166 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



fc-;-^ KENTUCKY BIRDS. ^ | 



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The following birds which have not been listed among Kentucky birds, 

 or have been considered rare in the State, have come under my notice 

 in Southern Kentucky. 



Purple Finch {cart>odaciis purpicreus) . Recorded by Audubon and 

 Beckham. Is a common migrant in southern Kentucky, appearing in 

 Mar eh. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak {Habia ludoviciana) . Transient. Rare. 



Oak Sparrow {Pinccea crstivalis) . Rather rare, local in Western Ken- 

 tucky. 



Vesper Sparrow, {Pooccsa gramineus) . Summer resident in northern 

 Kentucky. Have never seen it in western Kentucky. 



Y eery {Ticrdits fuscesceus) . Transient. Not common. 



Gray-cheeked Thrush (^Turdus alicicr). Transient. 



Worm-eating Warbier (//(?/w/7//d';7/.T z'^rw/^'c'r/c^). Resident in sum- 

 mer. 



Logger-head Shrike ( Laniiis hidoviciints). Not common in southern 

 Kentucky. 



Bobolink ( Dolichonyx oryzivonis) . Appears not to be common in Ken- 

 tucky but a few are seen every year in Warren county. It remains only 

 two or three days in May, usually coming at the time blackberries are 

 in blossom. 



\ioxnQdi\^2iX\ {Otocoiis olpcstris^ . Most uncommon winter resident. 



Whippoorwill {^Aiitrostomics vociierus) . Common summer resident in 

 the "Barrens" (southwestern Kentucky), coming late (in May), after 

 all danger o£ frost is over, so that the farmershave a saying — ''There'll 

 be no more frosts, the Whippoorwill has come." 



Chuck-wills-widow {Antrostcviius carolhicnsis) . Said to come to this 

 part of the State. 



Snowy Owl {Myctca niyctca) . Occasionally seen in southern Kentucky. 



V\%\iYi?iSN'^( Pandionhalicetiis) . Rather common near Red-foot Lake 

 (over the Tennessee border) extending up the river, occasionally nest- 

 ing in this (Warren) county on Barren River. 



Bald Eagle {Halicctcs Icucoccphalus^. Said to be occasionally shot 

 near here (Bowling Green), one reported to be seen carrying oft" a tur- 

 key from a barn-yard. They are considered rare, yet every few months 

 the county newspapers record the killing of one. 



Q^ixx'xorv Qxo^N {Catharista atrata) . Resident in southern Kentucky 

 where it is considered rare, and mistaken for a "black turkey-buzzard." 



