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of stagnant water. It was liidden almost from 

 view by the large grass that hung down from 

 the top of tussock. Departs first week in 

 October. 



89. Empidonax acadicus (Gmel.). Acadian 

 Flycatcher. Summer resident; tolerably com- 

 mon. Arrives first week in May; frequents 

 dense woods, and is very shy. Nidification 

 coinmences by the last of May; eggs, three. 

 Departs second week in October. 



90. Empidonax minimus (Baird.). Least 

 Flycatcher. Transient visitant; tolerably 

 common. A few remains to breed; arrives 

 first week in May. Eggs, three to four. De- 

 parts first week in September. 



91. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. 

 Resident; common. More plentiful during 

 the summer. Nidification commences the 

 second week in May; eggs, three to five. 



92. Corvus cDnericanus (And.). Crow. 

 Resident; abundant. Nidification commences 

 by the first week in April; two broods are 

 reared each season. Eggs, four to six. 



93. Corvus ossifragus (Wils. ). Fish Ci-ow. 

 Resident; tolerably common. Nidificates by 

 the second week in May; eggs, four to 

 five. 



94. BolicJionyx oryzivorus (Linn.). Bobo- 

 link. Transient visitant; common. Arrives 

 second week in May; and remains for eight or 

 ten days, reappearing by the 2l)th of August, 

 and may be met with occasionally until the 

 second week in September. 



95. Molothrus ater (Bodd.), Cowbird. 

 Summer resident; common. Arrives last week 

 in March, and departs by first week in October. 

 Have found its eggs within the nests of the 

 following species: Chipping Sparrow, Song 

 Sparrow, Towhee, Indigo Bunting, Red-eyed 

 Vireo, AVarbling Vireo, White-eyed Yireo, 

 Yellow Warbler, Golden-crowned Thrush, Red- 

 start, Brown Thrasher and Wood Thrush. 



96. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonap. ). 

 Yellow-headed Blackbird. Accidental visi- 

 tant; rare. I have never observed this species. 

 Mr. Doan has three specimens in his collection 

 tliat he took in this county, two males and 

 one female; they were taken May 3, 1880, and 

 September 1.5, 1885. 



97. Agelaiua phfeniceus (Linn.). Red-winged 

 Blackbird. Summer resident; abundant. Ar- 

 rives second week in March. Nidification 

 commences last week in April; two broods are 

 reared each season. Eggs, four to five. De- 

 parts not later than the 25th of September. 



98. Sturndla niagna {lAnw.). Meadow Lark. 

 Resident; abundant. Nidificates by the sec- 



ond week in May; two brf>ods each season. 

 Eggs, four to five. 



99. Icterus spurius (Linn.). Orchard Ori- 

 ole. Summer resident; common. Arrives 

 first week in May. Nidification takes place by 

 the last of that month; eggs, four to six. 

 Departs by the third week in September. 



100. Icterus f/albula (Linn.). Baltimore 

 Oriole. Summer resident; common. Arrives 

 sometimes as early as the 25th of April; gen- 

 erally not until first week in May. Nidificates 

 by the last week of the same month; eggs, 

 four to five. Departs second week in Septem- 

 ber. 



(To be continued.) 



Cyrus B. Bessel. 



Ercikloun, Pa. 



W^anderings, No. 4. 



THK OOLOGIST TUHXED r>rO-IIl'XTEI{. 



The season of the ornithological collector, 

 in Massachusetts, is short, unless he is willing 

 to run the risk of being mulched in a good 

 solid fine, or put "in limbo" for a term, for 

 violating the Game Laws. And so, in order 

 that we may gain needful recreation, and en- 

 joy our much loved pastime of collecting 

 objects of Natural History, we find refuge in 

 the, to many, puerile avocation of a bug-hunter, 

 which cognomen, by the way, like charity, 

 covers a multitude of sins. 



So one day, snow two feet deep, cloudy, 

 cold, raw, signs of more snow, etc., we don our 

 toques and leggings, strap our snow-shoes to 

 our backs, and, with the implements of our 

 puny warfare at hand, start for the woods to 

 hunt the festive beetle. 



We imagine our readers saying, " What in 

 the mischief are they going bug-hunting for in 

 a snow-storm!" But be it known that there is 

 not an hour, day or night, during the entire 

 year, when the entomologist need to rest for 

 want of specimens to collect. 



My companion, and at that time partner, 

 was a short, stocky Canadian from Ontario, 

 full of life, and enthusiastic in this his favorite 

 study,— a true type of that hardy people to 

 whom the use of the snow-shoe and moccasin 

 is a second nature. 



We took train for the old Maiden woods, and 

 after alighting and leaving the houses behind, 

 strap up, and are soon skimming over the 

 frozen surface, making for a grove of pines 

 which loom up in the distance. 



The everpresent "hoodlum" shouts at us as 

 we pass a cross-road, "Oh, Ink at the gillies 



