22 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



a portion of the surplus waters of the Reservoir reaches the Ohio 

 River. 



1. CiSTOTHORUs STELLARis, Cabanls. — Short-hilled Marsh Wren. — 

 "St, Mary's Reservoir; breeds" (Dury). 



2. Protonotarta citr^a, Baird. — Prothonotary Warbler. — " Several 

 specimens taken at St. Mary's." where it " breeds in holes in swamp 

 willows" (Dury). 



3. Helminthophaga celata, var. celata, Baird. — Oranc/e-croivned 

 Warbler. — Columbus, Ohio ; three specimens (Br. J. M. Wheaton). 



4. Pyrgita MONTANA, Auctorum. — European Tree Sparrow. — Intro- 

 duced in St. Louis (and probably in other localities) with the House 

 Spai'row, P. domestica. (See Dr. J. C. Merrill, in American Natural- 

 ist for January, 1876.) 



5. Melospiza lincolni, Baird. — Lincoln's Finch. — ^" Rather common 

 migrant" at Columbus, Ohio [Dr. Wheaton). 



6. GuiRACA CiERULEA, Swainson. Blue Grosbeak.-^ A. southern spe- 

 cies ; possibly- a rare summer visitant. 



7. CoNToPUS BOREALis, Baird. — Olive-sided Fly-catcher. — Doubtfully 

 identified. Perhaps a rare spring and fall migrant. 



8. Syrnium cinereum, Audubon. — Great Gray Owl. — ^Probably a 

 rare winter visitant from the north. Identified by Mr. Dury in Clark 

 Co., Ohio ; and Mr, Quick is confident that he has seen a specimen 

 taken at Brookville, Indiana, 



9. Falco communis, var. anatum, Ridgway. Specimens in Mr. 

 Dury's collection from St. Mary's Reservoir. 



10. Steganopus wilsoni, Cones. — Wilson's Phalarope. 



11. Lobipes hyperboreds, Cuvier. — Northern Phalarope. 



12. Phalaropds fulicarius, Bonaparte. — Red Phalarope. 



13. MiCROPALAMA HIMANTOPUS, Baird. — Stilt Sandpiper. 



14. Tringa BAiRDii, Coues. — Baird' s Sandpiper. — Columbus, Ohio; 

 September, 1876 ; one specimen {Dr. Wheaton). 



15. Tringa fuscicollis, Vieillot. — Bonaparte's Sandpiper. — Colum- 

 bus, Ohio {Dr. Wheaton). 



16. Tringa canutus, Linnaeus. — Bed-breasted Sandpiper. 



17. Tryngites rufescens, Cabanis. — Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



18. NuMENius HUDSONiDS, Latham. — Hudsonian Curlew. 



19. Plegadus^ falcinellus, Kaup. — Glossy Ibis. — Dr. Wheaton in- 

 forms me that three specimens of this species have been taken in 

 northern Ohio. 



1 See Salvin and Sclater in y/t^/ftis for Jan. 1878; p. 112: quoted by.). A. Allen, BuUe- 

 Un Nxittall Orn. Club, July, 1878 ; p. 152. (Change in Nomenclature.) 



