Notes on the Birds. 353 



1(»S. TviiA.wi's rvuAKMs ( l.imi.-i'iis). kimiiiikd. (444) 



A cumuioii suiuuiur lusidfii) in all (he counties. 



(■arroll Count!/: June 10, 1882, set of three; fresh e«ss, nest in an apple 

 tree in home orchard; June IS, 18S;5, set of four fresh grks : lirst observed 

 in 1883 on April 2!): in 1885, on April 22. 



Monroe Vouutji: Common in the orchards about I'.loomin{j:(on in the sum- 

 mers of 1882, 18SG and 1888. 



Vigo County: April 22, 18S8. ten or M noted ; Ai)ril 7. 1889, and April G. 

 1890. 



109. Myi.xucius < KiMTi s (IJnnaMis). crksted flycatcher. (452) 



Fairly connnoii summer resident, most often seen in woodlands at the 

 edtie of oix'u fields. Xests in lu)les in trees and has the curious habit of 

 almost invariably using at least a part of a cast-off snake-skin in its nest. 

 In 1882. a pair nested in a .section of an old pump-stock which I placed some 

 20 feet from the ground in a beech tree in my father's barn-lot. 



In Carroll County arrives about the last of April; noted May 18, 1878; 

 May 3, 1883; June 18, 1883, set of three fresli eggs: April 28. 1884, and 

 again on April 28, 1885, in Adams Town.ship. Noted at P.loomington, April 

 2(5, 1880. Noted at Terre Haute April 21. 1888, and April 25, 1889. 



11(». Savoums I'lKEiiK (Latham), pikkhe : pkwee. ( 4ri(; ) 



A common and familiar summer resident. Appears in spring as early as 

 the middle of March and remains quite late in the fall. Builds its nest of 

 nuid and moss, placing it under some bridge or culvert, under the eaves 

 of a house, shed or barn, on the side of a cliff", or sometimes in a hollow 

 tree. On May 9. 1890. I found a nest on the side of a sandstone cliff in a 

 gorge at Fern, near Greencastle. It contained three fresh Pewee eggs and 

 two fresh eggs of the cowbird. 



Carroll Countii: March 8. 1879. six or eight seen; April 21, 1883, .set of 

 four fresh eggs : Hrst one seen March 17, 1884. near Pleasant Valley, and 

 March 31, 1885, near Camden depot. Noted building, March 2G. 1884. For 

 many years a pair placed their nest on a projecting board over the door 

 of our granary near Burlington. 



Mo^iroe County: Arrives about the first of March ; found nesting April 21. 

 1882. a set of four well incubated eggs. 



Yujo County: Noted March 17, 18SS. March 21. 1889. and March 'M). ISMO. 



June 2, 1882, a set of four in nest in a deserted house near Wyandotte 

 Cave, that were very unusual in color, they being indigo-blue over about 

 one-third of the surface. 



111. Myiociianes viRENs (Liuua'us). wood pewee. (401) 



A rather common summer resident, most frequent in the open woods. 

 Arrives in Carroll County about the last week in Apiil. One seen near 

 Joseph Trent's east of Camden, April 24. 1885; common in the woods on 

 May 22, 1883. Nest with full complement of eggs in beech trcv on home 

 farm. June 18. 1883. Noted at Bloomington. April 28. 1880. 



Noted at Terre Haute April :!() and May 2 and 5, 1888. 



