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THE OOLOGIST. 



and again iu February, and occasion- 

 ally stays until May. 



21. Loxia leucoptera. Wliitc- winged 

 Ci'ossbill. A I'ai'ei' species I'roin the 

 Nortli. Never uumeious. 



22. Aegiothus linaria. Lesser Red- 

 poll. A oonimon iri'egular visitant. 



23. Aecjiothus linaria liolbolli. Great- 

 er Redpoll. Taken once in winter of 

 1878 by F. H. Chapin, E.-^q. 



24. Ch:rysomitris piim-fi. Pine Lin- 

 net. Occasionally seen during early 

 or late winter. 



25. Plccti'Ophanes nivalin. Snow 

 Bunting. Occasionally seen the entire 

 winter. Generally passes through 

 early and late wintei-. 



26. Spizella montana. Tree Spar- 

 row. Not rare in winter. Usually seen 

 in December and February. 



27. Jiinco hyemalis. Snow Bird. 

 Abundant December and February. 

 Often seen during entire winter. 



28. Nyctea scandica\ Snowy or 

 White Owl. A rare and oci-asioiial 

 Aviter visitant. 



29. Astiir (ttrirdptUus. (ioshawk. 

 A rare winter visitant. 



30. Archibideo lagojjns aancii-johan- 

 nis. American Rough-legged Hawk. 

 An occasional Avinter Aisitant froni the 

 North. Being ohsei-vcd in December 

 and late in Februai.y. 



31. Bvrniclii niii'iilinsi^. Can:ula 

 Goose. Occasionally seen early Decem- 

 ber and late February. 



32. (Jlangnl't gl.(iucii(m Auu'riciDiit. 

 American Golden-e^'e. Not rarely ob- 

 served in open spots or river in Deceni- 

 ber and Feljrnary, and occasionally re- 

 main all winter. 



33. Hfi,rrld<(gl(iciaU;<. Old Squaw. 

 A rare winler \isilor. 



n34. 3icrgiis 7ncrgaiisrr niiicrinuin^. 

 American Sheldrake. Goseauder. Ncjt 

 a rare visitant from the North. Usual- 

 \y seen in Dec<'mber and February, but 

 occasionally seen throughout the winter 

 in open places on river. 



35. Lsirus argentatns smith^oninnns. 



American Hei-ring Gull. Observed 

 January 8th, 1887. Two in a liock." 

 Rare at this time of year. Often seen 

 in P\'l»rua-ry before ice goes off of lakes. 

 80. ('olymbus septentrionafis. Red- 

 throated Diver. An occasional Avinter 

 resident from the North. Occupies 

 open spots on the riA'er. 



HALF-HAKDY. 



37. Mcrnia migratoria. Robin. Oc- 

 casionally found throughout tlu^ winter. 

 Nearly always appear from the middle 

 to the last of February. 



38. Sialia fiiali<t. Bhu*l)ir(l. I ha\ c 

 one arrival February 8th. Not rarely 

 seen by February 25th. 



39. Regnla^i sictrdpxi. Golden -croAvn- 

 ed Kinglet. Many remain in the coun- 

 ty during mild winter. Occasionally 

 obsei'\'ed in Feliruary in dense swamps. 



40. Hittd canadensis. Red-bellied 

 Nuthatch. Occurs as a A-isitant for a 

 short time season in December or late 

 Februai'y Avhen to or from the South. 



41. Certhia famiUaris riifa. Brown 

 Creeper. Occasionally remain through- 

 out the winter, and during the severest 

 Aveather, again does not appear until 

 February from the South. 



42. Lanius ludoviciamis exaubitoi'idrs. 

 White-ruinped Shrike. Rarely occurs 

 from the South diu-ing latter February. 



43. Ampell.'i cedrorii'ii. C'echir Bird. 

 Abundant as rule diu/ing wintei", hut 

 sometimes not seen till March. 



44. AfitragaUmis trisUs. American 

 Goldtinch. A common resident ocea- 

 sioually. Often not seen in Avinter. 



45. Melospiza, fasdatii. Song SparroA\'. 

 Have seen it in December and as early 

 as February 22d. 



4t). Agdaeus phoe/iiirns. Red-winged 

 Blackbird. Once ol)scr\-cd as early as 

 Februai'y 8th. Not raiely by the latter 

 part of the month. 



47. Qi/isciilua p-itrpevft. Purpli.' 

 Grackle. Observed once Fel ir nary 281 h. 

 and had lie. remained away one day 

 longer would not have been honored as 



