From the Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural Sistory, January, 1879. 



A REVISED LI8T OF CINCUSrirATI BIBBS. 



By Frank W. Langdon. 



The favorable reception accorded to the original list^ of the Birds of 

 this vicinity, and the numerous additional facts relating to the subject 

 that have accumulated since its appearance, have seemed to warrant 

 the inference that its complete revision would be an acceptable contri- 

 bution to the Natural History of this locality. It has, therefore, been 

 thoroughly revised and remodeled, and the following list is believed to 

 represent the present state of our knowledge of " Cincinnati Birds,'' so 

 far as their local distribution is concerned, as well as the later conclu- 

 sions of the most approved authorities in respect to classification and 

 nomenclature. 



For important additions to the list, and other information, I am 

 especially indebted to Mr. Charles Dury, of Avondale, whose extensive 

 ornithological collection contains many of our rarer species; Dr. R. 

 M. Byrnes, Dr. J. H. Hunt, Dr. H. H. Hill and Mr. John W. Shorten, 

 of Cincinnati; Dr. Rufus Raymond and Mr. Edgar R.. Quick, of Brook- 

 ville, Ind., and the several other naturalists elsewhere mentioned, have 

 also contributed notes and observations of interest. Acknowledge- 

 ments are likewise due to Professor J. M. Wheaton, of Columbus, O., 

 whose writings on Ohio Birds are frequently referred to; to Mr. Robert 

 Ridgway, of the Smithsonian Institution, who has kindly furnished me 

 with various recent ornithological papers bea'ring on the subjects of 

 classification and nomenclature; and to Mr. William H. Whetsel, of 

 Madisonville, for interesting additions to my collection. 



The collections and observations upon which the list is based, have 

 been chiefiy made at two or three points, in the territory lying between 

 the Great and Little Miami Rivers, and within ten or twelve miles of 

 the Ohio. These limits are only exceeded in the case of the thirteen 

 species identified by Dr. Haymond and Mr. Quick, at Brookville, Ind. f 

 and as these are mainly migrants on the Whitewater, which, at its con- 

 fluence with the Great Miami, approaches within twenty miles of Cin- 

 cinnati, they are fairlj;^ entitled to a place in our list on inferential 

 grounds at least. 



Although not characterized by extraordinary topographical features, 

 the south-western corner of Ohio presents a pleasing variety of surface 



1 " A Catalogue of the Birds of the Tioinity of Cincinnati," with notes, by Frank W. 

 Langdon.— Salem, Mass., The Naturalists' Agency.— April, 1877. 



2 Brookville, Ind.., is about forty miles northwest of Cincinnati. 



