BIRD NOTES. 89 



"W. E. McCormack. iv.. 13, 199 — His observations differ from those 

 of Dr. Jasper in tlie " Birds of Nortli America," in whicli he says they 

 do not use their wings under water, as he thinks they always use their 

 wings in the same manner as tliey do when flying through the air — 

 ••Jean." v., 17, 260 — Found by Geo. Bird Grinnell in tlie IB^ack Hills 

 region in 1874 — Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 7, 100 — Found near jMontpelier, 

 Vt. — W. A. Briggs. vi., 17, 263 — Found on Lake Minnetonka, Minn. 

 — Franklin Benner. vii., 6, 84— Not very common in Central New 

 York in spring and fall — H. G. Fowler, vii., 6, 91 — One shot at Rye, 

 N. H., September 4, 1876 — "Samom-ai." vii., 6, 91 — Very common 

 neai' Boar's Head, N. H., September 10, 18'/6 — R. L. Newcomb. vii., 

 11, 164 — Very" common at Ann Arbor, Mich., arriving by the middle 

 of April ; eggs are J.iia from May 15 to Jmie 10 — A. B. Covert, vii., 

 14, 312— The gunjie.'s at Plymouth Bay, Mass., call the adult "Pond 

 Loon," and the young "Sheep Loon" — F. C. Browne, vii., 18, 276 

 — All the members of tliis family are simply called Loon by the 

 gunners on the Connecticut Coast — Robt. T. Morris, viii., 7, 96 — 

 Noticed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. C. Browne, viii., 10, 146— 

 Conmion summer resident at Webster, N. H. ; may breed, as it used to 

 — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 17, 261 — Is found in small numbers on the 

 Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31— Chas. E. Mc- 

 Chesney. viii., 23, 380 — Found in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. 

 Stockwell). ix., 21, 400 — "How to Shoot Loons," viz., with shot 

 after calling them near to by imitating their lower notes — J. N. San- 

 ford, xi., 16, 330 — Continually robbed of their eggs at the Schoodic 

 Lakes, JMe. — N. T. Lawrence, xii., 10, 185 — Abundant at Plymouth, 

 Mass., May 31, 1853— F. C. Browne, xii., 12, 233— Common at 

 Salem, Mass., April 19, 1879 — R. L. Newcomb. 



Coniniou Puffin. See Fratercula arctica. 



Coiiiuioii Tern. See Sterna hirundo. 



Conneciicut Warbler. See Oporornis agilis. 



Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher, v., 17, 260 — Found near the 

 Black Hills by Geo. Bird Grinnell in 1874— Ernest Ingersoll. v., 19, 

 293 — Summer resident, but rare, in Minnesota ; not given in Dr. 

 Hatch's 1874 list— Thos. S. Roberts, vi., 20, 318— Rare at Ann 

 Ar' or, Mich.; not seen before May 30 ; nest is built bj^ June 10; de- 

 parts for the South Sept. 1 — A. B. Covert, vii., 31. 335 — Very rare 

 in Yates County, N. Y.; only one specimen taken — J. B. Gilbert, 

 viii., 7, 96 — Not conmion in summer at Webster, N. H.; breeds — 

 Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 19, 300 — Found in Michigan — "Archer" 

 (G. A. Stockwell). x., 13, 335 — Mr. Robt. Lawrence took a male 

 May 34, 1873, at Flushing, L. I.— N. T. Lawrence, xii., 3, 35— 

 Found among the scrub oaks on the shores of Oneida Lake, N. Y. — 

 J. P. Hutchius. xii., 19, 365 — A single female shot near Como, Wy- 

 oming, in the early part of June — S. W. Williston. 



Contopus sirens. Wood Pcwee. iii., 4, 53 — Visit Npwfomidland in sura- 

 mer— M. Harvey, iv., 33, 358— Common at Petroleum, W. Va., in 

 .spring— Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 30, 318— Abundant at Ann Arbor, 

 Mich., after first week in June ; remains during part of Sept. — A. B. 

 Covert, vi., 24, 386— Arrived at Riverdale, N. Y., May 16. 1876— E. 

 P. Bicknell. vi., 25, 403 — Common in summer in Central New York 

 after the second week in May — H. G. FoAvler. viii., 7, 96 — Common 

 summer resident at Webster, N. H.; breeds— Chas. F. Goodluie. viii., 

 17. 268— Found near Washington, D. C— (R. F. Boiseau). viii., 19. 

 300— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (Gr- A. Stockwell). xii., 11, 

 305 — Common in the interior of Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 



Contopns virens ricliardsonii. Western Wood Pewce. v., 17, 260— 

 Found very abundantly in the Black Hills by Geo. Bird Grinnell in 

 1.874 -Ernest Ingersoll. xii., 19, 365— Very abundant on the Medicine 

 Bow River, Southern Wyoming, in large timber— Geo. Bird Grinnell. 



