mr. Fletcher M. Noe reports one killeil 

 near Indianapolis, May :10, 18!»4, by Mr. C. \V. Lanibart. 



4. I'lvlonoiarid ritrea ( Hotld'. ). l^roth(»nt)tary warbler. 

 Lebanon, Ind., May 23, one. May 29, 1S()4, rare. ( Beesley. i 



5. CalciiriiiK pirliix ( Sw.). Smith's lonyspiir. 



Mr. .1. O. Dunn informs met that he found a specimen in a game store in 

 ( hicago from X(n-th Illinois. Mr. .Jesse Earle, Greencastle, Ind., informs me. on 

 March 29, 1894, in a certain pasturi' three miles west of (iieencastle, he saw |>r(iba- 

 bly (10 I'ainted Longspurs. He collected two. These are the first recorded since 

 Mr. E. AV. Nelson fonnd them common in Lake County, Ind., and Cook County, 

 111., in IS?.-). 



(i. Irteria rirens ( L. ). Yellow-cre.sted chat. 



Taken at Ann Arbor, Mich., spring of 1894, by A. B. Covert ( Watkins, L \V, , 

 Petersburg, Mich., two, May o; two. May 17, 1894. Rare. Two nests f(iun<l. 

 Has not l)een noted here before since 1877. (Jerome Tronibiey.) 1 )iiiiicitli, 

 Henry (^'ounty, Ind., June 7 and 12, 1894, rare. (E. Pleas.) 



7. Brimtn eanadeimti hutchinm ( Sw. and Rich.). Hutchins' goose. 



Mr. E. J. Cransler says they are rare and seldom seen. They were ([uite 

 common the winter of 1893. Could be seen in large flocks in company with 

 Canada goose. He saw a large flock of Hutchins' geese in Gibson County in ]Si)l. 

 According to Dr. Brayton they were formerly common and bred in liic State. 

 (Trans. Ind. Hort. Soc. 1879. p. 178.) Not recently reported. 



8. Guara alba ( Linn.). White ibis. 



Knox County, rare. \n unideof mine killed a liird of this spet'ies more than 

 fifty years ago. Dr. Smith, of Bicknell. says he killed one in 18()4. 



9. Oitharii'la atrata (linvlr.). Black vulture, carrion irow. 



Kno.x County. Resident. Have become common .-luce 1S>^9. Previous to 

 that date were seldom seen. They must breed, as tliey are present all the time. 

 (^uite common this fall, as there were many dead hogs for them to \i;ei\ upon, 

 ( Chansler. ) 



10. A'tHnDulen foi-Jicalits ( L,\i\\\.\ Swallow-tailed kite. 



Kno.x County. Rare summer resident. I saw one in August, IS'.lO, its male 

 was killed the day before and is now jireserved by Mr. J. I'reeman, Bicknell, Ind. 

 April 11, 1894, one was seen by .Mr. Harbin, i Chansler.) 



11. Conurus carolinen.tis {lAnu.). Carolina paro(juet. 



Knox ( i.uuty (?), Daviess County. Formerly a resident. .My grandmother 

 told me they were yet to be found about (irassv and .'^wan Ponds in Daxiess 



