THE BIRDS OF WAYNE COUNTY. 



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Six nests measured furnish the following results : 



94. Empidonax minimus BAIRD. 

 Least Flycatcher. 



A tolerably common spring transient from May i to 24, but has not been observed 

 in the fall. During its passage through the County it is found almost exclusively in 

 woodland. 



Contrary to the statement of Dr. Wheaton, 1 the characteristic note of this species 

 is here frequently heard during the migration. 



SUBORDER OSCINES. SONG BIRDS. 



FAMILY ALAUDID/G. LARKS. 



GENUS OTOCORI8 BONAPARTE. 



HORNED LARK, MUCH REDUCED. 



95. Otocoris alpestris (LINN.). 

 Horned Lark. 



Winter visitor; rare. A single specimen in the writer's collection is the only 

 record. This was taken December 28, 1892, from a flock of about twenty-five indi- 

 viduals, three others of which, also secured, proved to be fairly typical praticola. 



^Geological Survey of Ohio 1 V, 1882, p 379. 



