April, 1884.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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71 * Mourning Dove, (Zencedura caroli- 

 nensis,) common. 



72 * Ruffed Grouse, (Bonasa umbellus,) 

 not common. 



73 * Quail, {Ortyx virginianus,) common. 



74 * Killdeer, (^Egialitis vociferus,) not 

 common. 



75 * Spotted Sandpiper, ( Tringoides ma- 

 cularius,) rare. 



76 * Great Blue Heron, (Ardea herodias,) 

 rare. 



77 * Stake Driver, {Botaurus lentigino- 

 sus,) rare. 



78 * Sand-hill Crane, {Grus canadensis,) 

 rare. " 



79 Virginia Rail, (Rallus virginianus,) 

 rare. 



80 Wild Goose, {Branta canadensis,) 

 a small flock passed over my house the last 

 week in August. — Dr. H. A. Atkins, 

 Locke, Michigan. 



Arrivals of Birds in N. J. in \\ 



It will no doubt be interesting to many 

 of your yeaders and students in Ornithol- 

 ogy to have statements similar to the fol- 

 lowing irablished from different parts of 

 the country. I took considerable time last 

 season iu watching the arrival of our birds, 

 and below is the result for this locality. 

 Names and numbers according to last 

 Smithsonian list : 



7 American Robin March 3 



278 Purple Grackle " 10 



315 Phoebe Bird " " 



261 Red-wing Blackbird " » 



525 Woodcock " 11 



235 Fox-colored Sparrow " " 



258 Cowbird Blackbird " 20 



526a Wilson's Snipe April 3 



495 Night Heron " 5 



487 Great Blue Heron " 6 



378 Yellow-shafted Flicker " " 



460 Mourning Dove " " 



95 Yellow-rump Warbler " 8 



211 Chipping Sparrow " " 



312 Great-crested Flycatcher " 9 



214 Field Sparrow " 10 



155 White-bellied Swallow " 13 



197 Grass Finch " " 



193a Savannah Sparrow " 14 



5b Hermit Thrush "' " 



• 113 Red-poll Warbler " 15 



-237 Chewink .,, ,....,...,........_.". 20 



74 Black and White Creeper April 21 



13 Brown Thrasher " " 



233 Swamp Sparrow : .. " 24 



111 Pine-creeping Warbler " " 



63 House Wren " 25 



207 Black-throated Green Warbler " 27 



141 Blue-headed Vireo " 2S 



557 Spotted Sandpiper '* " 



154 Barn Swallow " " 



351 Chimney Swift " " 



304 King Bird May 1 



1 Wood Thrush " 2 



115 Golden-crowned Thrush " 



139 Warbling Vireo " 4 



123 Yellow-breasted Chat " 7 



8S Blue l'ellow-backed Warbler " " 



271 Baltimore Oriole " 



12 Catbird " " 



248 Indigo Bunting " " 



270 Orchard Oriole " 8 



99 Chestnut-sided Warbler " " 



140 Yellow-throated Vireo " " 



354 Whip-poor-will " " 



94 Black-throated Blue Warbler " " 



93 Summer Yellowbird " 9 



85 Nashville Warbler " " 



122 Maryland Yellowthroat " 



128 American Redstart " " 



143 White-eyed Vireo " " 



244 Rose-beasted Grosbeak " " 



116 Small-billed Water Thrush " " 



2 Wilson's Thrush " " 



326 Least Flycatcher " " 



550 Solitary Tattler ■' ' " 



102 Blackburnian Warbler " " 



127 Canadian Flycatching Warbler " 10 



257 Bob-o-link " " 



494 Green Heron " " 



101 Black-poll Warbler " 11 



335 Ruby-throated Hummingbird " 12 



97 Black and Yellow Warbler " " 



3S8 Black-billed Cuckoo " 13 



79 Blue-wing Yellow Warbler " " 



161 Scarlet Tanager " 14 



125 Green Black-capped Flycatching Warbler " 17 



135 Red-eyed Vireo " 20 



198 Yellow- Winged Sparrow " 21 



77 Worm-eating Warbler " 23 



120 Mourning Warbler " 27 



257 Night Hawk " 2S 



387 Yellow-billed Cuckoo " 29 



— H. F. Barrett, JVew Providence, Union 

 County, New Jersey. 



Notes from Taftsville, Vt. 



Dec. 30, 1883, 1 saw a fine male Cowbird, 

 (Molothrus ater,) in the stock-yard, eagerly 

 picking up corn and oats, of which he took 

 a surprisingly large quantity. He was very 

 tame, allowing me to approach within three 

 feet of him. Fortunately for him and 

 subsequent observations it was Sunday. 

 The same bird remained about here for a 



