ORNITHOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE. 



To many, nomenclature has been a puzzling factor in 

 the study of ornithology. Until a recent period the 

 scientific names have been so often changed, and so mul- 

 tiplied, that one found he had as much to unlearn as to 

 learn. Happily that has changed, and henceforth we 

 may expect something like the same permanency in this 

 classification that we have in that of botany and in most 

 of the other sciences. 



The committee appointed by the "Ornithological 

 Union," have agreed on a uniform system, and have 

 lately issued a ' Check List,' which is to be the estab- 

 lished text with ornithologists. 



As a convenience to those who are interested in the 

 subject, and who have not ready access to more preten- 

 tious Avorks, I have subjoined a list of common and sci- 

 entific names to all, or nearly all, the birds seen in this 

 locahty, omitting the water birds, birds of prey, and 

 some of the game birds. 



Bobolink (Doliclmiyx oryzivorus) 



Cow Bird [MolotUrus ater) 



Eed-winged Blackbird {Agelaius phmniceus) 



Meadow Lark {8turnella magna) 



Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurms) 



Baltimore Oriole {Icterus galhula) 



Rusty Blackbird (ScolecopJiagus carolmus) 



