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84. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Chkwink. — Common migrant and 

 summer resident. Tliis is another species in which the colorino- seems 

 much more intense than in the same birds taken in Massachusetts and 

 New Jersey. Particular!}- is this to be noticed in the females. Out 



■of a series of forty females taken, all had distinctly black feathers in the 

 throat, save four, and in some of them this blackness amounted to a de- 

 cided patch on the brown of the throat. 



85. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. — Rather common mi- 

 grant. First noted May 2. In a few days they became quite common. I 

 noticed them on May 21, and afterward about five days later, so that 

 some may breed. 



86. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — Common migrant and summer 

 resident. 



87. Agelasus phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbihd. — Rather 

 common summer resident. 



88. Xanthocephalus icterocephalus. Yellow-headed Black- 

 bihd. — Not very common. A few seen in May. Breeds. 



8!). Sturnella ludoviciana. Meadow Lark. — Common resident. 

 A much more familiar bird than in the East. Not at all shy. 



90. Icterus spurius. Ouchard Oriole. — Common summer resi- 

 dent and migrant. First noted May 1. 



91. Icterus baltimore. Baltimore Oriole. — Common migrant 

 and summer resident. First noted May 1. 



92. Scolecophagus ferrugiueus. Rusty Blackbird. — Common 

 migrant. Noted as late as April 23. 



93. Quiscalus purpureus. Crow Blackbird. — Common migrant 

 and summer resident. 



94. Corvus americanus. Common Crow. — Not very common. 

 Breeds. 



95. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. — Very familiar and common 

 residents, breeding in the gardens in town, and much less shy than the 

 Robin is in the East. Nest and three eggs taken April 27. 



9G. Tyrannus carolineusis. Kingbird. — Common migrant and 

 summer resident. First noted April 27. 



97. Myiarchus crinitus. Great-crested Flycatcher. — Rather 

 common migrant and summer resident. First noted May 2. 



98. Sayornis fuscus. Bridge Pewee. — Common migrant and 

 summer resident. 



99. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. — Rather common, arriving 

 late, as in the East. 



100. Empidonax acadicus. Small Green-crested Flycatcher. 

 — Rather common. Arrives early in May. Breeds. 



101. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — Not common. 

 First seen May 1. Migrant. 



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