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12. Megascops asio floridanus. Florida Screech Owl. — Heard 

 one after dark. 



13. Ceophlceus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker. — Though this spe- 

 cies is rather common, and sometimes fairly conspicuous in the country 

 through which we went, we heard but one this day. 



14. Dryobates pubescens. Downy Woodpecker. — Noted several. 



15. Dryobates villosus audubonii. Southern Hairy Woodpecker. 

 — Noted one or two. 



16. Centurus carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. — In the growth 

 of a slough which our road followed for a long distance, and in some 

 rather deep woods through which we passed later, this species was very 

 common. 



17. Colaptes auratus. Flicker. — This species is an infrequent breeder 

 about New Orleans, and as all the winter residents had gone, we saw 

 but one bird. 



18. Chaetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. — Though the first arrived 

 the 19th of March, we saw but a few this day. 



19. Trochilus colubris. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. — Thor- 

 oughly common. Arrived March 23. 



20. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Never very common in Louisi- 

 ana in spring. We saw but one. The first had been noted March 23. 



21. Myiarchus crinitus. Crested Flycatcher. — Rather common 

 along the slough where so many Red-bellied Woodpeckers were 

 seen. Arrived March 30. 



22. Sayornis phcebe. Phoebe. — A single bird still lingered where I 

 had seen it on two recent trips. The day of its departure was very close 

 at hand, the last never having been seen later than April 6. 



In the matter of flycatchers, the trip was rather disappointing. March 

 30, two early arrivals, the Wood Pewee {Contopus virtus) and the Green- 

 crested Flycatcher {Empidonax vircscens), had both appeared, one of each 

 species being noted, but neither was seen April 1. The recording of the 

 Green-crested Flycatcher March 30 antedated anj' previous arrival record 

 for this latitude by six days, so it was not surprising that none was noted 

 April 1. The Wood Pewee, however, might readily enough have been 

 seen. 



23. Corvus brachyrhynchos. American Crow. — Common. 



24. Corvus ossifragus. Fish Crow. — We heard this species only 

 early in the morning near the river. 



25. Cyanocitta cristata florincola. Florida Blue Jay. — Seen in only 

 one locality, a briery pasture bordered chiefly by small live and water 

 oaks. At this one spot it is nearly always seen. 



26. Agelaius phceniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — The long slough 

 was the only breeding situation of this species we visited. Here we saw 

 a few. The bulk of the residents had departed for their breeding 

 grounds in the marshes. 



27. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — A single one was seen on the edge 

 of a weedy field. 



