Birds of Southern Ohio. 80 



FURTHER NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF MIDDLE 

 SOUTHERN ( )HIO. 



BY \V. F. HEXXIXGER. 



Since publishing my list of the Birds of Middle Southern 

 Ohio in the Wilson Bulletin of Sept. 1902, enumerating 

 209 plus 1 hypothetical species I have been able to add two 

 new species, the Bonaparte Gull and the Red-legged Black 

 Duck (Wilson Bulletin, Dec. 1902, pages 133 and 131). 

 This spring I again spent three weeks in southern Ohio, stay- 

 ing in Pike county from May 17th to May 26th, and in Scioto 

 county from May 26th to June 3d. Most of this time I was 

 in the field and the result of this work was an increased knowl- 

 edge of many birds as well as the chance to transfer two spe- 

 cies from the hypothetical to the list proper. These two are 

 Buteo platypterus, seen several times in Scioto county and 

 Helmintfaj phila chrysoptera, which I met at the edge of some 

 wooded ravines, singing its lazy "zeezee zeezee." as a local and 

 not common summer resident near Bloom Switch on the B. & 

 O. S. W. R. R. in Scioto county. Both species had previously 

 been studied at Tiffin and an error was therefore excluded ; 

 they were not found in Pike county. The list of Middle South- 

 ern Ohio birds is therefore brought up to 213 plus 5 hypothet- 

 ical species, making a total of 218 species. There are also a 

 number of field notes in addition to those published in 1902, 

 which add to our knowledge concerning the birds of this re- 

 gion and they are given in connection with references to Daw- 

 son's and Jones' works on the birds of Ohio. 



1. Aythya afhnis. — Lesser Scaup Duck. 



Two males seen, one shot May 22 on a thoroughfare in the 

 bottoms along the Scioto River. Contents of craw and stom- 

 ach, fishwo'irns. Four males seen May 24th, 1905. Latest pre- 

 vious spring record May 14th, 1902. Dawson records but this 

 one date, as if I had found this duck on that date only. Here 

 are all the data, to avoid this in the future: Nov. 16, 1898, 

 male shot; April 8, 1899, May 7, 1900, March 10 till May 2, 

 1901, March 21 till May 14. 1902; May 24. 1905. 



