BIRD NOTES. 79 



N. J., May 15, 1876— C. C. Abbott, vii., 31, 335— Very rare summei 

 visitor in Yates County, N y., one taken in the spring of 1874 — J. 



B. Gilbertj. viii., 17, 261 — Given as a bird of Michigan on the au- 

 thority of tlie late Dr. "Wilson — "Arclier" (G. A. Stockwell). viii., 

 17, 368 — Abundant summer resident near Wasliington, D. C. — 

 (B. F. Boiseau). viii., 34, 400— Arrived at West Farm's, N. Y., May 

 13, 1874; May 9, 1875; May 8, 1876— Winthrop G. Stevens, xii., 

 34, 464 — First seen at Summit, N. J., May 7, 1879 ; breeds here — 

 Geo. Lawrence Nicholas. 



Jjlerfa vlens longicauda. Long-tailed Chat, vii., 1, 4 — One shot at 

 Nicasio, Cal., May 8, 1876 ; rare here, though common in other parts 

 of Cal.— C. A. Allen. 



: . -criis baltimore. Baltimore Oriole, ii., 33, 841 — Found in Russell Co., 

 Kansas; feeds only on insects in spring — F. S. B.(enson). ii., 36, 

 402 — Found at Corinth, Miss. — "Guyon" (Col. Rawlings Young), v., 

 32, 340 — Occasionally raise two broods near Trenton, N. J. — Chas C. 

 Abbott, vi., 14, 315— Arrived at West Farms, DT. Y., May 10, 1875— 

 Winthrop G. Stevens, vi., 17, 266 — Very common at Aim Arbor, 

 Mich., from the 85th of April to the middle of Sept.; breed June 1 — 

 A. B. Covert, vi., 17, 266— Arrived at Newport, R. I., May 6 to 8, 

 1876— J. S. Howland. vi. , 1 9, 301— Common at Peotone, 111. , and breed 

 — D. H. Eaton, vi., 20, 318— Arrived at Ferrisbujgh, Vt., May 9, 

 1876— R. E. Robinson, vi. , 21, 337— Abundant in Central New York, 

 from the middle of May until Sept.— H. G. Fowler, vi , 21, 338— 

 Noticed at Springfield, Mass., between May 1 and 10, 1876— Fred. H. 

 Keyes. vi., 33, 354— Arrived at Hollis, N. H., May 10, 1874; May 

 10, 1875; May 6, 1876— W. H. Fox. vi.,'34, 386— Males arrived at 

 Riverdale, N. Y., May 6, 1876— E. P. Bicknell vi., 36, 418— First 

 arrival at r'alem, Mass., May 9, 1876— R. L. Newcomb. viii., 7, 96 

 _ — Noticed on Oiark's Island, Plymouth, Mass., 1853 — F. C.Browne. 

 _ i.viii., 7, 96 — Common summer resident at Webster, N. H.; breeds — 

 : ■ Chas. F. Goodhue, viii. , 13, 193 — Arrives on the Coteau des Prairies, 

 Dakota, May 19, and departs Sept. 1 ; very rare ; perhaps breed here 

 — Chas. E. McChesney. viii., 17, 368— Arrrive near Washington, D. 



C, first week in May, and depart last of Sept.; more abundant dur- 

 ing the migrations — (R. F. Boiseau). viii., 19, 300 — Found in 

 Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). ix., 10, 185— Arrived at 



. Perrisburgh, Vt., May 14, 1877— R. (E. Robinson), x., 5, 76— Dates 

 .- of arrival in spring at Framingham, Mass., for twenty-five years— P. 

 C. Brovme. x., 10, 174— Arrived May 15, 1877, at Astoria, L. L— 

 Franklin "Renner. x., 13, 244 — Nesting at Corinth, Miss., April 29, 

 1878— "Guyon" (Col. Rawlings Young), x., 19, 359— Arrived at 

 Lebanon, 111. April 18, 1^78-" Ptarmigan." x., 21, 399— Variations 

 in color in different specimens — R. L. Newcomb. x., 26, 503 — Arrived 

 at Elmira, N. Y., May 3, 1878— E. B. Gleason. xi., 1, 2— Account 

 of a male Cardinal Grosbeak becoming a foster father to two young 

 birds of this species in confinement — S. W. Williston. xi. 8. 47 — 

 Rare at Peotone, 111.; breeds — D. H. Eaton. 



Icterus bullockii. Bullock's Oriole, vi., 9, 132— Found breeding at Ante- 

 lope Creek, Nevada, amicably with Swainson's Hawks in the same 

 thicket — W. J. HofEman. vii., 1, 4 — Arrived at Nicasib, Cal., April 

 19, 1876 ; common here, and nests about May 15th — C. A. Allen, vii., 

 36, 404— Noticed in Southeastern Wyoming, July 11, 1876 — ^A. G. 

 Brackett. 



Icterus cucuUntus. Hooded Oriole, vi., 33, 370— Nesting at Gainesville, 

 Texas, May 9, 1876 ; very common here and not so shy as the Orchard 

 Oriole— G H. Ragsdale. vii., 26, 404— Account of their nesting 

 habits at Gainesville, Texas ; nests being found from May 34 to June 

 8, 1876— G. H. Ragsdale. 



