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punctured spot, that the Humming- 

 bird flew away after a brief look. 



13. Tryannus tryannus. Kingbird 

 — Rather common in open places about 

 the village. Aug. 8, I saw six birds, 

 evidently a family, in a tree near some 

 woods. As with many of the Fly- 

 catchers the brood kept together, mov- 

 ing about from tree to tree in the 

 fields. 



14. Contopus borealis, Olive-sided 

 Fly-catcher — I st\w and heard about 

 four of these birds during my stay. 

 They kept to the tops of the tallest 

 trees in larga woods. 



15. Contopus virens. Wood Peewee 

 — There were two or three of these 

 birds to be found usually, in some 

 large tiees by the roadside, at a cer- 

 tain spot near the village. 



16. Empidonax traillii alnorum. 

 Alder Fly-catcher — The commonest 

 Fly-catcher. A pair of these birds was 

 to be found at every few rods among 

 the alder thickets lining the numer- 

 ous small brooks. 



17. Cyanocitta cristata, Blue Jay — 

 In all, I saw and hetird about a half 

 dozen of these birds. They were shy 

 and diiTicult to aproach in thick un- 

 dergiowth which they usually fre- 

 quented. All. but one or two, of those 

 noted were in a d,mse alder thicket by 

 a small brook. They seemed unusu- 

 ally silent and would not respond to 

 an imitation of their notes 



18. Corvus Americanus, American 

 Ciow — Small numbers of these bii'ds 

 were usually to be found in floclvs of 

 from three to eight, feeding, on the 

 mowed hay fields or about vegetable 

 patches. They k( pt near dwellings as 

 a rule and appeared to avoid the 

 woods. 



19. Carpodacus purpureus, Purple 

 Finch — Uncommon. I saw one or two 

 pairs nearly every day. 



20. Loxia curvirostra minor, Red- 

 Crcss-bill — Two only were noted, these 

 being on the 5th of August. 



21. Astragalinus tristis, American 

 Goldfinch — Rather common about the 

 village and open places near woods. 



22. Spinus pinus, Pine Siskin — Two 

 single birds were noted Aug. 10, and a 

 single one the next day. 



23. Poocates gramineus. Grass 

 Finch. Rather common about the 

 mowed fields, and along the roads 

 near such places. They were still 

 singing the first week of August. 



24. Ammodramus sandwichensis 

 savanna. Savanna Sparrow. — Less 

 numeious than the preceding and 

 found in the same localities. 



25. Zonotrichia albicollis, White- 

 thioated Sparrow. — A common bird in 

 open bushy places on the edges of 

 abundant in pieces of burned over 

 woods, I found them especially 

 giound, grown up thickly with rasp- 

 berry canes, and where the dead trees 

 and stumps afforded convenient 

 perches. Although they were fiocking 

 at the time of my visit, I often heard 

 the singing with all their springtime 

 vigor. 



26. Spizella socialis, Chipping Spar- 

 row — About the houses in the villages, 

 a small number of these birds was pre- 

 sent, the most I recorded in one day 

 being eight. 



27 Junco hyemalis. Slate-colored 

 Junco — A common bird in bushy places 

 on the edge of woods. 



28. Melospiza fasciata. Song Spar- 

 row — Abundant in the more open 

 country away from woods. They 

 seem to like the bushy spots near 

 small str(>ams, often close to houses. 



29. IVIelospiza georgiana, Swamp 

 Sparrow. I observed two of these 

 birds on tht' 10th of August, cliipping, 

 as is their habit, in a small marsh at 

 sunset. 



30. Cyanospiza cyanea. Indigo 

 Bird — I saw only a few of these 

 birds in a bushy place on a dry hill- 

 side. Tliere appeared to be but a 

 single family here, and the entire 



