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Fisch & May,' and called by Muhlenberg Hydrophyllum pusillum 

 according to Nuttall. This plant is reported from Virginia on the 

 authority of Gray.^ The name Viticella would then seem an older 

 and valid one for the genus Nemophila NuttalP as typified in this 

 case by N. or V. microcalyx. The name would then supplant 

 Nemophila which it antedates by more than fifty years. 



TRIORCHOS. 



The name Triorchos Small and Nash'^ is so much like Trior- 

 chis Petiver-Millan^ both in sound and even ultimate derivation 

 that it becomes a homonym. I suggest that Smallia take its place. 



Dept. of Botany, 



Noire Dame, Ind. 



Our Birds in the Winter of 1912- 13. 



BY BROTHER ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. 



In December, the temperature remained above freezing point 

 until the yth, but after that date it was generally below 32°. The 

 records in this article begin on the above date. Throughout the 

 winter there were days when the weather was exceedingly mild, a 

 fact that would account for the presence of certain species that 

 I had not observed before in any winter. Such were the Northern 

 Shrike and Herring Gull. In March, the weather was cold up to 

 the 8th, when the temperature rose to 38°; and the next day the 

 first Robins appeared. This date marked the end of winter. 



In December, the Blue Jay was present on 10 days, with the 

 longest interval of 11 days. In Januar)^ it was seen on 15 days, 

 with the short interval of 2 days. In February, it was observed 

 on 9 days, the longest interval being 5 days. In March, there were 

 but two records, with an interval of 6 days. 



^ I Fisch and Mey. Sert. Petropol. t. 8, (1846). 



2 Gray, A. Man. Bot. N. U. vS. p. 327 (1858. "Rich tnoist woods 

 Virginia near Washington) and southward. 



3 Nuttall, T. Jr. Phil. Acad. 2, p. 179 (1822). 



4 Small, J. K. Fl. S. E. U. S. p. 3^9 (1903). 



5 Petiver-Millan Op. Hist. Nat. Spect. II. (1764) Gazoi)hyllacium, 

 t. 68, 7. Sec Am. Mid. Nat. III. p. 122, (1913)- 



