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county and State. These lists will be duly forwarded 

 to our correspondent for comparison and study, and 

 full credit for all assistance will be given in the re- 

 sults of the investigation, which will be published 

 later. 



The following is the list of the common birds, 

 whose local names are desired: 



Robin. 



Bluebird. 



Crow Blackbird. 



Song Sparrow. 



Chipping Sparrow. 



Field Sparrow. 



Fox Sparrow. 



Swamp Sparrow. 



White-throated Sparrow. 



Tree Sparrow. 



White-crowned Sparrow. 



Savannah Sparrow. 



Phoebe. 



Least Flycatcher. 



Great-crested Flycatcher. 



Wood Pewee. 



Meadowlark. 



Chickadee. 



Butcherbird. 



Bluejay. 



Chimney Swift. 



Oriole. 



Catbird. 



Cuckoo. 



Chewink. 



Barn Swallow. 



Eave Swallow. 



Bank Swallow. 



Kinglet. 



Wood Thrush. 



Wilson's Thrush. 



Hermit Thrush. 



Ovenbird. 



Thrasher. 



Cowbird. 



Kingbird. 



Bobolink. 



Scarlet Tanager. 



Rose-breasted GrosbeaK. 



Pine Bullfinch. 



Purple Finch. 



Goldfinch. 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Yellow - bellied Wood- 

 pecker. 



Hairy Woodpecker. 



Downy Woodpecker. 



Nuthatch. 



Indigo Bird. 



Red-eyed Vireo. 

 White-eyed Vireo. 



Warbling Vireo. 

 Yellow-bellied Vireo. 



Yellow-throated Vireo. 



Maryland Yellowthroat. 



Redstart. 



Mourning Warbler. 



Blackburnian Warbler. 



Yellow-rumped Warbler. 



Yellow redpoll Warbler. 



Black-throated blue War- 

 bler. 



Blue yellow-backed War- 

 bler. 



Chestnut-sided Warbler. 



Black - throated Green 

 Warbler 



Brown Creeper. 



Black and white Creeper. 



Summer Yellowbird. 



Junco. 



Crow. 



Crossbill. 



Purple Martin. 



Hummingbird. 



Waxwing. 



Partridge. 



Woodcock. 



Horned Lark. 



Orchard Oriole. 



Marsh Hawk. 



Goshawk. 



Pigeon Hawk. 



Snow Bunting. 



Whippoorwill. 



Since our article on hawks and owls appeared 

 in the April Magazine, Pennsylvania has decided 

 not to prove an instructive example for the rest of 

 the Union to profit by, and has repealed the law 

 offering bounties for the destruction of rapacious 

 birds. Happily there is no lack of the spirit of 

 ignorant self-sacrifice, and New Jersey is paying 

 such bounties for the destruction of its hawks and 

 crows, that a poor farmer might make a very good 

 living at shooting them while they last. After they 

 have been annihilated a year or two the results 

 promise to be very instructive. 



THE EDITOR'S TALK. 



A CORRESPONDENT from Hare's Valley, Pa., wants 

 to know how our Northern birds spend their winter 

 in the South; if they sing and fly about, make nests 

 and rear their young, and generally demean them- 

 selves as they do with us. 



Well, no; not exactly. When the birds come 

 North in the spring they are full of life and hope 

 and love, which in the males finds expression in song. 

 Males and females work together to one common 

 end, and happy in each other's love and devotion, 

 their heart full of gladness and their heads full of 

 dreamy anticipations, their lives are glorified. Then 

 come the cares of raising a family, the wearing pro- 

 cess of sitting, the necessity of providing food for 

 their young, which, wearisome at the outset, taxes 

 their powers more and more every day, until what 

 with the excessive strain upon their physical powers, 

 and the wearing anxiety caused by impending dan- 

 ger to their young, they become so thoroughly worn 

 out that the glory is gone out of their lives, the well- 

 spring of their affections dried up; they care no more 

 for their wearisome young ones which show no return 

 of affection, no appreciation of the sacrifices made 

 for them. They endure rather than long for each 

 other's presence, and in this exhausted condition 

 they go off South. They have no more ideal views 

 of life, they want only food and rest to recuperate. 

 Here their lives are more or less harassed by men 

 and other foes, which make great gaps in their ranks, 

 but those which escape gradually get into good con- 

 dition, and as they once more wing their way north- 

 ward their whole frames tremble with the exquisite 

 joys of love and hope. The young birds see life 

 through a glorified atmosphere, and the old forget 

 their experiences and renew their youth. 



One of the Albany papers publishes a story of a 

 young swallow which having broken its leg had it 

 bandaged with horsehair by the parent birds. I 

 would believe the story if possible, but am disposed 

 to the general view that a swallow sufficiently intelli- 

 gent to think of bandaging a broken leg, would 

 never overlook the obvious necessity of splitting a 

 straw and making a pair of splints before he bound 

 it with horsehair. Without for a moment imputing 

 bad faith to the originator of the story, I think it 

 much more probable that the nestling broke its leg by 

 entangling it in the horsehair. 



We are very much disappointed that the Audubon 

 badge is not yet ready for delivery. The prepara- 

 tion of a die is a work of unusual difficulty, and apt 

 to be attended with numerous delays, but we still 

 hope to have the medals ready in the first week of 

 August. 



