The May Bird Census 143 



Red-eyed Vireo a., White-eyed Vireo c, Yellow-throated Vireo c. 

 Warbling Vireo 1, Mockingbird c, Catbird f. c, Brown Thrasher 

 f. c, Carolina Wren a., Bewick's Wren f. c, White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch f. c, Tufted Titmouse c, Carolina Chickadee c, Blue-gray 

 Gnatcatcher f. c, Wood Thrush 4, Southern Robin 4, Bluebird c, 

 Cedar Waxwing 20 (two flocks). 



The above, added to the fourteen species of warblers already 

 mentioned, brings the last up to seventy-three species, all of 

 which, with the exception of the Cedar Waxwing, were breeding 

 birds. 



A. F. Ganier. 



Nashville, Tenn. 



THE MAY BIRD CENSUS FOR 1916 



The following belated reports were not in the editor's hands 

 time to appear in the June issue. 



New Haven, Conn., May 20, 4:30 to 9 A. M. 11 A. M. to 4:30 P. 

 M. Clear. Wind southwest, light. Temperature at 8 A. M. 50^. 

 Green Heron, '4; Black-crowned Night Heron, 2; Spotted Sand- 

 piper, 1; Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Black-billed 

 Cuckoo, 3; Belted Kingfisher, 2"; Downy Woodpecker, 5; Red- 

 headed Woodpecker, 1; Flicker, 9; Nighthawk, 1; ^Chimney Swift, 

 27; Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1; Kingbird, 6; Phoebe, 11; 

 Wood Pewee, 1; Least Flycatcher, 4; Blue Jay, 10; Crow, 24; Fish 

 Crow, 3; Bobolink, 6; Cowbird, 16; Red-winged Blackbird, 32; 

 Meadowlark, 15; Baltimore Oriole, 14; Orchard Oriole, 4; Purple 

 Grackle, 17; Goldfinch, 24; Grasshopper Sparrow, 1; Chipping 

 Sparrow, 13; Field iSparrow, 18; Song Sparrow, 36; Swamp 

 Sparrow, 1; Towhee, 21; Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 12; Indigo 

 Bunting, 7; Scarlet Tanager, 6; Barn Swallow, 21; Tree Swallow, 

 1; Red-eyed Vireo, 6; Yellow-throated Vireo, 2; Black and White 

 Warbler, 9; Chestnut-sided Warbler, 15; Bay-breasted Warbler, 

 12; Black-poll Warbler, 17; Blackburnian Warbler, 12; Black- 

 throated Green Warbler, 10; Prairie Warbler, 6; Oven-bird, 19; 

 Water-Thrush, 4; Louisiana Water-Thrush, 1; Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, 22; Y'ellow-breasted Chat, 14; Hooded Warbler, 1; Wil- 

 son's Warbler, 4; Canada Warbler, 15; Redstart, 16; Catbird, 

 26; Brown Thrasher, 19; House Wren, 8; Wood Thrush, 10; 

 Veery, 9; Gray-cheeked Thrush, 2; Olive-backed Thrush, 5; 

 Robin, 36; Bluebird, 5. Total 74 species and 763 individuals. 

 The following twenty species have also been seen within a week 

 of this date, but not on this day; Loon, Herring Gull, Old-squaw, 

 Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Broad-winged Hawk, Mourn- 



