1-02 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Purchase 

 L. H. Stillwell, Deadwood S. D.: One skull of the fossil^ 

 Mesohippus bairdii (Leidy), the Oligocene Tertiary ances- 

 tor of the modern horse. 



BIRDS 



Colleotions 

 William Richard and M. S. Farr 

 Common name Scientific name Sex 



Virginia rail Rallus virginiauus Linn F 



Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia (Linn.) , F 



Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (Linn.) MF 



Black-billed cuckoo C. erythropthalmus (Wils.) 2M 



Belted kingfisher Ceryle aleyon (Linn.) F 



Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.) 



Whippoorwill Antrostomus vociferus (Wih.) F 



Ruby- throated humming- 

 bird Trocbilus colubris Ztn» M 



Crested flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus (iinn.)---t MF 



Wood pewee Contopus virens (Linn.) M 



Yellow-bellied flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Baird MF 



American crow Corvus americanus Aud. M 



Bobolink Dolichouyx oryzivorus (Linn.) MF 



Cowbird Molothrus ater (Bodd.) M 



Meadow lark Sturnella magna (Linn.) M F Yng. 



Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula (Linn.) F 



Purple grackle Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.) M 



Purple finch Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.) , F Yng. 



Savanna sparrow Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna 



(Wil8.) F 



Tree sparrow Spizella monticola (Gmei.) F 



Slate-colored junco Junco hyemalis (Linn.) MF 



Song sparrow Melospiza melodia (Wils.) F 



Rose-breasted grosbeak.. Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.) M 



Indigo bunting Cyanospiza cyanea (Xiwn.) 2MF 



Scarlet tanager Piranga erythromelas Vieill 2MF 



Rough-winged swallow.. Stelgidopteryx serripennia (Aud.) MF 



Cedar waxwing Ampelis cedroTum (Vieill.) MP 



Yellow-throated vireo... Vireo flavifrons Vieill M 



Blue-headed vireo V. solitarius (Wils.) M 



Golden-winged warbler.. Helmintbophila chrysoptera (Linn.) MF 



Nortbern parula warbler Compsothlypis americaua usneae Brewst. . M 



Yellow warbler Dendroica aestiva (Gmel.) M 



Black-throated blue war- 

 bler D. caerulescens (Gmel.) MF 



Myrtle warbler D. coronata (Linn.) F 



Maguolia warbler D. maculosa Gmel M 



Chestnut-sided warbler.. D. peusylvanica Linn MF 



Bay-breasted warbler... D. castauea Wils F 



^ This paleontologic specimen was procured for the collection of com- 

 parative osteology. 



