242 NOTES ON THE 
the last one I met being on a rosebush at the border of the 
main walk from the street into a neighbor’s house. For the 
exposed situation, it was a little exceptional, but it contained 
two very tiny, translucent, pure-white eggs, the patent number 
for the species. Its habits are too well known, and character- 
istic, to require consideration, except to say that the species 
has evidently greatly increased in numbers since I first came 
to the country. — 
I have found it almost universally distributed, but much more 
numerous about the fields, gardens and dwellings, than in the 
wilder sections of the State. Individuals of the species linger 
occasionally far into October, as in one or two instances, they 
have made their appearance in April, and then disappeared 
again until the usual time for their arrival. The latest depar- 
ture recorded by any correspondent was Sept. 22, 1884, by Dr. 
Hvoslef at Lanesboro. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Tail deeply forked, the feathers all narrow lanceolate acute; — 
uniform metallic green above; a ruby-red gorget with no con- 
spicuous ruff; a white collar on the throat; sides of body green- 
ish. 
Length, 3.25; wing, 1.60; tail, 1.25; bill, 0.65. 
Habitat, eastern North America to the plains. 
