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Birds of the District of Columbia. 



The Blue-bird, which is considered the harbinger of Spring in the 

 North, could barely be relied on in the District, as it is quite common- 

 ly seen all through the winter; but especially on those bright warm 

 days which occur unexpe6ledly in our latitude in the middle of win- 

 ter, and which start the Robin and Blue-birds singing as if in antici- 

 pation of an early Spring. 



I have a Cat-bird in my colle6tion which was caught in a common 

 trap with some Snow-birds in February. The first Crow Black-birds 

 were seen this year about the middle of February. Pewee (Sayornis- 

 fuscus) March 6th, Kingfisher March 19 and a Redstart is said to 

 have been seen on March 10, but I have doubts of the identification, 

 and do not think it could have been a Setophaga. 



Red-shouldered Black-birds were seen April 2d. 



The following is a list of the common permanent residents in the 

 Distri6l: 



Cathartes aura, 

 Accipiter cooperi, 



' ' fuscus, 

 Circus hudsonius, 

 Scops asio, 

 Otus wilsonianus, 

 Picus pubescens, 

 > Colaptes auratus, 

 Sialia sialis, 

 Ampelis cedrorum, 

 Certhia americana, 

 Lophophanes bicolor, 

 Spizella pusilla, 

 Cardinalis virginianus, 

 Corvus Americanus, 



' ' ossifragus, 

 Cyanura cristata, 

 Ortyx Virginian a, 

 Aegialitis vociferus. 



Falco sparverius, 

 Buteo borealis, 

 " lineatus, 

 Haliaetus leucocephalus, 

 Bubo virginianus, 

 Brachyotus cassini, 

 Sphyropicus varius, 

 Turdus migratorius, 

 Aix sponsa, 



Thyrothorus ludovicianus, 

 Sitta carolinensis, 

 Chrysomitris tristis, 

 Melospiza melodia, 

 Sturnella magna, 

 Cyanura cristata, 

 Zenaidura carolinensis, 

 Bona?a umbellus, 

 Botauius minor, 

 Philohela " 



