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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 9-No. 6 



12 Chestnut-collared Longspur, (Centrophams ornatus,) 8, 



11, 13. 



13 Western Grass Finch, (Pocecetss graminaus confinis,) 



13, 25, 2S. 



14 Intermediate White-crowned Sparrow, (Zonotrichia 



gambeli intermedia,) 8, 11, 17, 19. 



15 Western Chipping Sparrow, (Spizella domeslica arizonee,) 



8, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 25, 28. 



16 Oregon Snowbird, (Junco oregonus,) S, 12. 



17 Pink-sided Snowbird, (Junco anneetens,) S, 11, 25. 



18 Gray headed Snowbird, (Junco canicepaj 18, 25. 



19 Black-throated Sparrow, (Ampldspiza bilineata,) 11, IS. 



20 Spurred Towb.ee, (Pipilo maculatus mcgalonyx,) 12, 22, 



24. 



21 Canon Towhee, (Pipilo fuscus mesolcucus,) 11, 17, 18, 19, 



22, 25, 28. 



22 Brewer's Blackbird, (Scolecophagus cyanocepJialus,) 



daily. 



23 White-necked Raven, (Corvus cryptoleucus,) 24, 25. 



24 Pinon Jay, (Gymnocitta cyanocephala,) 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 



25, 26. 



25 Woodhouse's Jay, (Aphelocoma woodhousei,) 12, IS, 19, 



22, 24, 2d, 26. 



26 Mexican Shore Lark, (Eremophila alpestris chrysoloema,) 



11, 28. 



27 Say's Pewee, (Sayornis sayi,) S, 17, IS, 19, 22, 25, 28. 

 2S Texan Sapsucker, (Picus scalaris,) 22. 



29 Red-naped Woodpecker, {Sjjhyrap'cw? varim nuchal/'s,) 



19, 25. 



30 Red-shafted Flicker, (Colaptes auratus mexicanus,) 8, 11, 



12, 19, 24, 25,26, 23. 



51 Road-runner. (Geococcyx californicus,) 15. 



32 Western Horned Owl, (Bubo virginianus subarticus,) 19. 



33 Red-tailed Hawk, (Buteo borcaXs,) 22. 



34 Mexican Turkey, (Meleagris gallopavo } ) 28. 



35 GambeFs Quail, (Lgphortyx gambeli, 14. 

 35 Scaled Quail, (Callipepla squamata,) 22. 



— Charles II Marsh, Silver City, JSF. M. 

 Arrivals of Birds at Camden, Ind., '84. 



As far as observed, the spring migrants 

 that have, up to April 8th, returned from 

 the South are as follows : 



February 5, Robin, (Merulamigratoria) 

 February 12, Bluebird, (Sialia sialis.) 

 February 12. Red-winged Blackbird, (Ageloeus phamiceus.) 

 Another large flock seen February 19, near Bringhurst. 

 February 13, Fish Duck, (Margus merganser.) 

 March 15, Killdeer, (O.vyechus vociferus.) 

 March 15, Crow Blackbird, (Quiscahis purpureus.) 

 March 15, Meadow Lark, (Sturnella magna.) A few re- 

 mained all winter. 



March 16, Turtle Dove, (Zenaidura carolinensis ) A few 

 remained in favored places all winter. 

 Marcb 16, Turkey Buzzard, (Cathartes aura.) 

 March 17, Pewee. (Sayomus fuscus.) 

 March 19, Chewink, (Pijrilo crythrophthalmus.) 

 March 25, Sparrow Hawk, (Tinnimculus sparverius ) 

 March 27, Chipping Sparrow, (Spizella domestica.) 

 March 28, Purple Martin, (Progne subis.) 

 March 30, Hermit Thrush, (HyJocichla unalascce pallasi ) 

 Marcb 30, Grass Finch, (Pocecetes gramineus.) 

 March -30, White-crowned Sparrow, (Zonotrichia leu- 

 cophrys.) 

 March 31, Cowbird, (Molothrus ater.) 

 April 3, Brown Thrasher, (Harporhynchus rufus.) 



April 6, Bank Swallow, (Cotile riparia,) 

 April S, Great Blue Heron, (Ardea herodias.) 



These are the dates upon which the 

 species were first observed, and indicate, 

 in most cases, the time of arrival. While 

 the first arrivals were seen on those dates, 

 as a rule the species did not become com- 

 mon until a few days later. — JB. W. 

 Everman. 



Birds of the " Panhandle," W. Va. 



THE JOURNAL OF CEV. W. E. HILL FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 

 (INCLUSIVE) 1883. 



PART IV. 



May 2. Two new arrivals that have come to stay are the 

 Orchard Oriole, (Icterus spitrius,) and the Warbling Vireo, 

 { Vireo gilvus.) Noted both in my apple orchard to-day. 

 The former was a fine bird in its perfect or third year's 

 plumage. According to Wilson the males of these birds 

 undergo three changes of plumage according to age. The 

 student can only become familiar with these by an examina- 

 tion of his, or similar, plates. The perfectly plnmaged bird 

 may readily be distinguished from the Baltimore Oriole in 

 its practically two solid colors of black and chestnut— black 

 above and chestnut below— blending into each other, thus 

 wanting the orange markings of the latter. Their song, 

 too, is quite different ; the notes of the former are uttered 

 with much more rapidity. Under date of April ISth, I re- 

 marked there was a remarkable resemblance between the 

 songs of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet, the Warbling Vireo, 

 and the Orchard Oriole, i. e., in the modulation of their 

 notes and manner of utterance. Having on two different 

 occasions heard the song of the first this season, and the 

 songs of both of the others to-day, I repeat, the difference 

 between them respectively is chiefly one of degree in the 

 strength or volume of their notes, corresponding, it may be 

 said, to the size of the birds, and I am surprised that orni- 

 thologists have never, to my knowledge, called attention to 

 the fact. Indeed, I believe the birds themselves are some- 

 times deceived by each other's song. To-day I saw the 

 Orchard Oriole twice fly into the same tree— after gutting 

 the premises — immediately upon the Warbling Vireo re- 

 suming its song, and at once warbled out its louder notes, 

 as if by way of imitation and rivalry, or a challenge to an- 

 other of his kind. The Vireo's song is perhaps pitched on a 

 little higher key. The Oriole has a habit of giving us but 

 " snatches" of its full song, or, of abruptly cutting it off 

 before completed. Tha Vireo rarely fails to finish its strain 

 of melody. 



The Warbling Vireo is clad in a sober dress of ashy green 

 above and yellowish white below. It much resembles an- 

 other of this genus, the Red-eye, but is smaller, and at 

 least, can always be recognized by its song — its notes rap- 

 idly flowing into each, forming one continuous strain, while 

 the notes of the Red-eye are more or less abrupt and jerky, 

 and mostly slurred in twos or threes, with a brief pause be- 

 tween the shirred notes. A light line over the eye will serve 

 to distinguish the latter bird. 



Mat 3. An hour or two spent in my orchard this morn- 

 ing enabled me to note three more fresh arrivals. First, the 

 Baltimore Oriole, (Icterus galbula.) Saw three or four 

 males and one or two females at one time. Occasionally 

 one of the former would burst out into full song, the notes 

 of which I represented as follows: whot ee, hoi toi hoi toi 



