Birds of Kirkwood, DeKalb County, Georgia ^9 



large numbers, where they may be found on the ground upon any 

 old barren spot. They are particularly fond of old burned off fields; 

 here hundreds are killed by gunners, mostly boys. Not known to 

 breed. 



120. Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — Resident. This once plentiful bird, 

 is now becoming rare. Not until the present season have they 

 been known to breed in this locality since the spring of 1894. 



121. Passer domesticus. European House Sparrow. — We are not 

 much annoyed by the English Sparrows in Kirkwood. There are 

 but few places here where they have built nests, or in any way be- 

 come a nuisance. In the fall they may be often seen in large num- 

 bers, frequenting fields where German millet and other small grain 

 has been harvested. 



Ordinarily as many as two hundred could be counted in a day's 

 travel, but their presence is not perceptibly felt outside of the city 

 limits of Atlanta, which joins the Dekalb county line about two 

 miles directly west from Kirkwood. 



There is an old house a short distance from my home, a kind of 

 neglected tumbled down affair, which looks as if it had been pur- 

 posely constructed for the use of the English Sparrow. This old 

 place is full of nooks and corners, gables and valleys, and blind 

 windows with the slats broken out, and here the little rascals have, 

 snugly ensconced themselves, while all efforts on the part of the 

 owner to dislodge them have been vain. 



The following species have been added since the list was 

 put into type. — (Ed.) 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Black-billed Cuckoo.— On April 29, 

 1902, Rev. W. H. LaPrade shot a female and brought it to me. 



Empidonax virescens. Green-crested Flycatcher. — Fairly com- 

 mon in spring: may breed. 



Quiscalus quiscula agl^us. Florida Grackle. — Migratory in win- 

 ter; appearing in small flocks. 



Helminthophila rubricapilla. Nashville Warbler. — Fairly com- 

 mon in fall migrations and in immature plumage. 



Olbiorchilus hiemalis. Winter Wren. — Winter resident; rare. 



(Mr. Frank L, Burns has revised and ememended this list 

 by the invitation of the author. — Ed.) 



