BIRD NOTES. 6? 



B. Covert, vi., 31, 838 — Noticed at Springfield, Mass., between May 

 35 and 31, 1876— Fred. H. Keyes. vi., 34, 386— thirst heard their 

 notes. May 32, 1876, at Riverdale, N. T.; a few spend the summer 

 here— E. P. Bicknell. viii., 17, 367— Pound in the vicinify of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. — (R. P. Boiseau). viii., 19, 300 — Pound in Michigan — 

 "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 11, 305^Rather rare in Nova 

 Scotia — J. .viatthew Jones. 



Empidonax flaTirentris. Yellow-bellied Plycatcher. iii., 4, 58— Visits 

 Newfoundland in summer — M. Harvey, iv., 33, 358 — Pound at Petro- 

 leum, W. Va., in spring — Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 30, 318 — Very rare 

 at Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives about April 30; a nest was found by J. 

 J. Jones, June 5, 1873 ; departs in Sept. — A. B. Covert, vii., 36, 

 404 — Pound in Southeastern Wyoming, May 36, 1875 — A. Ot. Brackett. 

 viii., 7, 96 — ^Not common at Webster, N. H.; possibly breeds — Chas. 

 P. Goodhue, viii., 17, 367— Pound in the vicinity of Washington, D. 

 C.—(R. P. Boiseau). viii., 19, 300— Pound in Michigan— "Archer" 

 (6. A. Stockwell). xi., 13, 239 — Nest and eggs found at Grand 

 Menan, N. B., by S. D. Osborne, xi., 16, 330 — Nest and eggs taken 

 at Grand Menan, N. B., in 1878— R. P. Pcarsall. 



Empidonax flaviTentris difflcilis. Western Yellow-bellied Plycatcher. 



v., 36, 404 — A pair bred at Nicasio, Cal., in a tree with five other 



species in the same tree — ^'rs. C. A Allen, vii., 1, 4 — Arrived at 



Nicasio, Cal., April 6, 1876 ; only a few breed here, beginning to nest 



, May 15.— C. A. Allen. 



Empidonax minimus. Least Plycatcher. iv., 38, 358 — Pound at Petro- 

 leum, W. Va., in spring — Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 14, 315 — Arrived at 

 West Parms, N. Y., May 6, 1875— Winthrop G. Stevens, vi., 30, 

 318 — Very common at Ann Arbor, V. ich. ; arrives middle of April ; 

 nest is built by May 25 — A. B. Covert, vi., 31,338 — Noticed at' 

 Springfield, Mass, between May 10 and 15, 1876 — Fred. H. Keyes. 

 vi., 33, 354— Arrived at Hollis, N. H., May 10, 1875 ; May 4, 1876— 

 W. H. Pox. vi., 34, 386— Arrived at Riverdale, N. Y., May 5, 1876 

 E. P. Bicknell. viii., 7, 96 — Common summer resident at Webster, 

 N. H.; breeds— Chas. P. Goodhue, viii., 17, 367— Found in the vi- 

 cinity of Washington, D C— (R. P. Boiseau). viii., 19, 300— Pound 

 in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 10, 175— Building 

 May 30, 1877, at Astoria. L. I.— Franklin Benner. xii., 11, 305— 

 Very rare in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 



Empidonax traiUii. Traill's Flycatcher, vi., 30, 818— Not common at 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. ; arrives middle of May ; nest is built by June 10 ; 

 departs early in Sept. — A. B. Covert, vi., 34, 386 — Several noticed at 

 Riverdale, N. Y., May 25, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. viii., 7, 96— Not a 

 very common summer resident at Webster, N. H ; breeds sparingly — 

 Chas. P. Goodhue, viii., 17, 367— Pound near Washington, D. C. — 

 (R. P. Boiseau) xiii., 19, 300— Pound in Michigan— "Archer" (G. 

 A. Stockwell). X., 14, 355 — Concerning their breeding in the Alle- 

 ghanian fauna — H. A. Purdie. 



English Snipe. See Oallinago mlsoni. 

 English Sparrow. See Passer domestious. 



Eremophila alpestris. Shore Lark, i., 26, 404 — Pound near the coast in 

 New England in winter— P. B. v., 17, 360— Pound near the Black 

 Hills in 1874 by Geo. Bird Grinnell— Ernest Ingersoll. v., 25, 390— 

 Scarce this winter (1875-76) near Salem, Mass.- — R. L. Newcomb. vi., 5, 

 75 — Scarce this winter (1875-76) near Salem, Mass. — R. L. New- 

 comb. vi.,7, 99 — ObservedaflocknearTrenton,N. J., February 4, 1876; 

 first seen since November — Chas. C. Abbott, vi.,7, 99 — Commonresi- 

 dent at Ann Arbor, Mich.; breeds May I — A. B. Covert, vi., 7, 99 — 

 Still around Salem, Mass., March 23, 1876-^R. L. Newcomb. vi , 8, 

 115— Several flocks at Trenton, N. J., February 18, 1876—0. C. 



