218 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



A specimen in the Ohio State University collection bears 

 the following inscription: "Picus borealis. March 15, 1872. 

 Loc. Columbus, O. It was in company with another of its 

 own kind and 2 or 3 sapsuckers, nuthatches, etc., and shot 

 from a high tree between the canal and Scioto river." It 

 proves to be a typical specimen of this species. 



ORDER PASSERES. Perching Birds. 

 Family TYRANNHXE. Flycatchers. 



11. (443.) MUSCIVORA FORFICATA (Gmel.). . 



Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 

 Synonyms: Muscicapa forficata, Milvulus forficatus. 



"Fork-tailed Flycatcher," Swallow-tailed Flycatcher. 

 Davie, Nests and Eggs of North American Birds, Fifth Edition, 



1898, 297. 



"A male specimen of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was 

 taken near Marietta, O., May 20, 1894, by Mr. Frank H. 

 Welder, the skin of which is now in his collection." 

 A wanderer from the southwest. 



Family ICTERID^S. Blackbirds, etc. 



12. (497.) XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS 



(Bonap.). [116.] 

 Yellow-headed Blackbird. 

 Synonyms: Xanthocephalus icterocephalus, Icterus xantho- 



cephalus. 



Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1874, 567. Mentioned by Coues, 

 Birds N. W. as probable in Ohio. 



There is a specimen in the collection of F. Frey, of San- 

 dusky. A flock of six passed over Oberlin just above the 

 treetops, October 9, 1896. 



One is reported from McConnellsville, Morgan county, 

 by Mr. E. J. Arrick. 



These, with the statement of Dr. Wheaton that a pair was 

 seen by Mr. W. R. Limpert, in the summer of 1873, near 

 Groveport, Franklin county, exhaust the Ohio records that 

 I have been able to find. 



A wanderer from the west. 



