Vo(k Tiir \\'ir.soN Bulletin — No. 68 



12. M. domcstica 

 the bouse wren. 



Xauied only with reference to 



Bartruni by ^yilson MotaciUa do- 



incstlca Biivt'r. 



Synonym of 



Trof/Ioflijtex aedaii Vieill. 



House Wren. 



Ccrfhiii pal list lis Wils. 

 'J'eliiiatodijtvs paliistris ( Wils. i 

 Lont;-I)ille(l .Marsh Wren. 



]4. SiHd ■nirhi C SUta rariii Wils. Synonym of 



the hlack-capiied. red-liellied iuit--< fSitta caiiddciisis I, inn. Ked- 

 hateh. I lireasted Xuthatcli. 



,„r , 1 , , I Til I'd IIS iiteUxIcs ^\'ils. A s\-n- 



1.). I [iirdiis] UK lodes .. ,,, , , ,.• 



,, 1 ii 1 A onym o) Junius m iistciiinis 



]:i. J/, pahistjis J 



the marsh wren. ] 



the wood thrush. 



Gmel. Wood Thrush. 



Perhaps, Bartram's X \ujiicniiis\ pcdorc nifo. or Triiiga 

 riifa, may have suggested Wilson's Triir^a nifa Red-l^reast- 

 ed Sandpiper; and Ardca viriscciis iiiiiior. liis .Irdca minor 

 liittern; though the species are certainly not the same. Wil- 

 son failed to make use of P[(7j\s\'r| agrcstis. the little field 

 sparrow, though j^erhaps C[ai'duclcs\ piisiliis. the least 

 finch, may have suggested his Spi.cclla piisilla for the Field 

 Sparrow'; nor did he adopt Bartram's M[ofacilla\ syli'icola. 

 the little red-eye'd flycatcher for that species, but transferred 

 the specific name to the Yellow-throated \'ireo ; and likewise 

 P\anis\ z'iridis giittcrc nigra, tlie green black-throated fly- 

 catcher, to Hiniiido I'iridis. White-bellied Swallow. Friiigilla 

 ritfa Bartr. was changed to F. fcrnigiiica and marked new 

 in his Catalog'ue, Vol. \'T. 



Bartram would serve as an ideal patron saint for a bird 

 protective association. He was exceedingly averse to kill- 

 ing" anything', and writes "as long as I can get any other ne- 

 cessary food, T shall prefer their seraphic music in the ethereal 

 skies, and my eyes and tmderstanding gratified in observing 

 their economy and S(^cial commtmities, in the expansive green 

 savannas of Florida." lie would not kill the deadly diamond- 

 l)acked rattlesnake, if it was possible to avoid it, because at 

 the beginning of his career as a botanist, a mountain rattler 

 had refused to strike when he had mistaken it for a curious 

 bit of fungus. However, accidental specimens described in 

 the field are not ahvays satisfactory, and sight diagnoses 



