RiDGWAY on Birds observed in Knox Co.^ Indiana. 1 7 



bird {Dendroeca cesiiva), Maryland Yellow-throat {Geoihlypis trickas). 

 White-eyed Vireo ( F". noveboracenst's) , Wood Thrush {Hyloctckla musie- 

 lina). Black-throated Green Warbler {Dendroeca vireiis), Indigo Bird 

 {Passerina cyanea). 



April 19. Great-crested Flj'catcher {Myiarc/ius crinitus). Kingbird 

 {Tyrannies caroliucnsis), Catbird {Galeoscoptes carolinensis), Pine- 

 ci^eeping Warbler {Dendrteca pi'nus). 



April 20. Golden-crowned Thrush (Stums auri'capt'llus), Kentucky 

 Warbler (Oporornis fortnosa'). 



April 21. Red-eye Vireo ( Vireosylvia olivacea), Tawny Thrush {Hylo- 

 cichla ftcscescens). 



April 22. Yellow-breasted Chat {Icteria virens). 



April 23. Blue-winged Yellow Warbler (Helminthofliaga f inns'). 



April 24. Warbling Vireo {Vireoslyvia gilva), Ruby-throated Hum- 

 ming Bird {Troc/iiltis colubrt's), Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula')., 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroeca pennsylvanica) , Worm-eating War- 

 bler (Helmintkotkertis Z'erjnivorus), Nighthawk (Ckordeiles popetue). 



April 25. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Zamelodia ludoviciana*), Blue 

 Warbler (Dendroeca coerulea*), Hooded Warbler (Alyiodioctes mitratus), 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus). 



April 26. Black-throated Bunting (Spiza americana). Yellow-winged 

 Sparrow (Coturniculus passerinus).. Wood Pewee (Contopus virens), Oak- 

 woods Sparrow (Peuccea cestivalis illinoensis). 



April 30. Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroeca costanea), Long-billed 

 Marsh Wren (Tehnatodytes palusfris). 



May 2. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dcndi-oeca ccerulescens), Black- 

 and-yellow Warbler (D. maculosa), Chestnut-sided Warbler (D. pennsyl- 

 fanica). Red-poll Warbler (D. palmarum). 



Mav 3. Blackburnian Warbler (D. blackburnicF). 



May 6. Nashville Warbler (Helminthophaga ruficapilla). Cape May 

 Warbler (Perissoglossa tigrina), Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis Phil- 

 adelphia.) 



May 7. Tennessee Warbler (Ilelminfhophaga peregrina). 



Among the migratory species which had ah'eady arrived by 

 the 15th were the Large-billed Water Thrush {Sitirtis motaciUa)., 

 numbers of which were heard singing in the swamp, the Black- 

 and-white Creeper (JSIniotilta varia borealis)^ Blue-gra}' Gnat- 

 catcher (Polioptila ccerulca) ., and a few^ others. 



The nesting season began much later than usual, as the fol- 

 lowing list, of the earliest date on which the eggs of any species 

 were obtained, will show.f 



* These all common on the date when first observed. 



t The difference between the season just passed in the arrival and time of nesting 

 of the birds, may be illustrated by the fact that in the spring of 1880, Setophaga ruti- 

 cilla was noted near Wheatland April i, while in the spring of 1878, eggs oi Protonotaria 

 citrea were obtained near Mt. Carmel April 27- 



