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viii., 17, 368— Found near ■Washmgton, D. C.—(E. F. Boiseau.) x., 

 6, 76 — Dates of arrival in spring at Framinghajn, Mass., for 25 years 

 — F. C. Browne, x., 19, 359— Arrived at Lebanon, 111., Marcli 25, 

 1878- -"Ptarmigan." xii., 6, 105 — Very common in Kova Scotia; 

 first swallow to arrive in spring — J. Matthew Jones, xii., 9, 165-- 

 Breed at Chatiiam, N. J, building in old Woodpeckers' holes in stubs 

 Harold Herricik. xii., 20, 385 — Noticed at Plymouth, Mass, Oct. 3, 

 1853— late for them ; still around Oct. 8, 1853— F. C. Browne. 



Tachycineta thalassina. Violet-green Swallow, xii., 17, 325— Very 

 abundant in the mountains of Southern Wyoming— G. B. Grinnell. 



Tallagalla lathami. Of Australia, ii., 7, 103— Some very interesting ob- 

 servations on their breeding in the Paris Acclimatization Gardens, 

 virhen it was found the female does not sit on her eggs, but covers them 

 with substances that by decomposition produce heat ; the chick does not 

 chip the egg, but bursts it asunder and can take care of itself at once. 



Tanager. Louisiana, See Pyranga ludoviciana. 



Tanager. Scarlet, See Pyranga rubra. 



Tantalus loculator. Wood Ibis, vi., 34, 387— A specimen shot near Troy, 

 N. Y., June 24, 1876- Frederic S. Webster. \ii., 31, 335— A speci- 

 men taken in New Hampshire and now in the possession of J)r. Pal- 

 mer, of Ipswich, Mass. — "Teal" (R. L. Newcomb). ix'., 17, 337— "A 

 V'sit to a nesting-place of the Wood Ibis " in Florida, to which Edi- 

 tors add a foot-note — W. K. Lente. ix., 26, 488 — Further remarks on 

 this species — W. K. Lente. 



Tattler. Solitary, See Totanus solitarius. 



Teal. Blue-winged, See Querguedula disoors. 



Teal. Cinnamon, See Qiterquedula eyanoptera. 



Teal. Green-winged, See Querquedula carolinensis. 



Telmatodytes palustris. Long-billed Marsh Wren, vi., 7, 99 — Common 

 near Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives May 20; breeds June 30; departs 

 Sept. 1— A. B. Covert, vi., 13, 180 — Summer resident in Central 

 New York ; breeds— H. G. Fowler, viii , 17, 261— Found in Michi- 

 gan— "Archer" (G. A. Stook-s^ell). viii., 17, 268— Found near Wash- 

 ington, D. C. — (R. F. Boiseau). x., 13, 315 — Breed at Astoria, L. I., 

 on the salt marshes — Franklin Benper. xii., 16, 807 — Not uncommon 

 on the marshes near Como, Wyoming, April 33, 1878— -S W. Willis- 

 ton. 



Tennessee Warbler. See Eelminthophaga peregrina. 



Tern. Arctic, See Bterna macrowra. 



Tern. Common, See Sterna hirundo. 



IPern. Forster's, See Sterna forderi. 



Tern. Least, See Sterna mpercilia/ris. 



Tern. Eoseate, See Sterna pa/radiscBa. 



Tern. Short-tailed, See EydroeMidonJissipea, 



Tern. Sooty, See Sterna fuUginosa. 



Tern. Wilson's, See Sterna hirundo. 



Tern. Wreathed, See Sterna vittata. 



Tetrao canadensis. Spruce Grouse, i., 17, 259— Common in spruce and 

 cedar swamps in Nova Scotia and Nevy Brunswick — A. B. Lamber- 

 -ton. i., 19, 389^8howing the . climatic variation constituting Var. . 

 franklini of the Rocky Mountains — Robert Ridgway. ii., 1, 3 — 

 Found at Humboldt Bay, Cal.— "Monmouth" (Aug. E. Egbert) ; 

 probably Var. franklini— B.. B. B. ii., 15, 333— Rare in Newfound- 

 land — Alex. Murray, iii., 13, 196— A rare visitor to Newfoundland — 

 M. Harvey, iii,, 35, 394— Common in the Provinces of Ontario and 



