VERMONT BIRD CLUB 9 



58. Picoides americanus. AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOOD- 

 PECKER.— W. V. 



59. Sphyrapicus varius. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.— S. 

 R. Most numerous in hill towns. 



60. Ceophloeus piliatus. PILIATED WOODPECKER.— R. These 

 birds winter in the woods on the lower hills, but disappear from 

 these haunts as spring advances. Find them nesting in the hill 

 towns. 



61. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. RED-HEADED WOODPECK- 

 ER. Found in the western county as S. R., but not common. In 

 1893 a pair of these beautiful birds were on Baker's Brook in New- 

 fane. In the intervening- years several other observers have reported 

 them from the same locality. This covers all my records for the 

 whole eastern side of the State. 



62. Colaptes auratus luteus. NORTHERN FLICKER.— Abund- 

 ant S. R. 



63. Anthrostomus vociferus. WHIP-POOR-WILL.— S. R. Not 

 so abundant, nor so generally distributed as in former years. 



64. Chordeiles virginianus. NIGHT HAWK.— S. R. The residents 

 of the interior hill towns tell me this bird is not so common as it 

 was ten years ago. That it has entirely abandoned certain sections 

 formerly occupied my own observations prove. 



65. Chaetura pelagica. CHIMNEY SWIFT.— Abundant S. R. 



66. Trochilus colubris. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD.— 

 Common S. R. 



67. Tyranus tyranus. KINGBIRD. — Abundant S. R. 



68. Myiarchus crinitus. GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER.— 

 Not uncommon S. R. 



69. Sayornis phoebe. PHOEBE.— Abundant S. R. 



70. Nuttallornis borealis. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.— S. R. 

 Common about all the swamps in the hill towns. 



71. Contopus virens. WOOD PEWEE. — Common S. R. 



72. Empidonax flaviventris. YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 

 — M. in eastern part of Windham County. Dr. Ross reports it rare 

 S. R. in Bennington. 



73. Empidonax traillii ainorum. ALDER FLYCATCHER.— 

 Abundant S. R. along all the alder and willow fringed brooks in the 

 hill towns. Also in the thickets of swampy pastures. 



74. Empidonax minimus. LEAST FLYCATCHER. — Abundant 

 S. R. 



75. Otocoris alpestris praticola. PRAIRRE HORNED LARK. — S. 

 R. Not common, but extending its range each year. 



76. Cyanocitta cristata. BLUE JAY. — Common R. 



77. Perisoreus canadensis. CANADA JAY. — Rare W. V. As this 

 bird is S. R. on the higher mountains of northern Vermont it may 

 yet be found breeding in Stratton. 



78. Corvus brachyrhynochos. CROW. — R. 



79. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. BOBOLINK. — Common S. R. 



80. Molothrus ater. COWBIRD.— S. R. 



81. Agelaius phoeniceus. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.— Com- 

 mon S. R. 



82. Sturnella magna. MEADOWLARK. — S. R. Not so abun- 

 dant on the eastern as on the western side of the State. 



83. Icterus spurius. ORCHARD ORIOLE. — S. R. in Bennington, 

 but rare. Found once with young in Brattleboro, but careful search 

 in all vincinity after trees were bare failed to reveal the nest. 



