Notes OH Ihr fiinls. 359 



^^2^2. SiiKMi i,.\ \iai;n\ m\(,\\ ( l.iiin.i'us i . \i kadow i, \i;i<. rTiOl) 



A c'oimiKiii ;iii(l uiiicli hixcil smiiinci- resident, ;i Tew remaiiiiiit; Uirinij^liout 

 the winter in f;i\ ninlile sitniiliciis. Ivclnrns from tlie south by the iniddh' 

 of February and is eoinnidn i)y Die middle of Marcli. Nests on tlie ground 

 in the nieadnws and i^ias-y lields. ( )ne nf | he most useful birds to the 

 farmer. 



Carroll Coiinti/: February li(». 1S7S. noted; Mareli 1. 1ST!), seen; June 27, 

 1882, set of four nearly fresh eggs; May 27. l.Ss;{, Vern lieek found a nest 

 with two young and a fresh egg lying at the sid(» of tlie nest; December 2;{, 

 several seen. February IS. 1S.S4. siiw one at the Iliram (Iregg farm nortli 

 of Camden. They were apparently i)resen1 all winter. Alareh 1;". common: 

 Mareli G. ISSH, first of season seen at llie .hdiii Snoeberger farm west of 

 Camden. Ky Mareh 1.",. they bad become c.nimon. .lune 2.") to .luly 1. lOOH, 

 only six m- eight were seen or beard on the old liomesteafl. .Noted by Miss 

 Evermann at Kokcmo .March :'.. lU-ld. tiie lirst seen since the preceding 

 Thanksgiving. 



Monroe Couiitii: An abundant summer resident, rare in winter; returns 

 from the .south about February 24. Febniaiy KJ. lss;i. four or tive seen. 



Vigo County: Common in summer, rare in winter : returns from the south 

 about the last of February. Febiuary 20. ISSS. six seen. 



123. IcTKRi'.s siTKirs (Linn.-eus). okciiakd okioi.k. (HOG) 



A not very common summer resident, arriving about the last of April. 

 Most frequent about orchards, nesting in apple trees, using green grass in 

 the construction of its nest. 



Carroll County: May 3, 1S7S. specimens taken: .Tune 17, 1882. nest with 

 one fresh egg; May 2, 1883. saw a male, first of the season, in an orcnard 

 on the Delphi-Burlington road. April ;>0, 1884. saw .several; pretty common. 

 May 4, ISS'i. considerable flock of both males and females seen. I have 

 frequently seen nests in various apple trees in the orchard on the old home- 

 stead and in other orchards in vari(ms parts of the county. A pair of 

 adults seen in my father's yard June 2r)-July 1. r.tO.j. I am inclined to be- 

 lieve the Orchard Oriole is fully as common here now as it has ever been. I 

 do not remember seeing it in my boyhood days, although it was doubtless 

 present then. The first I recall wgyq seen in the orchard about 1S7S ; from 

 then on two or three pairs have nested there or in the trees on the lawn 

 each year, always constructing the nest of grass picked green, which, 

 when dry, gives the nest the aititearance of having been made of hay which 

 had been rained on while curing. 



Monroe County: Becoming more common every year. :May 13, 1882, 

 five or six seen. 



Vigo County: lieturns from the south in early May or late in April. 

 April 28. 1888 ; May 3. 1889 ; and May H. 1891. 



124. ICTKRIS GAI.BIL.\ ( LiUlia'US I . H.VLTTMORK ORIOLE. (r»07) 



Common summer resident, arriving about the middle or 20th of April. 

 anc> remaining until in September: most freipieni about farm houses and in 

 open woodlands; one of our mosr bejintifnl and attractive song birds. 



