204 Catalogue of the Birds of Illinois. 



APPENDIX, 



LIST OF SPECIES WHICH PROBABLY OCCUR IN ILLINOIS, BUT WHICH HAVE 



NOT YET BEEN ACTUALLY TAKEN WITHIN THE 



LIMITS OF THE STATE. 



TUEDID^.— Thrashes. 

 Genus HESPEROcrcnLA, Bairtl. 



1. H. mevia (Gmel.) Bah-d. Oregon Robin. — N. W.* Iowa (Allen, White's 

 Geol. Surv. Iowa, 1870, II., p. 419); New Jersey (TurnbuU, Birds E. Penn. and 

 New Jersey, 1869, 41; Allen, Pr. Essex Inst., 1864, 82); Long Island, N. Y. 

 (Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., 1866. 281); Ipswich, Mass., Del, 1864 (Allen, Am. 

 Nat., 1869, 572; Maynard, Nat. Guide, 1870, 89). Probably a winter visitant. 



SITTID^. —Nuthatches. 

 Genus Sitta, Linnseus. 



2. S^.'pusUla, Lath. Brown-headed Nuthatch. — S. E. To be looked for 

 among the pine- clad hills in the extreme southern part of the state. (Has been 

 recorded from St. Louis, Mo., and Ohio.) 



MOT ACILLIDJB.— Wagtails and Titharks. 

 Genus Neocoeys, Sclater. 



3. N. spraguei (Aud.) Sol. Sprague's Lark. — W. Undoubtedly occurs on 

 the prairies during migrations, or in winter. A strictly prairie bird. 



MNIOTILTID^.— American Warblers. 

 Genus Helminthophaga, Cabanis. 



4. fl". &rtc7i/«ffj»' (Aud.) Caban. Bachman's Warbler. — S. E. (South Car- 

 olina and Florida.) 



Genus Peuissoglossa, Baird. 



5. P. carbonata (Aud.) Baird. Carbonated Warbler. Discovered by Au- 

 dubon in Kentucky, and therefore extremely likely to occur in Southern Illinois. 

 Known only from Audubon's description and figures. 



Genus Dendrceca, Gray. 



6. D. hirtlandi, Baird. Kirtland's Wa¥bler. A very rare species, orig- 

 inally discovered in Ohio (where specimens have more recently been obtained, 

 as well as in Michigan and in the Bermudas). 



*The range of the species is indicated by initials, as N. W., S. E., &c., for the north- 

 western, southeastern, and other portions of the continent. 



