8 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



69. *ViRE0SYLviA GiLvus, Cassiii. — Warbling Vireo. — Common 

 summer resident. May to September. 



70. Lanivikeo solitarius, Baird. — Blue-headed or Solitary Vireo. 

 — Rare migrant in Ma}^ {Byrnes, Dury)\ and vSeptember (Shorten). 



71. fLANiYiREO FLAViFRONS, Baird. — Yellow-throated Vireo. — Com- 

 mon migrant in 3Iay and September ; a few remaining through the 

 summer. 



72. * Vireo noveboracensis, Bonaparte. — White-eyed Vireo.- -A com- 

 mon summer resident. April 25th to September 20th. 



Family Ampelidje : Waxwings. 



73. *Ampelis cedrorum, i^clstter. -Cedar Waxwing.— An irregular but 

 often abundant migrant, and a summer resident in limited numbers. 

 Appears during the fall and winter in large flocks, feeding on wild 

 grapes and the berries of the sour-gum and cedar. 



Family Laniid^e : SM'ikes. 



74. CoLLURio borealis, Baird.— 6rrea^ Northern Shrike ; Butcher 

 Bird. — Rare fall and winter visitant. 



75. *CoLLURio LUDOViciANUS, var. LUDOviciANUS, '^sdY^.-- -Loggerhead 

 Shrike.-- An uncommon summer resident. Arrives about March 15th, 

 and remains until September. 



75a. CoLLURio LUDOVICIANUS, var. exoubitoroides, Coues.- -A well 

 marked example of this variety taken at Madisouville, August 22d, 

 1878. 



Family TANAGRiD^a:: Tanagers. 



76. *PiRAXGA RUBRA, Vicillot. — Scarlet Tanager. — Summer resident. 

 More common however during the migrations in May and vSeptember. 



77. *PrRANGA ESTIVA, Vicillot. — Summer Bedbird. A rather com- 

 mon summer resident. May 1st to September 25th. 



Family FringillidyE : Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



78. Carpouacus purpureus. Gray. — Purple Finch. — Migrant in fall, 

 winter and spring, usually in flocks. Feeds largelj^ on the buds of the 

 slippery elm, its flesh being strongly flavored thereby, 



79. *Chrysomitris tristis, Bonaparte. — American Goldjinch; Thistle 

 Bird. — A common resident. Less numerous during the winter, but 

 appears about the 1st of March in large straggling flocks, sometimes 

 containing a hundred or more individuals, which are then just begin- 

 ning to assume their summer dress. These flocks soon break up into 



