Notes on the Birds. BYAll 
Carroll County: I well remember the first specimen of this beautiful spe- 
cies I ever collected. It was in September, 1877, just when I had begun to 
take a real interest in birds, and as I was collecting in an open wood on the 
present J. Milton Beek farm south of Burlington. It was a female in good 
plumage and was feeding in the top of a tall elm. On May 3, 1883, I saw 
several, both males and females, in Stone’s woods near Burlington. On 
May 24, I shot a fine plumaged male at the “drift” on Wild Cat Creek above 
Burlington. A nest with eggs found in a buttonbush (Cephalanthus occr- 
dentalis), in a swamp west of the Michigan road on the north bank of 
Wild Cat Creek, in spring of 1882.) On May 5, 1884, several seen in Wise’s 
woods southwest of Camden; May 4, 1885, several seen near my house at 
Camden. 
Vigo County: Several seen near Terre Haute. April 28 and 30, and again 
on May 5, 1888. A female collected on Honey Creek, five miles southeast 
of Terre Haute, May 12. 
Monroe County: Noted, April 28, 1886. Rather common migrant but rare 
summer resident. 
155. PASSER DOMESTICUS HOSTILIS Kleinschmidt. ENGLISH SPARROW. 
This miserable pest is all too common in and about Terre Haute and all 
over Vigo County, as well as in Carroll and Monroe counties, and the less 
said about it the better. It made its appearance at Camden in 1877; now 
abundant in all the counties. 
Carroll County: June 17, 1882, set of four fresh eggs. January 8, 1920, 
as I passed north on the train through Bringhurst, I noted 20 to 30 English 
Sparrows about a warehouse near the railroad station. 
156. PASSERINA CYANEA (Linnreus). INDIGO BUNTING. (598) 
A common summer resident in all the counties, perhaps most abundant in 
Monroe and Vigo. 
Carroll County: May 18, 1878, collected; June 23, 1882, nest with two 
pearly fresh eggs; May 13, 1883, first of the season seen near the Air Line 
bridge on Deer Creek, east of Delphi; May 24, a nest with three fresh eggs 
found near Burlington, by Edwin C. Evermann. May 6, 1885, a male seen; 
June 29 to July 1, 1905, one male seen on home farm near Burlington. 
Vigo County: Noted at Terre Haute, April 28, May 3 and May 5, 1888. 
Monroe County: An abundant summer resident. Noted, May 13, 1882 and 
April 24, 1886. 
157. SpiIzA AMERICANA (Gmelin). DICKCISSEL. (604) 
A fairly common summer resident. 
Carroll County: JT remember distinctly the first specimen of this species 
I ever recognized. It was’a fine male sitting in a small walnut tree in a 
field at the turn of the road south of Camden, just before reaching the 
creek. It was singing in its animated way and doubtless had its nest in the 
field somewhere near by. This was on May 20, 1878. Since then the species 
has become more common in Carroll County. May 10, 1885, noted. On the 
