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7. Otocorys alpestris praticola. — Prairie Horned Lark. 

 Observations of this spring prove this bird to be increasing 

 in 1'ike county. 



S. Icterus galbula. — Baltimore Oriole. 

 Rapidly, increasing in Scioto county. 



9. Ammodramus sdndzvichensis savanna. — It was a great 

 surprise to* me to hear of the rarity of this bird in Ohio in con- 

 trast with my experience in southern Ohio. The very first 

 time I met this bird in Scioto county, near South Webster, 

 June <|, 1897, I saw a female leading a brood of four young 

 along a fence. For northern Ohio I have only two records, 

 March 19, 190:5, and May 10. 1904, Tiffin, Ohio. 



10. Coturniculus savannarum passerinus. — Grasshopper 

 Sparrow. 



This bird is now ( 1905) beginning to come into the bottoms ; 

 heretofore I had found it on the upland meadows only. On 

 the increase. 



11. Peuccea cestivalis bachmanii. — Bachmann Sparrow. 



At last I have again found this bird in Scioto county, a 

 brood of young on May 31, 1905, near Bloom Switch, Ohio. 

 Having heard its song at Lynchburg, Ya., this spring and 

 seen it almost daily, and pronouncing it as before an excellent 

 song, I nevertheless differ from Dawson, who considers it the 

 best songster among our Xorth American sparrows. I still 

 prefer the Lark Sparrow, because Bachmann's Sparrow's song 

 is more feminine, full of pcetic reverie and lacks the virile 

 qualities of the Lark Sparrow's song. This is of course a 

 matter of personal taste and opinion. 



12. Mclospiza cinerea mclodia. — Song Sparrow. 



13. J'ireo gilvus. — Warbling Yireo. 



Dawson is of the opinion that these species are more common 

 in northern than in southern Ohio during the summer, to 

 which I never consented. Recent work only confirming opin- 

 ion that the Song Sparrow is equally common in both parts of 

 the state. The W T arbling Vireo is even more common in south- 

 ern than northern Ohio, but seems to cling more to the bottom 

 lands, frequently the hill parts mostly in the vicinity of the 

 houses only. 



