July, 1884.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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SpizeUa montana, (Porst.) Kidgw. Tree Sparrow. 

 "Winter visitor ; common. 



S. dmnestka, (Bartr.) Coues. Chipping Sparrow. Sum- 

 mer sojourner ; April 12 ; common. 



S. pallida, (Sw.) Bp. Clay-colored Sparrow. Migra- 

 tory , April 2S, Sept. 24 ; rare. 

 1 g. pusitla, (Wils.) Bp. Field Sparrow. Summer so- 

 journer ; abundant. 



Juncoliyemalis, (Linn.) Scl. Black Snowbird. Winter 

 visitor ; very common. 



Melospiza faeciata, (Gmel.) Scott. Song Sparrow. 

 Winter visitor. 



M. palustris, (Wils.) Baird. Swamp Sparrow. Winter 

 and transient visitor. 



M. lincolni, (Aud.) Baird. Lincoln's Finch. Rare ; May 3. 



Passmlla iliaca, (Merrem) Sw. Fox-colored Sparrow. 

 Transient; Feb. 14. 

 ' Pipilo erythrophthalnms, (Linn.) Vieill. Chewink. 



Summer resident ; some remain over winter. 

 ' Cardinalis virginianus, (Briss.) Bp. Cardinal Gros- 

 beak. Resident ; abundant. 

 1 Zamelodia ludoviciana, (Linn.) Coues. Rose-breast- 

 ed Grosbeak. Summer sojourner. 

 1 Passerina cyanea, (Linn.) Gray. Indigo Bunting. 

 Summer sojourner ; April 25. 



* Spiza, americanu, (Gm.) Bp. Black-throated Bunting. 



Summer sojourner. Abundant. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus, (Linn,) Sw. Bobolink. Tran- 

 sient ; May 2 to 10. 

 " "Mo'othrus ater, (Bodd.) Gray. Cowbird. Summer 

 sojourner; March 1. 



Xanthocephalus icterocephalus, (Bonap.) Bd. Yellow 

 headed Blackbird. Transient ; rare ; May 4. 



* Agelceus phceniceus, (Linn.) Vieill. Red-and-bufl- 



shouldered Blackbird. Common ; summer sojourner. 



* Sturnella magna, (Linn.) Sw. Meadow Lark. Sum- 



mer sojourner. 



* Icterus spurius, (Linn.) Bp. Orchard Oriole. Sum- 



mer sojourner. 



Scolecophagus ferrugineus, (Gm.) Sw. Rusty Black- 

 bird. Transient ; winter. 



* Quiscalu-s purpureas teneus, (Kidgw.) Bronzed Grack- 



le. Summer sojourner; abundant. 



* Corvus frugivorus, (Bartr.) Common Crow. Resident. 



* Cyanocitla cristata, (Linn.) Strickl. Blue Jay. Resident. 



* Eremophila alpestris, (Eorst.) Boie. Shore Lark. 



Resident. 



* Tyrannus carolinensis, (Linn.) Temm. Kingbird. 



Summer sojourner ; April 24. 



[To be Continued.] 



Californian Bewick's Wren. 



(Thryomanes beioicki spilurus.) 

 On April 28th a nest of four eggs was 

 taken, with the raspberry basket it was in. 

 It was placed in one of the drawers, that 

 are used to hold the baskets, and on the 

 top of a fruit chest they are shipped in, 

 about eleven feet from doors opening on 

 the street. Mrs. Bewick made her nest in 

 the open basket, laid her eggs, and went to 

 sitting, as unconcerned at the people pass- 

 ing in and out every day, and the cat hunt- 



ing around for mice, as though she was in 

 one of the safest brush heaps on the creek. 

 The size of basket is 4x3£ inches, 2 in 

 depth, and scpiare shaped. Nest composed 

 of a lot of straws in the bottom, then a 

 thick layer of wool, cow's hair, cat's fur, 

 and a few spider's nests put in here and 

 there. Nest is lined with black and white 

 horse hair, with a lot of chickens feathers, 

 depth inside of nest If, across top 2x2£. 

 The eggs were about seven days incubated, 

 three of them measure 0.67x0.50, the other 

 a trifle larger in breadth 0.67x0.55, color of 

 eggs, a rjearly white, marked with fine 

 specks of a dull red or cinnamon color, 

 forming a ring around the larger end; a few 

 dots are sprinkled all over the egg, and 

 shell markings can be seen of a light 

 neutral tint underlying the red. 



After the nest had been taken, they came 

 up to the house, and took up quarters be- 

 hind the lattice of the front porch, where 

 they commenced to build their second nest 

 with a lot of dead leaves, some weed stems 

 and flue rootlets. On these the walls were 

 put up of fine grass and sender's nests, lined 

 thick with cat's fur, bits of cotton, a few 

 horse hairs, several feathers from the wing 

 of a Eed-shaf ted Flicker, chicken's feathers, 

 and a piece of snake skin, put in perhaps 

 as a kind of charm, though I have always 

 found the same in all of the Western house 

 Wren's nests. The first egg was laid May 

 7th, then they, left for some reason, per- 

 haps on account of a litter of kittens the 

 cat had under there. I noticed the Wrens 

 scolding away at the cat, as she came out, 

 though they took no notice of her when she 

 was around the barn. A few days after 

 their leaving this nest, I found a pair had 

 started nest building in a wood-pile, not 

 four feet from the back kitchen window. I 

 doubt if this was the' same pair. They had 

 taken in a lot of dry weeds, leaves and grass 

 and commenced the lining of cotton and 

 feathers ; then gave it up. On May 20th, 

 while on the creek under a bridge, I saw a 

 Bewick's Wren go into a bunch of young 



