Sept. 1890.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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270. Sijlvanla ntUratu. Hooded Warbler. 

 Rare. Entered on the authority of Mr. Thos. 

 Miller, who has observed it at Heron lake. He 

 say.s regarding it, " I observed it one Sunday 

 afternoon at a distance of fifteen feet for nearly 

 an hour. Of its identity I am positive." 



271. Si/lvania pHs///rt. Wilson's Warbler. 

 Migrant. Common. 



272. Syhmnia canadensis. Canadian Warbler. 

 Migrant. Not common. 



278. Setophaf/a mtic'iUn. Redstart. Abun- 

 dant migrant. Breeds. 



274. Anthus pennsylvanicns. American Tit- 

 lark. Migrant. Not common, at least near 

 Minneapolis, where I have seen it but a few 

 times. 



275. Anthns sprai/nFit. Sprague's Titlark. 

 Rare, and confined to the prairies of the 

 western part, where they are said to breed. I 

 am (juite sure I observed this species in Lac- 

 tpiipaile County, but could not get the bird in 

 question, and decide positively. It was high 

 in the air and singing loudly a song I had never 

 heard before. 1 am positive it was neither a 

 Sliore Lark nor a Loiigspur, but think it must 

 have ])een sprayucli. 



27(). Galeoscoptes rarollnensis. Catbird. 

 Abundant summer resident. 



277. Ilarpnr/if/nrhiisrufus. Brown Thrasher. 

 Abundint summer resident. 



278. Troglodytes aedon parkmanni. Park- 

 man's Wren. In Mr. Hatch's list both aedon 

 n\u\ park)nanni are listed as " common," but 

 Mr. Roberts once took the trouble to 

 collect a series of House Wrens from differ- 

 ent parts of the state and sent them to Mr. 

 Ridgway for identification, who pronounced 

 them all parkmanni, and the most typical spec- 

 imens he had ever seen. 



279. Tror/lodyfps hieiniUs. AVinter Wren. 

 Not common. A few stay all winter. 



280. Cistothonis stellaris. Short-billed 

 ^[arsh Wren. Not common, and little ob- 

 served, but breeds. 



281. Cistofhorns j)aliistris. Long-billed 

 Marsh Wren. Abundant in marshes. 



2S2. CertJiia fainiUiiris amerlcanus. Brown 

 Creeper. Resident. Common. Breeds to the 

 north. 



288. SItfa earolinensis. White-breasted 

 Nuthatcli. A constant resident. Breeds. 



284. Sitfa canadensis. Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatch. Not common. Breeds to the north. 



285. Piiriis atricapilliis. Black-capped 

 Chickadee. Abundant. Constant resident. 



280. Iteijiibis satrapa. (iolden-crowned 

 Kinglet. Common migrant. 



287. Rer/iiltts calendula. Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet. Also a common migrant. 



288. Turdiis mustelinus. Wood Thrush. 

 Common summer resident. 



289. Turdiis fuscescens. Wilson's Thrush. 

 Common summer resident. 



290. Tardus allcla'. Gray-cheeked Thrush. 

 Common migrant. Found in company with 

 the next and more common. A few remain 

 during the summer to breed. Know of two 

 nests being found near Minneapolis in 1880. 

 Nested near the ground like a Wilson's Thrush, 

 but the eggs were finely sprinkled with black 

 or very dark brown. 



291. Turdus swainsonii. Olive-backed 

 Thrush. Migrant. Not common. 



292. Turdus aonalaschkce pallasll. Hermit 

 Thrush. Common. A few breed at Lake 

 Minnetonka every year. 



29o. Merula niU/ratorla. American Robin. 

 Abundant summer resident. 



294. Slalla stalls. Bluebird. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



295. Slalla mexlcana. Western Bluebird. 

 "Only one seen. Red River." Hatch. 



Favors — What are to Him Old 

 Names. 



Several times lately I have seen anxious in- 

 quiries for a portrait of the author of "Dick- 

 cissel" for Splz<( Americana. I am happy to 

 say that I can oblige their cuiiosity. In the 

 July number of the O. & O. appears a por- ' 

 trait of tlie bird in (juestion, let them look at 

 this. Surely no one who lias ever heard the 

 song of the Dickcissel can question the origin 

 of his name. Take a trip to the nearest clover 

 fields and hear him say " dick, dick, cissel, 

 cissel." Vesper Sparrow has always borne 

 that cognomen in this vicinity so that the 

 change seems appropriate. 



Although I have many times noticed the 

 similarity of a wheeling, scurrying fiock of P. 

 nivalis to fiakes of snow whirled and tossed 

 by the wind, still I prefer Snow Bunting. I 

 have no arguments to offer in defense of that 

 statement other than that I like it better. 



As Spinas ]>lnus is of the same genus as the 

 Groldfinch I see no reasons (there are some 

 doubtless) why he should be Pine Siskin any 

 more than the other should be Gold Siskin. 



Blue Yellow-backed Warbler is better 

 than Parula inasmuch as it describes some 

 peculiarity of the bird which Parula does not. 



.S E. W. 



Kent County, Mich. 



