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Cerastmm Linn., (1735), Gen., p. 134 (1737), p. 199 (1754), 

 Hort Cliff., p. 147 (1737), Myosotis Tour., Els., p. 210 (1694), 

 I. R. H., p. 244 (1700), not Myosotis of the ancients. 



Cerastium viscosum Linn., and Hesselgren, Pan Suecus, Am. 

 Acad., n, p. 248 (1752), also Linn., Sp. PL, p. 437 (1753). 



Benton Harbor, Mich. 



Cerastium vulgatum Linn., Sp. PI., p. 627 (1762). 



Lake Maxinkuckee (H. W. Clarke), Laporte Co. (Deam). 

 (To be continued.) 



SOME COMMON BIRDS. 



BY VICTOR CARPKNTER. 



Red- Winged Blackbird. 



Agelaius phoenicens 



Blackbird Family. 



Syn. Swamp blackbird. 



Length, g.50 inches. 



Color. Male, velvet black, greenish tint; shoulders of crimson. 

 Female, brownish above ; beneath white streaked with dirty brown. 



Song. Varied and hard to describe; common note, "con- 

 curr-ee"; mingling of gutteral creaking utterances. 



Nest. Generally in low bushes; well made from reeds and 

 lined with grasses and sedges. 



Eggs. Light blue blotched or scrawled with black or dark 

 purple; very varying. 



Habitat. U. S. from coast to coast. 



Specific habitat. Marshes and low ground. 



Migration. March 15 to last of October. 



Brown Thrasher. 

 Harporhyncus rufus 

 Thrasher Family. 

 Syn. Brown thrush. 

 Length. 11.40 inches. 



Color. Upper parts reddish brown; under parts white and 

 spotted with brown; eyes yellow. 



Song. Clear and well defined; can be heard over a third 

 of a mile; very beautiful. 



