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25. Wood Pewee. Contopus virens. Very common. 

 Much the most numerous member of the family. Pres- 

 ent in good force April 27, and gathering nest materials 

 April 29. 



26. Acadian Flycatcher. Green-crested Flycatcher. 

 Empidonax virescens. Common. 



27. Blue Jay. Cyanocitta cristata. Scarce (for the 

 blue jay), and not seen on Walden's Ridge! 



28. Crow. Corvus americanus. Apparently much less 

 common than in Eastern Massachusetts. 



29. Bobolink. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. A small flock 

 seen, and heard singing, April 27. 



30. Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurius. Common, but 

 not found on Walden's Ridge. 



31. Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula. A single bird, 

 at Chickamauga, May 3. 



32. Crow Blackbird. Quiscalus quiscula ? Seen on 

 sundry occasions in the valley country, but specific dis- 

 tinction not made out. Both forms Q. quiscula and Q. 

 quiscula ceneus are found in Tennessee. See Dr. Fox's 

 List of Birds found in Roane County, Tennessee. " The 

 Auk," vol. iii. p. 315. My own list of the Icteridae is 

 remarkable for its omissions, especially of the cowbird, 

 the red-winged blackbird (which, however, I am pretty 

 certain that I saw on the wing) and the meadow lark. 



33. House Sparrow. English Sparrow. Passer domes- 

 ticus. Distressingly superabundant in the city and its 

 suburbs. 



34. Goldfinch. Spinus tristis. Abundant. Still in 

 flocks. 



35. White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia leucophrys. 

 Seen but once (May 1), two birds, in the national ceme- 

 tery. 



36. White-throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis. 

 Common. Still present on Walden's Ridge (in two 

 places) May 13. Sang very little. 



