14 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



American Osprey (Pandion h. carolinensis} May 7. 



American Long-eared Owl (Asio wilsonianus} April 10. 



Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus) ? (April 15). 



Barred Owl (Syrnium nebulosum] March 15. 



Screech Owl (Megaseops asio} April 7. 



Great Horned Owl (Biibo virginianus) February 28. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus} May 24. 



Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus} June i. 



Belted Kingfisher (Ceryk alcyon) May 15. 



Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus} May 28. 



Northern Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens medianus} 



May 12. 



Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) [July 28.] 



Flicker (Colaptes auratus} April 29. 



Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus} June 8. 



Nighthawk (Chordeiks virginianus} June 5. 



Chimney Swift ( Chietura pelagica} June 10. 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Trochilus colubris) May 20. 



Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannus] May 31. 



Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus] June 5. 



Phcebe (Sayornis phoebe) May 7. 



Wood Pewee (Contopus virens} June 15. 



Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus] May 24. 



Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata} May 2. 



American Crow (Corvus americanus} April 13. 



Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus} June 3. 



Cowbird (Molotlirus ater) May 16. 



Red-winged Blackbird (Agela ius phceniceus} May 12. 



Meadowlark (Sturnella magna} May 6. 



Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius} May 30. 



Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula} May 24. 



Purple Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula} April 25. 



Bronzed Grackle ( Quiscalus qu iscula ceneus} May i. 



Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) May 19. 



American Goldfinch (Astragalinus tristis} July i. 



Vesper Sparrow (Poxcetes gramineus) May 5. 

 Savanna Sparrow (Atnmodramus sandwichen'sis savanna] May 17. 

 Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramiis savanjiarum passerinus} 



Junes. 



