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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 



the great trap. Since the above date, upwards of two thousand birds^ 

 representing- 60 different species, have been killed at the top of the 

 tower. Following is a list of the different birds which have been found 

 in this lofty balcony. 



List of Birds Collected from City Hall Tower. 



Horned Grebe 



Ruddy Duck 



Sora Rail 



Mourning Dove 



Sparrow Hawk 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo 



Black-billed Cuckoo 



Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 



Flicker 



Phoebe 



Wood Pewee 



Bobolink 



Savannah Sparrow 



Grasshopper Sparrow 



White-throated Sparrow 



Chipping Sparrow 



Field Sparrow 



Slate-colored Junco 



Song Sparrow 



Towhee 



Indigo Bird 



Scarlet Tanager 



Cedar Bird 



Red-eye Vireo 



White-eye Vireo 



Blue-headed Vireo 



Black-and-white Creeper 



Parula Warbler 



Black-throated Blue Warbler 



Myrtle Warbler 



Magnolia Warbler 



Chestnut-sided Warbler 



Black-poll Warbler 



Blackburnian Warbler 



Black-throated Green Warbler 



Palm Warbler 



Yellow Palm Warbler 



Prairie Warbler 



Hooded Warbler 



Tennessee Warbler 



Water Thrush 



Purple Finch 



Pine Warbler 



Bay-breasted Warbler 



Cape May Warbler 



Nashville Warbler 



Connecticut Warbler 



Oven Bird 



Maryland Yellow-throat 



Yellow-breasted Chat 



Redstart 



Catbird 



Brown Thrasher 



House Wren 



Marsh Wren 



Brown Creeper 



Red-bellied Nuthatch 



Golden-crowned Kinglet 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet 



Wood Thrush 



A prominent electrician, connected with the equipment corps, has 

 taken a great interest in studying these birds, and has secured a col- 

 ^ecfion of 130 handsome specimens which have been mounted and are 

 on exhibition in his office. A large number are also turned over to the 

 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. This gentlemen states 

 that thousands of birds pass close to the lights, while comparatively 

 few strike. 



The majority of the birds found dead are young ones, which would 

 seem to indicate that the old birds who have made the journey before, 



