166 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



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®y KENTUCKY BIRDS. 



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The following birds which have not been listed among Kentucky birds, 

 or have been considered rare in the State, have come under my notice 

 in southern Kentucky. 



Purple Finch (carfiodacus purpureas) . Recorded by Audubon and 

 Beckham. Is a common migrant in southern Kentucky, appearing in 

 March. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak {Habia ludoviciana) . Transient. Rare. 



Oak Sparrow {Pinccea cestivalis) . Rather rare, local in Western Ken- 

 tucky. 



Vesper Sparrow, {Pooccea gramineus) . Summer resident in northern 

 Kentucky. Have never seen it in western Kentucky. 



V eery {Turdus fuscesceus) . Transient. Not common. 



Gray-cheeked Thrush (Tardus alicice'). Transient. 



Worm-eating Warbler iHelmitherus vermivorus) . Resident in sum- 

 mer. 



Logger-head Shrike (Lanius hidovicinus). Not common in southern 

 Kentucky. 



Bobolink ( ' Dolichonyx oryzivorus) . Appears not to be common in Ken- 

 tucky but a few are seen every year in Warren county. It remains only 

 two or three days in May, usually coming at the time blackberries are 

 in blossom. 



Horned Lark (Otocoiis olpestris^ . Most uncommon winter resident. 



Whippoorwill (A?itrostomus vociferus). Common summer resident in 

 the "Barrens" (southwestern Kentucky), coming late (.in May), after 

 all danger of frost is over, so that the farmers have a saying — '"There'll 

 be no more frosts, the Whippoorwill has come." 



Chuck-wills-widow {Antrostomus carolineiisis) . Said to come to this 

 part of the State. 



Snowy Owl {Myctea myctea). Occasionally seen in southern Kentucky. 



Fish Hawk ( Pandion hali<ztus) . Rather common near Red-foot Lake 

 (over the Tennessee border) extending up the river, occasionally nest- 

 ing in this (Warren) county on Barren River. 



Bald Eagle {Halitztes lejicocephalus^ . Said to be occasionally shot 

 near here (Bowling Green), one reported to be seen carrying off a tur- 

 key from a barn-yard. They are considered rare, yet every few months 

 the county newspapers record the killing of one. 



Carrion Crow ( Catharista atrata) . Resident in southern Kentucky 

 where it is considered rare, and mistaken for a "black turkey-buzzard." 



