Birds of Middle Southern Ohio. 85 



88. Chofdeiles virginianus. Night-hawk. A common summer 

 resident. Arrivals— April 30, 1895 ; April 23, 1897 ; April 25, 1898 ; 

 May 1, 1899; April 23, 1900. Departure— Sept. 6, 1898; Sept. 9, 

 1899 ; Sept. 18, 1900. 



89. Chaetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. — A common summer res- 

 ident. Arrivals— April 21, 1895; April 17, 1896; April 22, 1897; 

 April 14, 1898; April 15, 1899; April 15, 1900; April 12, 1901; April 

 19, 1902. Departure- Sept. 29, 1897; Oct. 2; 1899. 



90. Trochilus colubris. Ruby-throated Humming-bird.— A com- 

 mon summer resident. Arrival — April 17, 1896; April 24, 1897; 

 May 10, 1898; May 1,1899; May 7, 1900. Departure— Sept. 18, 

 1896; Sept. 15, 1898; Sept. 8, 1899. 



91. Tyrannus tyrannos. Kingbird.— A common summer resident. 

 Arrival— April 14, 1896 ; April 20, 1897 ; April 24, 1898 ; April 16, 

 1899 ; April 19, 1900 ; April 28, 1901 ; April 25, 1902. Departure- 

 Sept. 9, 1899. 



92. Myiarchus crinitus. Crested Flycatcher. — A common summer 

 resident. Arrival— April 26, 1901 ; April 28, 1902. 



93. Sayornis phoebe. Phoebe. — A common summer resident. Ar- 

 rival—April 22, 1897; March 14, 1898; April 6, 1899; March 28, 

 1900; April 2, 1901; March 22, 1902. Departure— Oct. 12, 1894; 

 Sept. 30, 1898; Oct. 4, 1899; Oct. 19, 1900. April 28, 1902, I found a 

 nest with 5 heavily incubated eggs, built on top of an old coffee 

 pot hanging to a nail in an old log cabin, a somewhat unusual 

 nesting site. 



94. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. — A common resident. Ar- 

 rival—May 9, 1896 ; May 5, 1897 ; April 28, 1898 ; May 5, 1899 ; May 

 6, 1900. Departure- Oct. 17, 1894; Oct. 9, 1897. 



95. Empidonax flaviventris. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.— A rath- 

 er rare spring transient. Data— May 7, 1897; May 17, 1898; May 

 2, 1901. 



96. Empidonax virescens. Green-crested Flycatcher.— A com- 

 mon migrant; a few pairs breed. Data— May 22, 1897; May 18, 

 1899; May 7, 1900; May 2, 1901. Departure-Sept. 23, 1896; Sept. 

 21, 1899; Sept. 18, 1900; Sept. 18, 1901. 



97. Empidonax traillii. Traill's Flycatcher.— A common migrant; 

 a few pairs breed. May 22, 1897; May 17, 1898; May 7, 1900. 



98. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher.— A fairly common 

 transient; may perhaps breed. May 22, 1897; May 23, 1898; Aug. 

 11, 1898. 



99. Octocorys alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned Lark. — This 

 species was first seen on Oct. 28, 1899, on a stretch of gravelly 

 waste land. Since then it has become a permanent resident, 

 breeding somewhat sparingly, at Waverly, Pike county. 



100. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. — A fairly common resident, 

 not so common in the bottom lands, and shows a decided prefer- 

 ence for oak groves. 



