I A Scott, Birds of the Gulf Coast of Florida. f January 



possible ; Mr. Ridgway sent me from the U. S. National Museum 

 a large number of Mississippi Valley birds, and from the same 

 region I also received specimens from Mr. Ruthven Deane, Mr. 

 Gustave Kohn, Dr. A. K. Fisher, and Dr. F. W. Langdon. Mr. 

 E. M. Hasbrouck permitted me to examine his types of roscoc ; 

 I had access to a large series of trichas containing many fall 

 specimens, in the collection of Mr. J. Dwight, Jr., and have also 

 examined the collections of Mr. George B. Sennettand Dr. E. A. 

 Mcarns. To all these gentlemen I return my most grateful thanks ; 

 their uniform courtesy in complving with my request has made 

 the gathering of material a pleasure rather than a task. 



A SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIRDS 

 OF THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA. 



BY W. E. D. SCOTT. 



( Continued from Vol. VI, p. 252.) 



Lamus ludovicianus. Loggkrhead Shrike. — A common resident 

 species at all points visited on the Gulf Coast. In the vicinity of Tarpon 

 Springs they begin to breed by the last of March. They were common and 

 bred at Punta Rassa, but Mr. Atkins has no records of the species at Key 

 West. 



Vireo altiloquus barbatulus. Black-whiskered Vireo. — A regular 

 and common migrant, breeding on the Gulf coast of Florida at least as 

 far north as Anclote Keys, where the birds are common during the summer 

 months. They arrive at this point from the south about the last of any of 

 the birds, not appearing till May iS, which is the earliest record, and not 

 becoming common until the first week in June. The species seems to 

 be confined to the low mangrove keys at this point, and rarely visits the 

 main land. Yet it has been taken at Tampa, and and I have observed it 

 on two occasions in the town of Tarpon Springs, both times late in the 

 summer of 1S86. 



Mr. Atkins has observed and taken the birds at both Punta Rassa 

 and Key West, where it is by no means uncommon. He says: "Arrived 

 at Punta Rassa about May iS, 1S86. Breeds in low thick growths of man- 

 grove, both on the main land and on outlying keys. Last noted Sep- 

 tember 5, 1SS6. Taken at Key West, April 10 and 26, 18S7, and observed 



