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BOSTON, MASS., FEBRUARY, 1886. No. 2. 
VOL. XI. 


Florida Bird Life in November, 1885. 
BY A. L. BROWNE, ORLANDO, FLA. 
Mockingbird, (Mimus polyglottus). Abundant. 
Distributed about equally, in orange groves and 
pine woods, but not so plenty in the hummocks 
(hard wooded lands). They were in song some- 
what, at the beginning of the month, but grew 
rapidly silent, and by the middle were rarely seen. 
Catbird, (Galeoscoptes carolinensis). Plenty. Fre- 
quents the low hummocks, usually keeping well 
hidden in the most dense portions. More often 
heard than seen. 
Bluebird, (Stalia sealis). Very abundant all 
through the pine woods, frequently in company 
with the flocks of Red-poll Warblers, They are 
almost silent, their only note being a soft call. 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, (Polioptila caerulea). 
Plenty; most so during the last of the month. 
Usually found in small flocks in the hummocks, 
but saw a few at different times in an orange 
grove. 
Tufted Titmouse, (Lophophanes bicolor). Plenty, 
but are not often seen, on account of their fre- 
quenting the interior of swamps. Occasionally pay 
a short visit to the pines near by. 
Carolina Chicadee, (Parus carolinensis). Found 
a few in company with the last. 
White-bellied Nuthatch, (Sétta 
Not plenty. Saw a pair on the 2d, and one on 
the 25th, running about the trunks of pine trees. 
Brown-headed Nuthatch, (Sitta pusilla), Abun- 
dant in the pine woods. 
House Wren, (Zvroglodytes wdon). 
carolinensis). 
Very abun- 
dant. Found alike in orange groves and wood- 
land. In the latter, has a liking for the thick 
clumps of scrub palmettos, into the depths of 
which they dive with much scolding and haste on 
one’s approach. 
American Titlark, (Anthus ludovicianus). First 
saw a flock on the 20th, near the edge of the city, 
and they remained there during the rest of the 
month. Saw a flock on the 25d, flying over a 
grove. 
Yellow-rumped Warbler, (Dendrwca coronata). 
Plenty the last of the month. First saw them in 
the pine woods on the 23d, in company with Red- 
poll Warblers. Afterwards, generally found in 
a hummock, bordering on a lake. 
Red-poll Warbler, (Dendraca palmarumy). 
ceedingly abundant. 
tions. 
Ex- 
Found in nearly all situa- 
Large flocks in the pine woods, usually 
accompanied by other species. 
Maryland Yellow-throat, (Geothlypis trichas). 
Plenty about the hummock, but I saw no female. 
Loggerhead Shrike, (Lanius  ludovicanus). 
Abundant in orange groves and pine woods. Most 
plentiful in the former. 
White-bellied Swallow, (Zachycineta bicolor). 
Abundant, but seen only on warm, sunny days. 
Seems to prefer the lakes and orange groves. 
First heard 
one on the 18th, in the pines. Saw three on the 
21st in an orange grove, and heard them at inter- 
vals during the rest of the month in the pines. 
Savannah Sparrow, (Passerculus sandwichensis 
savanna). The last of the month they were plenty, 
with flocks of Red-poil Warblers and Chipping 
Sparrows. Found a few in a grassy orange grove. 
Grass Finch, (Poacetes gramineus). Found quite 
frequently during the latter part of the month, in 
and near orange groves and various grassy places 
by the woods. 
Chipping Sparrow, (Spizella domestica). First 
saw them in the pine woods on the 28d, associa- 
ted with Red-poll Warblers, and found them 
abundant there during the rest of the month in 
company with those birds. 
Chewink, (Pipile erythrophthalmus). Very abun- 
dant in the hummocks, their notes being the most 
common bird sound in those localities. 
Florida Chewink, (P/pilo erythropthalmusallent). 
Saw this bird in same places as last, but it does 
not seem so plenty. 
Cardinal Grosbeak, 
Not common. In one orange grove I usually 
found from one to three and saw a male on the 
18th, and a female on the 26th, in a hummock, 
Yellowbird, (Astragalinus tristis). 
(Cardinalis virginianus), 



Copyright, 1886, by Eatcn CrirF and F, B. WEBSTER. 
