98 ORNITHO 
79. Setophaga ruticilla, (Linn.) (687). American 
Redstart. Not seen at Pensacola, but at Saint 
Joseph’s several males were noticed. 
80. Anthus pensylvanicus, (Lath.) (697). Ameri- 
can Pipit. One of these little birds flew aboard 
our smack April 2d, when we were about seventy- 
five miles from land, being in the Gulf that dis- 
tancé southeast of Cape San Blas. It rested for 
but a few moments upon the main boom when it 
resumed its journey across the waters, flying very 
low as if already tired of its long flight. 
81. Mimus polyglottos, (Linn.) (703). Mocking- 
bird. Thisis the characteristic bird of the south, 
the one which will not fail to attract the attention 
of the winter sojourner from the north. Common 
everywhere, from the densest wood to the yards 
and gardens of the city, always full of song, he 
does not hesitate to demand your attention. 
Should he not receive the homage due him during 
the day, he will at night perch upon some tree 
nesr your window and pour out his melody upon 
the silent air. I thought they must be breeding, 
but long and careful search in various places 
failed to discover their nests. 
82. Harporhynchus rufus, (Linn.) (705). Brown 
Thrasher. Rather common at ali places visited, 
especially Santa Rosa Island. I do not remember 
to have heard any of this species singing as they 
doin the north soon after their arrival. 
83. Thryothorus ludovicianus, (Lath.) (718). 
Carolina Wren. Not common, yet nearly every 
thicket contained one or two individuals. 
84. Thryothorus bewickti, (Aud) (719). Be- 
wick’s Wren. Rare; a few were noticed at dif- 
ferent times. 
85. Troglodytes aédon, Vieill. (721). House 
Wren. Noticed on two or three occasions about 
the city. 
86. Troglodytes hiemalis, Vieill. (722). Winter 
Wren. Seen but rarely; I obtained one in the 
edge of a titi swamp near Perdido. I showed the 
dead bird to some colored school children on their 
return home in the evening and they all called it 
the Titi bird, getting the name, I presume, from 
the swamps which they frequent. 
87. Sitta pusilla, Lath. (729). Brown-headed 
Nuthatch. While spending a day along the beach 
between the city and the navy yard, March 23, 
my friend Mr. Silas Stearns shot two of these 
curious little birds. One or two others were seen. 
The next day I spent at Perdido, nine miles west 
of Pensacola. Among the pines in that vicinity 
I saw several more and secured four of them. 
One was noticed excavating a hole in an old pine 
snag on the edge of Bayou Mochas, 
88. Purus bicolor, Linn, (731). Tufted Titmouse. 
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Seen frequently about Saint Joseph’s and Pen- 
sacola. 
89. Parus carolinensis, Aud. (736). Carolina 
Chickadee. Several were seen at Perdido, but 
none elsewhere. 
90. Polioptila cwrulea, (Linn.) (751). Blue-gray 
Gnatcatcher. A few were generally seen in every 
grove visited. 
91. Turdus aonalaschke pallasii, (Cab.) (7590). 
Hermit Thrush. Seen but rarely. One secured at 
Tchina Point. 
92. Merula migratoria, (Linn.) (761). Ameri- 
can Robin. Only a few Robins were seen. People 
living in Pensacola told me that Robins are 
abundant there in the winter. 
93. Stalia sialis, (Linn.) (766). Bluebird. I did 
not see many BJuebirds at any point visited. A 
few, perhaps a dozen, were observed near the 
navy yard, March 23d, and two were noticed at 
Saint Joseph’s, April 6th. 
Close search and daily observation would have 
doubtless added several species to this list. Only 
three or four days and a few odd hours wasI able 
to devote to the birds, the chief purpose of the 
stay at Pensacola being, as before stated, to make 
collections of the fishes of the region. The list I 
think is chiefly valuable as indicating the species 
which are most noticable at that time and show- 
ing the species which migrate along that coast. 
All the evidence goes to show that these species, 
the Hooded, Pine, Black-throated Green, Syca- 
more, Parula and Tennessee Warblers, the 
Orioles, Summer HRedbird, etc., either wintered 
in southern Florida (which few, if any of these 
species do) or reach the United States in spring, 
via the Florida Keys and south Florida. 

Notes from Amherst, Mass. 

June 25th, I took a Cuckoo which seems much 
like a hybrid between ©. erythrophthalmus and C. 
americana. It has the bill and feet of the former 
and the wings are plentifully colored, both above 
and beneath, with the bright cinnamon of the latter 
The ring around the eye was chrome yellow in- 
stead of orange-red, as in C. erythrophthalmus. 
The tai] feathers, which the shot spared, lacked 
white entirely. The bird was badly shot, but I 
was able to save all the important parts. 
June 29th, as I was wading in a thick marsh 
endeavoring to get a shot at a Bittern, I heard 
several shrill screams directly in front of me, and 
a bird about as large as a month old chicken ap- 
peared in a small open space in front of me and 
then vanished. <A short time after another ap- 
peared and I shot it, and on picking itup I found 
I had shot a female Virginia Rail, a bird new to 
this locality. —/Z. L. Clark. 
