90 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 52. 



2. Meleagris gall pavo fera. — Wild Turkey. 



There is nothing at hand to substantiate the opinion ex- 

 pressed by Dawson and Jones, that this bird may still be found 

 westward from Scioto county. The Wild Turkey lias been 

 extinct in these counties since the Civil War. That this is the 

 wildest region in ( >hio will be seen again by the records 1 senl 

 in to Prof. Harlan E. Hall for his "Manuals of Ohio." 



.'!. Elanoides forHcatus. — Swallow-tailed Kite. 



While my record of this species is the last one in the state, 

 both Jones and Dawson overlooked one record, that one given 

 by ( diver Davie on page 198 of his Xvsts and Eggs (5th edit. ). 

 a specimen killed in ( >hio July 1", 1883. 



4. Empidonax flaviventris. — Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



A few more explicit remarks of my acquaintance with this 

 bird seem timely, as Dawson never met it in the state and 

 Jones but once. On May ?, 1897, I saw my first one in an ap- 

 ple orchard at South Webster, sitting on a low hanging 

 bough; identification was easy. May IT, 1898, in some heavy 

 brush under seme tall sycamores, on the Scioto River, near 

 Waverly. And on May 2, 1901, I shot one in a similar place 

 as the preceding one, though two miles farther south. The 

 bird flew up from the tangled brush, out of which I almost 

 kicked it, with the explosive note, "pshyuk," then sitting on 

 a higher limb called out two notes " pshui-pi." The specimen 

 could not be preserved. My only fall record for the state is 

 Tiffin. Ohio, Sept. IT, 1904. 



5. Agelaius phceniceus. — Red-winged Blackbird. 



Since L902 a large swamp of about twelve acres was formed 

 near Bloom Switch by an overflow of Hales Creek and this 

 has brought in great numbers of this species. On May ;>1st. 

 1905, I found about thirty nests with young and eggs at this 

 place, a phenomenal increase over the past. 



<i. Agelaius phoeniceus forfis. — Thick-billed Redwing. 



Tike county speciments shot in the fall months seem to be 

 intermediates between this and the preceding species. This is 

 my opinion as well as Dawson's, to whom I sent the specimens 

 in question, as I could not get Ridgway's book on the Birds of 

 Northern and Middle America. 



