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THE OOLOGIST 



44. Otus asio. Screech Owl — Com- 

 mon resident. 



45. Bulo virginianus. Great Horned 

 Owl. 



46. Coccyzus americanus. Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo — Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



47. Coccyzus ery thr ophthalmus. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo — Rare and de- 

 creasing. 



48. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfish- 

 er — Common breeder in the sand 

 banks. 



49. Dryobates villosus. Hairy Wood- 

 pecker — Rather rare. 



50. Dryobates pubescens medianus. 

 — Downy Woodpecker. Common resi- 

 dent. 



51. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 

 Red-headed Woodpecker. Exceeding- 

 ly rare. A pair bred for many years 

 in a big dead buttonwood on the up- 

 per North Branch. 



52. Colaptes auratus luteus. Nor- 

 thern Flicker — Common summer resi- 

 dent. It occasionally nests in old 

 piles in the creek. 



53. Antrostomus vociferus. Whip- 

 poor-will — Very rare and confined to 

 the extreme upper branches. 



54. Chordeiles virginianus. — Night- 

 hawk — Not a common breeder. 



55. Chaatura pelagica. Chimney 

 Swift — Common summer resident. 



56. Archilochus colubris. Ruby- 

 throated Hummingbird — Rather un- 

 common. 



57. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird — 

 Common, usually nesting in the but- 

 tonwoods on the banks of the creek. 



58. Myiarchus crinitus. Crested Fly- 

 catcher — A pair has nested for many 

 years under an open-fronted wharf. 



60. Myiochanes virens. Wood Pe- 

 wee — Common, nesting in the woods 

 and orchards, and occasionally over 

 the creek. 



61. Empidouax virescens. Green- 

 crested Flycatcehr. 



62. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay — 

 Common resident. 



64. Corvus ossifragus. Fish Crow 

 — Rather rare. I collected a set of 

 four incubated eggs on May 19, 1912, 

 from a large nest high up in the top 

 of a big scarlet oak in a swampy 

 woods near the mouth of the creek. 



65. Sturnus vulgaris. Starling — ■ 

 This newcomer is just now a rare 

 breeder but promises to become com- 

 mon as it is increasing fast in num- 

 bers everywhere about Camden and 

 Philadelphia. 



66. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobo- 

 link — I observed two birds on July 

 8, 1913, which constitute my only sum- 

 mer record. 



67. Molothrus ater. Cowbird — This 

 pest does not appear to be very com- 

 mon as 1 have found but few of its 

 eggs and never observed many of the 

 birds. 



68. Agelaius phoeniceus. Red-winged 

 Blackbird — An abundant breeder. 



69. Sturnella magna. Meadow Lark 

 — Not a very common resident. 



70. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole 

 — rather uncommon. 



71. Icterus gallula. Baltimore Ori- 

 ole — Not very common. 



72. Quiscalus quiscula. Purple 

 Grackle — Common summer resident. 



73. Passer domesticus. House Spar- 

 row — A common pest. 



74. Astragalinus tristis. Goid finch 

 — Fairly common resident. 



75. Ammodromus savannarum aus- 

 tralis. Grasshopper Sparrow — Rare. 



76. Passerherbulus henslowi. Hens- 

 low's Sparrow. 



77. Pcecetes gramineus. Vesper 

 Sparrow — Common breeder. 



78. Spizella passerina. Chipping 

 Sparrow — Common Breeder. 



79. Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow 

 — Abundant summer resident. 



80. Helospiza melodia. Song Spar- 

 row — An abundant resident. 



