July, 1884.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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4. To request the Committees to work 

 after a common plan as follows ; 



a. The Ornithological observations will 

 be spread over the entire inhabited globe, 

 but in their first lines (in erster linie) will 

 be attempted in Europe. 



b. The observations will be made so 

 far as possible on one plan, for which the 

 Austro Hungarian and German will serve 

 as a basis. 



c. Upon this basis (see the German 

 and Austro-Hungarian reports) the com- 

 munications coming in from the different 

 States are to be worked up and systemati- 

 cally arranged, if possible, with the same 

 system of nomenclature, and always with 

 the same scientific names. 



d. A check list of the native Birds of 

 each country is to be kept after the plan 

 of that made for Austro-Hungary by E. 

 von Horneyer and von Tschusi — the par- 

 ticular local names being added. 



e. Every effort should be made to en- 

 list the interest in the observations of 

 Academies, Natural History Museums, 

 Societies, etc. ; also Consulates, Catholic 

 and Protestant Missions, Meteorological 

 Stations, Journals of Natural Science, 

 Teachers, Foresters, Inspectors of Light- 

 houses, etc. 



f. If skilful observers are at hand, 

 drawings should be made of all species of 

 birds. Where this cannot be done, it is 

 to be left to the discretion of the commit- 

 tees to name some species well known to 

 all friends of nature, for special exami- 

 nation. 



g. It would be desirable at the same 

 time to note anything unusual in the 

 Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms ; also 

 the Meteorological phenomena. 



5. In the International Committee each 

 country is to be represented by one or 

 more delegates, according to its size and 

 importance. The Committee has the right 

 to appoint representatives to serve for 

 those countries not represented in this 

 Congress." 



List of Birds 



COLLECTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ST. LOUIS, MO., BY 

 JULIUS HURTEIt, 2,346 S. 10th STREET, ST. LOUIS. 



The extent of observations and collec- 

 tions takes in a circle with a radius of 

 eight to ten miles from the court house of 

 St. Louis as a centre. Thinking that it 

 would be entirely wrong to make a politi- 

 cal barrier for our birds, I extended my 

 observations also to the opposite side of 

 the Mississippi river into Illinois, as there 

 is a real paradise of water birds. 



The nest was found of those birds that are marked* 

 1* Hylocichla mustelina, (Gmel.) Baird. Wood Thrush. 

 Summer resident ; common. 



2 H. fuscesccns, (Steph.) Baird. Wilson's Thrush. Mi- 



gratory ; rare. May 3. 



3 H. alicice, Baird. Gray-cheeked Thrush. Migratory ; 



B. ustulata swainsoni, (Caban.) Eidgw. Olive-backed 

 Thrush. Migratory ; May IT. 



H. unalascm pallasi, (Caban.) Eidgw. Hermit Thrush. 

 Migratory Spring and Fall ; abundant. 

 Manila migratoria, (Linn.) Sw. & Bicli. American 



Eobin. Summer resident; common. 

 Mimus polyglottus, (Linn.) Boie. Mockingbird. Sum- 

 mer resident ; abundant. 



GaUoscoptes carolinensis, (Linn.) Caban. Catbird. 

 Summer resident ; common. 

 Harporhynclms rv/us, (Linn.) Caban. Brown Thrash- 

 er. Summer resident ; abundant. 

 ' Sialia sialis, (Linn.) Haldem. Bluebird. Summer 



resident ; abundant. 

 ' Polioptila ccerulea, (Linn.) Scl. Blue-gray Gnatcatch- 

 er. Summer resident; abundant. 

 Regulus calendula, (Linn.) Licht. Euby-crowned 

 Kinglet. Migrant, April and Oct.; abundant. 

 R. satrapa, Licht. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Migra- 

 tory, Spring and Fall. Abundant. 

 ' Lophophanes bicolor, (Linn.) Bp. Tufted Titmouse. 



Eesident and common. 

 ' Parus atricapillus, (Linn.) Black-capped Chickadee. 

 Eesident ; not quite as common. 

 P. carolinensis, Aud. Carolina Chickadee. 

 ' Sitta carolinensis, (Gmel.) White-bellied Nuthatch. 

 Common ; resident. 



S. canadensis, Linn. Bed-bellied Nuthatch. Migra- 

 tory ; rare ; Sept. 11. 



Certhia familiaris rvfa, (Bartr.) Eidgw. Brown 

 Creeper. Transient ; Jan. 16. 



* Thryotlwrus ludovicianus, (Gm.) Bp. Carolina Wren. 



Eesident; not uncommon. 



* Tliryomanes bewicki, (Aud.) Baird. Bewick's Wren. 



Summer sojourner ; March 27. 



* Troglodytes aedon, (Vieill.) House Wren. Summer 



sojourner; abundant. 



Anorthura troglodytes hyew-alis, (Vieill.) Coues. Win- 

 ter Wren. Transient ; Oct. 5, Feb. 7. 



Telmatodytes palustris, (Wils.) Baird. Long-billed 

 Marsh Wren. Migratory ; common in suitable places 

 Sept. 21. 



Cistothorus stellaris, (Licht.) Caban. Short-billed 

 Marsh Wren. Migratory; not as common as the 

 preceding one ; Sept. 21, April 27. 



