202 RHOADS and Pennock, Birds of Delaware. \_Aor 



134. Spizella monticola. Tree Sparrow. — Winter resident. 



135. Junco hyemalis. Junco. — Winter resident. 



136. Melospiza cinerea fasciata. Song Sparrow. — Resident. 



137. Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. — Resident. 



138. Passerella iliaca. Fox Sparrow. — Transient migrant. 



139. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. TOWHEE. — Summer resident. Occa- 

 sionally seen throughout the winter. 



140. Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. — Resident. 



141. Zamelodia ludoviciana. Rose breasted Grosbeak. — Transient 

 migrant. 



142. Guiraca caerulea. Blue Grosbeak. — Summer resident. Adult 

 male, in spring plumage, in Bush collection, taken near Dover, 1882. 

 John D. Carter of Lansdowne, Pa., writes July 4, 1904: "Yesterday.... 

 below Medford's Mills .... just across the line in Maryland .... we 

 found .... Blue Grosbeak (male, female, and one young), not in nest." 



143. Cyanospiza cyanea. Indigo Bird. — Summer resident. 



144. Piranga erythromelas. Scarlet Tanager. — Summer resident. 

 Becomes scarce on southern border, being replaced by the next species. 



145. Piranga rubra. Summer Tanager. — Summer resident. A com- 

 mon breeder in lower Sussex County (S. N. R.). 



146. Progne subis. Purple Martin. — Summer resident. 



147. Petrochelidon lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. — Summer resident. 



148. Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. — Summer resident. 



149. Iridoprocne bicolor. Tree Swallow. — Summer resident. 



150. Riparia riparia. Bank Swallow. — Summer resident. 



151. Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rough-winged Swallow. — Sum- 

 mer resident. 



152. Ampelis cedrorum. Cedar Bird. — Resident. 



153. Lanius ludovicianus (migrans ? ). Loggerhead Shrike. — 

 Transient migrant. One spring specimen — 1882 — in Bush collection. 

 Other dates are July 9, 1903, July 21, 1S99, Dec. 18, 1900. May breed 

 occasionally. 



1^4. Vireo olivaceus. Red-eyed Vireo. — Summer resident. 



155. Vireo gilvus. Warbling Vireo. — Summer resident. 



156. Vireo noveboracensis. White-eyed Vireo. — Summer resident. 



157. Vireo flavifrons. Yellow-throated Vireo. — Summer resident. 

 15S. Vireo solitarius. Blue-headed Vireo. — Transient migrant. 



159. Mniotilta varia. Black and White Warbler. — Summer resi- 

 dent. An abundant breeder throughout the State. 



160. Protonotaria citrea. Prothonotary Warbler. — Summer resi- 

 dent. An abundant breeder in Choptank bottoms. Also noted at Seaford, 

 June iS, 1903 (S. N. R.). 



161. Helmitherus vermivorus. Worm-eating Warbler. — Summer 

 resident. One specimen collected by Bush, from New Castle County, 

 May, 1S82. Two or three pairs feeding young along Brandy wine Creek, 

 near Wilmington, July 14, 1903 (S. N. R.). 



