370 f'nxccdiin/.s of hidUiiiti AcadcDi!/ of Science. 



Vir/o Count}/: P^our noted, March 17, and several. March 21 and 24. Nest 

 with three fresh esss taken near Terre Haute. May 20. 1888. 



Monnic CoiiHii/: .lamuiry 12. 188.3. one heard. 



In Indiana tliis l)ir(l is kiKiwii as Marsh robin. French robin, towhee, or 

 joree. 



1.').'!. Caudiivai.is CAKDixALis CARDixAi.is (Linnjpus). 



CAKUI.XAr, : KKDKIUD : KFXTX'CKY CARDINAL. (59.3) 



Permanent resident in all the counties. One of our most beautiful, inter- 

 estius and best known Inrds. Tonnnon about old thickets, open woodlands 

 with underbrush, alons unko])! fence rows, and about the borders of 

 swamps. 



Carroll Counti/: Usually rather common, especially along Wild Cat and 

 Deer Creek, even coming into the villages wherever there is suitable cover. 

 May 24, 188.3. nest with eggs near Burlington, found by my nephew, Edwin 

 C. Evermann. In the winter of 188.3-4. they were exceedingly abundant in 

 Tippecanoe Township, but much less so the following winter, though rather 

 common March 11-18. T.oss common now than formerly; during a week, 

 ■Tune 2.") to July 1. lOOf). spent on ray old home farm, only one was seen. 

 Ava Evermann contributes the following records from Burlington : Decem- 

 ber 1. 1907. one soon in cedar tree near house; 16th. one on fence covered 

 witli a savsaparillii vine the l)erries of which it appeared to be eating. Jan- 

 uary 1. 1!I0S. "while walking in the woods along a deep ravine. I came sud- 

 denly upon a bunch of song sjiarrows, jnncds, and chewinks and while list- 

 ening to their mingled calls, a series of distinct 'tsips' rang sharply above 

 the other notes. After searching for a few minutes, a female Cardinal 

 was discovered high in a tree across the ravine"' : February 5. one seen near 

 the house; March 1. the characteristic sharp 'tsip' heai'd and a male Card- 

 inal discovered not far away. 



In 1877. I had a pair of cardinals as pets. I bought them from a man in 

 Hamilton County. August 18. for .$2.00 plus .$2..'')0 for the cage! One day 

 the male was let out of its cage and allowed the freedom of a room in the 

 house. Happening to find a parlor match on the mantle, the bird picked it 

 up in its strong bill, when it went off with a loud report which greatly 

 frightened the bird. A short time afterward, I held another match near 

 him which he snai»p('d with di-<astrous results; for the bird fell over dead, 

 whether from fright or from inhaling the sulphur fumes. I do not know. 



T'(V/o County: A tine male collected near Grant, April 14, 1888; another 

 near Terre Haute. March 2. 1889. by A. J. Woolman, and a pair south of 

 Terre Haute. November 10. following. A nest with one egg in a thorn tree 

 southwest of Terre Haute. April 27, 1890. 



Monroe County: April 29, 1882, a nest with two fresh eggs; January 12, 

 1883, four or iive seen. Probably most common in this county. A fine male 

 collected near Bloomington in June. 1888. 



l.'jl. Zat^ielodia LTnoviciAXA (Linnn?us). rose-breasted grosbeak. (595) 



Kather common spring and fall migrant and rare summer resident, ar- 

 riving from the south about the first of May. 



