Family — MUSCICAPIDiE. 



Tyrannus intrepidijs. Common. 



Myiobius crinitus. The only specimen known to have been 

 obtained here was shot by me last spring. M. ater. Rare. M. 

 ACADicus. Numerous early in May, only in rare instances found 

 during the season. M. fuscus. Abundant. M. virens. Ar- 

 rives about the middle of May. It nests here in considerable 

 numbers. 



Setophaga ruticilla. Makes its appearance quite early in 

 the spring, and frequents low grounds abounding in the willow 

 and poplar, about the blossomed tops of which it darts incessantly 

 in pursuit of its prey. It remains with us during the summer. 



Vireo flavifrons. Among the rarest of our spring visitors. 

 V. SoLiTARius. Exceedingly rare. I had not seen it in the 

 State until last spring, when I shot a single bird ; a second 

 one, the male, I failed to secure. V. Noveboracencis. Abun- 

 dant. V. GiLVUS. Plentiful during the month of May, and 

 many remain to breed. V. olivaceus. Quite numerous during 

 the warm season. 



Family — LUSCINIDiE. 



CuLicivoRA c^RULEA. Quite abundant. 



IMniotilta * CANADENSIS. Stops with us for a few days, on 

 its northward journey, about the first of May, but rarely remains 

 to breed. M. coronata. In spring very numerous. M. stri- 

 ata. Common. Makes its appearance from the lOth to the 



* This point (Eacine) seems to be a favorite rendezvous for the whole family 

 of Warblers, with perhaps two or three exceptions, — Lake Michigan forming a 

 sort of guide-post on their northward journey. From the mouth of the Osage 

 they make their way in great numbers across the country to this immediate 

 point; so that half a mile south, or the same distance north, scarcely a bird of 

 them all will be found. Of their numbers, an idea may be formed from an entrj^ 

 in my note book: — " Shot on the moi-nings of May 2d and 3d, 1853, Cerulean 

 Warbler, 3 ; Parti-colored, 6 ; Cape May, 2 ; Tennessee, 1 ; Black-Throated Blue, 4 ; 

 Chestnut-sided, 6. And on the mornings of May 10th, 11th, and 16th, Pine, 1; 

 Blackburnian, 4; Bay-breasted, 5; E. Throated Green, 3; Canada, 3; Mourning, 

 1 ; together with Finches, Vireos, Thrush, &c. &c. 



