Burns, on Ruffed Grouse in Penn. 157 



Toxostoma rufum.-Bvov.rn Thrasher. Two seen April 3, and one 

 nn the 10th and one on the 11th. 



„ ArAvii 7 Thev were no donnt keeping 

 2, and several were seen on April <. iney ^^ele 



out of the way until the cold wave was over. 



out 01 Lue vxaj' T>^„H^ir'<5 Wren Fairly common about the 



Thryomanes bewJtcAt;.— Bewick s ^^len. ^ '"^"^-^ 

 houses One was singing on April 3, and Mr. Connor Lyons found a 

 W and one e- on the 9th. This wren seems to have a much more 

 loosely join^ed^^tail than has the House Wren; it gives one the im- 

 nression of being worked on a ball socket. 



Am-11 1 to 13, sometimes in small flocks, hut usually n pa us. Speoi 

 meu exam ued have a more slender beak thau Outavio b, rcte. 

 Tarns ticolor.-Tnlt^ Titmouse. Several seeu from April < to 1 

 Zl e«°'H«.»*.-Carollua Chickadee. Falrl, commou aud well 



"S;:;"«;C-r"Bl„e-..ay Ouatoateuer. One seeu and one 



^"K::,«C™.o,.*,-American Roh.u. A .e. -» J «ar^J^»; 

 and no others until April 5. After that date ''>.™™' f ""^;"^, "" 

 un to April 15. The birds appeared to be migrants. Although no 

 bLs were taken I doubt It they were ac„r„s,eus. Mr. Handy (ailed 



to find any breeding. . . 



SiaHa-sm?i..-Bluebird. Fairly common m field, and ne^^ 



ings. 



THE RUFFED GROUSE (Bonasa umbeUiis) IN 

 PENNSYLVANIA. 



FRANK L. BURNS. 



1 ^f 1001^ that kine" of srame birds, the 



Dtirino- the season of lV»Ub, tnat King ui f, 



"Pbeasain" of Pennsylvania, perhaps reached its h.gh-wat 

 mark in point of abundance for recent years, especially m ot 

 rrthern counties; and the reports to our game -mm.ssion 

 confirmed the belief that it was present in every c°""'y ° " ^ 

 state excepting only Philadelphia. I have been fortunate m 

 ec^in, a number of skins through the kindness of severa 

 o al sportsmen returning from several weeks' ^hoot.r^ m 1 

 upper tier of counties: one bird being m the beautiful gra> 

 plumage, "Silver-tail" as it is locally known; some five or six 



