Notes on the Birds. 371 



Carroll Couuly: I well roinouibor (ho firs! spociinon of this beautiful spe- 

 cies I ever collectod. It was in Soptfiiiiicr. 1,S77. jusi when I had hcKun to 

 take a real interest in birds, and as I was cdllectin^' in an open wood on the 

 I»rosent J. Milton Bock farm south of r.urliMt.'t(.M. It was a female in good 

 plumage and was feeding in the top of a lall olni. < »n May :{, 1883, I saw 

 several, both males and females, in Stones woods near liurllngton. On 

 May 24, I shot a fine plumagod male at the "diiff on Wild ('at Crook above 

 lUirlington. A nest with eggs found in a l.nlldnhiisli (rci,},(il(intlnin ocvi- 

 doifalix), in a swamp west of (he Midii-aii i<i;hI on llie nortii bank of 

 Wild Cat Creek, in spring of issi'. on .May .". lss|. several seen in Wise's 

 woods southwest of Camden: May I. issr.. s,.\(.|;il seen near my house at 

 Camden. 



Vigo Count!/: Several seen near Tcnc Ilauic April L's nnd 30, and again 

 on May 0, 1888. A female eoUected on Honey Ci-cck, live miles southeast 

 of Terre Haute, May 12. 



Mmiroe Caunty: Noted, April X',. issc. Katlior common migrant but rare 

 summer resident. 



155. Passer DOMKSTicrs iiosniis Kleinsclimidt. English sparrow. 



This miserable pest is all too common in and about Terre Haute and all 

 over Vigo County, as well as in Carroll and Monroe counties, and the less 

 said about it the better. It made its appearance at Camden in 1877; now 

 abundant in all the counties. 



Carroll County: June 17. 1882, sot of four fresh eggs. .January 8, 1920, 

 as I passed north on the train through Bringhurst. I noted 20 to 80 English 

 Sparrows about a warehouse near the railroad station. 



156. Passerina cyanea (Linn;eus). indigo bunting. (598) 



A common summer resident in all the counties, ix-rhaps most abundant in 

 Monroe and Vigo. 



Carroll County: May 18, 1878, collected; June 23. 1882. nest with two 

 nearly fresh eggs : May 13, 1883, first of the season seen near the Air Line 

 liridge on Deer Creek, east of Delphi : May 24. a nest with three fresh eggs 

 found near Burlington, by Edwin C. Evermann. May 0, 1885, a male seen; 

 J one 29 to July 1. 1005, one male seen on home farm near Burlington. 



Vigo County: Noted at Terre Haute, April 28. May 3 and May .">. 1888. 



Monroe County: An abundant summer resident. Noted, May 13, 1882 and 

 April 24, 1886. 



157. SpIZA AMERICANA (CJmoli!!). DKKCISSKI.. (004) 



A fairly common summer resident. 



Carroll County: I remember disdnctl.v Ihe liis( siu'ciuien of this species 

 I ever recognized. It was a tine male sit(ing in a small walnut tree in a 

 liold at the turn of the road south if Camden, just before reaching the 

 creek. It was singing in its animated way and doubtless had its nest in the 

 field somewhere near by. This was on May 20, 1878. Since then the species 

 has become more common in Carroll County. May 10, 1885, noted. On the 



