336 Notes on eériain parts of the State of Ohio. 
An account of the Birds, whether migrating or resident—the 
periods of their arrival, departure and us 
~ Our birds, with a few exceptions, are the same as aa 
‘which are common to this country and common to © 
eastern states. I shall mention a few of those which are 
€onstant residents. Amongst these, are the turkey, raven, 
€row, turkey-buzzard, three kinds of hawk or vulture, 
pheasant, partridge or quail, blue jays, a small kind of 
birds, wren, and two kinds of owls, the large 
and senal, Fe-bepice owl, turtle dove—one or two kinds 
ducks, @ kinds of woodpeckers, amongst these 
sic the woodbex ‘ase yellow hammer, the king fisher, the 
bald headed eagle, sid ray eagle. These are all that! 
recollect at this time. Amongst our migrating soe we 
enumerate the wild pigeon. They usually appear the begin- 
ning of March, on their journey northward—they pass about 
a month with us, and proceed on their journey. os Septem- 
ber they visit us again, on their return to the south ; they 
then spend about six weeks, feasting on the new acorns, 
beach nuts, and berries of the phytolacca decandra, or poke, 
of which they are so fond that the plant has from this circum- 
stance pee le “ pigeon berry,” and is generally known 
by that na wt host Be se eo pass the summer with us ; but 
eh a586' or n the first settlement ref the’ coun 
when they built nests, a; ad hatched and reared their young in 
vast multitudes. 
“Several species of ducks visit us spring and autumn; also 
the wild goose occasionally stops awhile ‘with us, in her j jour- 
neys north and ‘south. Loons are frequently seen, but sel- 
dom amongst the spoils of the hunter. Their eyes and ears 
are so good that they dive beneath the water, before the shot 
of the fowler can reach them. The heron and crane Visit us 
inthe spring, and rear phe young in the course of the sum- 
mer. The robbin-red-breast black-bird, and blue-bird, were 
‘Been this year the first of March; they sometimes appear in 
‘in February. The bob-of-lincoln, or magpie, appears ata 
; eriod in April or May. The chimney swallow, barn- 
swallow, and martin, make their appearance, as soon as the 
warm weather has produced a supply of insects for their 
; rt. But last year the weather was so cold about the 
middle of April, that a great number of those birds which live 
upon insects, died with famine, and with cold. A ¥ fast 
variety of other kinds also suffered, and were so benumbed 
