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viii., 17. 268— Found near Wasliington, D. C— (R- F. Boiscau.) x., 

 5, 76— Dates of arrival in spiing at Fraininghaui, Mass., for 25 years 

 — F. C. Browne, x., '9, ijo9 -Arrived at Lebanon, 111., March 25, 

 1878- "Ptarmigan." xii., 6, 105 — Very conimon in Nova iScolia ; 

 first swallow to arrive in sprln a; — J. Mattliew Jones, xii., 9, 165 — 

 Breed at Cliatham, N. J, building in old Woodpeckers' holes in stubs 

 Harold Herricli. xii., 20, 385- -Noticed at Plymouth, Mass, Oct. 3, 

 1852— late for them ; still around Oct. 8, 1852— F. C. Bnjwne. 



Tachycineta tlialassiua. Violet-green Swallow, xii., 17, 325 — Very 

 abundant in the mountains of Southern Wyoming— G. B. Griuuell. 



Tallagalla latJiaini. Of Australia. ii., 7, 103— Some very interesting ob- 

 servations on their breeding in the Paris Acclimatization Gardens, 

 wlien it was fomid the female does not sit on her eggs, but covers them 

 with substances that by decompositiiju produce heat ; the chick does not 

 chip the egg, but bursts it asunder and can take care of itself at once. 



Tanager. Louisiana, See Pyi-anga hidoviciana. 



Tanager. Scarlet, See Pyrangn rubra. 



Tantalus loculator. Wood Ibis, vi., 24, 387— A specimen shot near Troy, 

 N. Y., June 24, 1876- Frederic S. Webster, vii., 21, 325— A speci- 

 men taken in Nev/ Hampshire and now in the possession of Dr. Pal- 

 mer, of Ipswich, Mass. — "Teal " (R. L. Newcomb). ix., 17, 327 — "A 

 v'sit to a nesting-place of the Wood Ibis " in Florida, to which Edi- 

 tors add a foot-note— W. K. Lente. ix., 26, 488 — Further remarks on 

 this species — W. K. Lente. 



Tattler. Solitary, See Totanus solitarius. 



Teal. Blue-wing-ed, See Querquedula discors. 



Teal. Cinnamon, See Querqiiedula cyanoptera. 



Teal, Green-winged, See Querquedula ca/fcUnenm. 



Telmatodytes palustris. Long-billed ^larsh Wren, vi., 7, 99 — Common 

 near Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives May 20; breeds June 20; departs 

 Sept. 1 — A. B. Covert, vi., 12, 180 — Summer resident in Central 

 New York ; breeds— H. G. FoAvler. viii., 17, 261— Found in Michi- 

 gan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). viii., 17, 268 — Found near Wash- 

 ington, D. C— (R. F. Boiseau). x., 12, 215— Breed at Astoria, L. I., 

 on the salt marshes — Franklin Benner. xii., 16, 307 — Not uncommon 

 on the marshes near Como, Wyoming, April 23, 1878 — S W. Willis- 

 ton. 



Tennessee Warbler. See HelminthopTiaga peregrina. 



Tern. Arctic, See Sterna tnacroura. 



Tern, Common, See Sterna Mrundo. 



"Fern. Forster's, See Sterna for uteri, 



I'ern. I..east, See Sterna superdliaris. 



Tern. Roseate, See Sterna paradiscea. 



Te!"n. Short-tailed, See Hydrochelidon fissipes. 



Tern. Sooty, See Sterna fuli'ginom. 



Tern. "Wilson's, See Sterna hirwido. 



Tern, Wreathed, See Sterna vittata. 



Tetfao canadensis. Spruce Grouse, i., 17, 259 — Common in spruce and 

 cedar swamps in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick — A. B. Lamber- 

 ton. i., 19, 289 — Showing the climatic variation constituting Vnr. 

 franJcUni of the Rocky Mountains — Robert Ridgway. ii., 1, 2 — 

 Found at Humboldt Bay, Cal.—" Monmouth " (Aug. E. Egbert); 

 probably Var. frafiklini — H. B. B. ii., 15, 232— Rare in Newfound- 

 land — Alex. Murray, iii., 13, 196— A rare visitor to Newfoundland — 

 M. Harvey, iii., 25, 394 — Common in the Provinces of Ontario and 



