^2 TIIi: AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 



Zonaria llava. (Clem) J. A.g. 

 Villania lobata (Ag.) 

 Zonaria lobata (Ag.) J. A.g. 

 Villania turneriana (J. Ag.) 

 Zonaria turneriana J. Ag. 



TAENIDIUM 



Taenidium Heer a fossil plant can not keep the name which 

 was earlier applied by Targioni 1 to another plant. Kulmites may be 

 suggested after John A. Kulm who among other works wrote on 

 Fossils. 



Kulmites Norn. Nov. 



Taenidium Heer, not Targ. (1826) 1. c. 



Kulmites Fischeri (Heer). 



Taenidium Fischeri Heer. 



OUR BIRDS IN THE WINTER OF 1915-1916 



By Brother Alphonsus, C. S. C. 



The species not seen at all this winter were: Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, Cardinal, Snowflake, Screech Owl. The Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet had one record, in December. The Goldfinch was found 

 once in December and January, but not in February. 



The rare species in December were: Downy Woodpeeker, 

 with three records; Bronzed Grackle and Song Sparrow, with 

 seven records; Brown Creeper and Tree Sparrow, with eight 

 records. 



The abundant species in December were: Crow, seen daily; 

 Blue Jay, absent only on the nth; White-breasted Nuthatch, with 

 twenty-one records; Chickadee, not found on the 23rd. The 

 records of this species were unprecedentedly large throughout the 

 winter. In other winters the Chickadee was a very rare species. 

 How shall we account for this difference in distribution? The 

 Snowbird had 16 records this winter, which is a large number for 

 that species; only 7 records were made last winter. 



1 Targioni- Tozzcti O , Cat. Veg. Mar. So, t 1 (182I 



