8 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



69. *'V'iREOSYLviA GiLvns, Cassin. — Warbling i'ireo. — Common 

 summer resident. May to September. 



70. Lanivibeo solitaeius, Baird. — Slue-headed or Solitary Vireo. 

 — Rare migrant in May {Byrnes, Dury); and September {Shorten). 



71. fLANiviEEO FLAViPKONS, Baird. — Yellow-throated Vireo. — Com- 

 mon migrant in May and September ; a few remaining tlirougli the 

 summer. 



72. *ViEEo NOVEBOEACENSis, Bonaparte. — White-eyed Vireo.- -A com- 

 mon summer resident. April 25th to September 20th. 



Family Ampelid.*; : Waxwings. 



73. *Ampelis OEDEOR0M, ^oloXer. -Cedar Waxwing.-- An irregular but 

 often abundant migrant, and a summer resident in limited numbers. 

 Appears during the fall and winter in large flocks, feeding on wild 

 grapes and the berries of the sour -gum and cedar. 



Family LaniidjE : Shrikes. 



74. CoLLUHio BOEEALis, ^sdvd.— Great Northern Shrike ; Butcher 

 Bird. — Rare fall and winter visitant. 



75. *CoLLURio LUDOviciANUS, var. LUDOviciANTJS, Baird.— Loggerhead 

 Shrike.— An uncommon summer resident. Arrives about March 15th, 

 and remains until September. 



75a. CoLLUEio LUDOVICIANUS, var. excubitoeoides, Coues.- -A well 

 marked example of this variety taken at Madisonville, August 22d, 

 1878. 



Family Tanageid^: Tanagers. 



76. *Pykanga eubea, Vieillot. — Scarlet Tanager. — Summer resident. 

 More common however during the migrations in May and September. 



77. *PyEANGA ESTIVA, Vieillot. — Summer Redhird. A rather com- 

 mon summer resident. May 1st to September 25th. 



Family Feingillid^ : Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



78. Cakpodacus puepueeus. Gray. — Purple Finch. — Migrant in fall 

 winter and spring, usuallj^ in flocks. Feeds largely on the buds of the 

 slippery elm, its flesh being strongly flavored thereb3^ 



79. *Chrysomiteis teistis, Bonaparte. — American Goldfinch • Thistle 

 Bird. — A common resident. Less numerous during the winter but 

 appears about the 1st of March in large straggling flocks, sometimes 

 containing a hundred or more individuals, which are then just begin- 

 ning to assume their summer dress. These flocks soon break up into 



