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06. Goniaphea ludoviciana, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 Eare, spring visitant. 



C7. Cyanospiza eyanea, Indigo bird. Common. Nests 

 in Jane and July. 



ICTERIDiE. — American Starlings. 



6S. Dolichonyx oryzivorus, Bobolink. Common. Ar- 

 rives early in spring. Nests in May. 



69. Molothrns ater, Cowbird. Common. Arrives in 

 April. Have found its eggs in nests of Phoabe, Wood 

 Thrush, Redstart, Summer Warbler, Chestnut-sided 

 Warbler, and Song Sparrow. 



70. Agelceus pheniceus, Red-winged Blackbird. Com- 

 mon. Nests in May and June. 



71. Icterus Baltimore, Baltimore Oriole. Become 

 common. Arrives in May. Nests in June. 



72. Scolecophagusferrugineus, Rusty Crackle. Spring 

 and autumn visitant. 



73. Quiscalus purpureus, Crow Blackbird. Common. 

 Arrives in April. Nests in May. 



CORVID^.— Crows, Jays, etc. 



74. Corvits Americanus, Common Crow. Arrives in 

 March . Nests in April. A few usually remain through- 

 out the winter, 



75. Cyanurus cristatus 1 , Blue Jay. Autumn visitant. 



76. Perisorens Canadensis, Canada Jay. Autumn 

 visitant. 



TYRANNID^E .—Flycatchers. 



77. Tyrannus Carolinensis, Kingbird. Common. Ar- 

 rives in May. Nests in June. 



7S. Myiarchus cinitus, Great crested Flycatcher 

 Common. Arrives in May. Nests in June. 



79. Sayornis fuscus, Phoebe. Common. Arrives in 

 April. Nests in May. 



80. Contopus uorealis, Olive-sided Flycatcher. Not 

 common. 



81. Conttipus virens, Wood Pewee. Common. Ar- 

 rives in May. Nests in June. 



82. Empidonaxflaviventris, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 

 Not common. 



CAPRIMULGIDJE.— Goatsuckers. 



83. Antrostomus vociferus, Whip-poor-will. Rare 

 visitant. 



84. Chordeiles Virginianus, Nighthawk. Common- 

 Arrives 15th May. Nests end of May on gravelled roofs 

 of houses in the city. 



CYPSELIDiE.-rSwnrrs. 



85. Chcetarapelasgia, Chimney Swift. Common. Ar- 

 rives in April. Nests in May, in chimneys of houses in 

 the city. 



TROCHILIDjFj.— Hummingbirds. 



80. Trochilus colubris, Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 

 Common. Arrives early in May. Nests end of May. 



ALCEDINIMK.— Kingfishers. 



87. Ceryle alcyon, Belted Kingfisher. Common. 

 Arrives in April. Nests in May. 



CUCULID.F.— Cuckoos. 



88. Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Black-lulled Cuckoo. 

 Common some seasons, and scarce others. Nests end of 

 May. 



89. Coccyzus Americanus, Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 Very rare, only one specimen is recorded to have been 

 shot. .. 



PICIDJE.— WOODJ'ECKEUS. 



90. Mylotomus pileatus, Pileated Woodpecker. Rare 

 autumn or winter visitant. 



91. Pious vfflosus, Hairy Woodpecker. Regular spring 

 and autumn visitant. Occasionally seen in summer. 



92. Picus pubescens, Downy Woodpecker. Common. 

 Winter and summer resident. Nests end of May. 



93. Picoides arcticus, Black-backed Woodpecker. 

 Casual visitant. 



94. Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Woodpeckei - . 

 Common. Nests in May and June. 



95. Melanerpes erythrooephalus. Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker. Not common. Nests in May. 



96. Colaptes auratus, Golden-winged Woodpecker. 

 Common. Arrives in April. Nests in May. 



(TO BE CONTINUED.) 



£orre$pon6ence. 



ROBINS AGAIN. 



To the Editor of the Canadian Sportsman and 



Naturalist : — 



Sir, — The October number of your journal 

 having failed to reach my hands until to-day 

 when, through your politeness, I received a 

 supplementary copy, I have only just read 

 John II. Garnier's letter on " Robins again," 

 which appears in that impression. With the 

 courtesj' which pervades the whole of his 

 communication he remarks that he is " sur- 

 prised and sorry to see such ignorance ex- 

 hibited by me," but he does not favour me by 

 specifying the nature of that ignorance. I 

 gather, however, from his very rambling letter, 

 that he imagines I have confounded the 

 English Redbreast with the American Robin. 

 I need not assure you, Sir, that I did nothing 

 of the kind, and that the accusation of ignorance 

 is as gratuitous as it is unmannerly. As John 

 H. Gamier, however, lias thought fit to prefer 

 this accusation against me, I may perhaps be 

 permitted to counsel that person, before he 

 hazards such a charge again, to be a little 

 more careful in respect of his own communi- 

 cations. For instance, I would recommend 

 him to study English grammar a little, and I 

 would advise him to make himself acquainted 

 with the phraseology of sportsmen, ami not 

 speak of" a pair of rabbits ; " and above all, 

 I would suggest that when he quotes Latin he 

 would get some one who knows a little of that 

 language to scrutinize his quotation, and then, 

 perhaps he will not make Sallust appear to 

 have been as unfamiliar with the Latin 

 grammar as he evidently is himself. I might 

 have answered his letter more at length but 

 that his style of writing is not such as to 

 make any gentleman desirous of entering into 

 a paper controversy with him. His pen does 

 not want the "additional vim" with which 



