April, 1883.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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Eedheaded "Woodpecker. (30) two single 

 birds and a pair seen in a week. (21) and 

 (22) not seen. 



Ked-bellied Woodpecker. (30) none seen. 



(21) 8 in 4 miles. 



Yellow-bellied AVoodpecker. (30) one 

 seen Dec. 28. (22) 1 captured Nov. 30. 



Yellow Shafted Flicker. (30) two seen 

 in a week. (22) 8 in 1 mile (21) G in 4 

 miles. 



Hybrid Flicker. (30) not seen. (22) 

 1 in 1 mile. (21) 1 in 4 miles, and Dec. 

 30, 25 in 2 miles. 



Kingfisher. (30) not seen. (21) one seen. 



Mourning Dove. (30) not seen. (22) 1 

 seen. (21) 30 to 40 in 4 miles. 



It will tlins be seen that the number of 

 species is about the same but the kind of 

 species quite different. Those of (21) and 



(22) lean toward the praiiie birds, while 

 (30) found the birds which prefer timber. 

 The great difference in the number of indi- 

 viduals at the two places is probably due 

 largely to the fact tliat (30) worked almost 

 entirely within the present city limits of 

 St. Louis, while (21) and (22) had a much 

 less densely populated region to exi^lore. — 



W. W. Cooke, Jefferson, ^Vis. 



Notes from Blootnington, Ind. 



During my residence here (since Sept. 

 1881) my duties have been such as to 

 allow much less time for observing the 

 birds of the vicinity than I would like to 

 have had. Yet I have made some obser- 

 vations w^orth recording. The most im- 

 portant of these is, perhaps, the finding 

 of the Southern 



Mockingbird {litmus polyglottus) at 

 this place, wliich I believe is farther north 

 than it has been found before in this state. 

 Prof. Bj-ayton, in his list of Indiana Birds, 

 speaks of one reported a^ nesting near 

 Indianapolis, but he does not vouch for 

 the correctness of the statement. The 

 only individual I have seen here was on 

 April 29, 1882. I was passing through 



the cemetery just west of town, when I 

 saw a fine male perched near the top of a 

 cedar tree. The morning was a glorious 

 one. All nature seemed to be rejoicing at 

 the return of another Spring-time, and 

 Mimus was pouring forth his feeling in such 

 a melody as he alone commands. His 

 general behavior, his sh^-ness, and his 

 powers of flight, all went to prove that he 

 was not an escaped cagebird, but a free, 

 wild songster fresh from the sunny South. 

 My friend. Prof. D. S. Jordan, was inchned 

 to be a little skeptical when I reported 

 this '• find" to him ; but a month later 

 (May 29). while on a ''geological tramp" 

 with him and a party of students to Wy- 

 andotte cave, we had the good fortune to 

 come upon another of this species. It 

 was some thirty-five miles south of here in 

 Orange Co. He was upon the top of a'tall 

 beach snag ; was singing with great ener- 

 gy, now and then rising in the air ten to 

 fifteen feet, and then returning to his 

 perch, all the while in full song. 



The Summer Redbird, {Fyranga wstiva) 

 was moderately common here last Spring. 

 During one morning in May I obtained six 

 fine specimens. I have seen no mention 

 of the occurrence of this beautiful bird 

 and delightful songster farther north in 

 this State than Wheatland, about thirty 

 miles south of this. Mr. Ridgway found 

 it " rather common " at that place in the 

 Spring of 1881, but ^' much less so than 

 near Mt. Carmel," Ills. On the Ohio river 

 in the . vicinity of Wyandotte Cave, I 

 found it common early in June. Although 

 I searched for its nest there and here, I 

 was not successful in finding it. 



The Bobolink was observed here in 

 flocks of twenty to thirty May 6. They 

 were en route northward and were not 

 seen after that date. They are said to 

 breed in the northern part of this State, 

 though in Carroll county, one hundred and 

 thirty miles north of here, I have never 

 seen them. 



The Carolina Wren, {Thryothorxis In- 



