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nest. The nest was like that of the Snowbird, 

 and contained four of its own eggs, besides 

 that of the Cowbird. The.se were white, thickly 

 dotted towards the large end, with reddish 

 spots. They were, however, (June 8th,) near- 

 ly incubated ; so I did not remove them. On 

 the 7th of June, I collected in a beaver mea- 

 dow, some two miles north of the town, three 

 nests of the Purple Finch ; these were situated 

 near the tops of small balsams. Four eggs 

 are the general set. On the same date, I took 

 from a small thorn bush,' a nest of two eggs, 

 which I have marked as belonging to the 

 Black and Yellow Warbler. The Yellow 

 Warbler is quite abundant in this neighbour- 

 hood now, though it is only a few years ago 

 sinceT first notictd it, and the same may be said 

 of the Bobolink The Catbird is numerous 

 in this locality, I have seen several nests this 

 season, but never, except on one occasion, saw 

 more than four eggs in a nest. The Bed- 

 wing Blackbird is also numerous; collected 

 several nests this season, mostly from flags in 

 water ponds, or the margins of creeks. The 

 Highholder or Golden-winged Woodpecker, 

 is the most abundant of this class of birds 

 here ; I have collected some five or six sets ot 

 its eggs this year. There are generally six 

 eggs in each set. Altogether I have collected 

 eggs of some forty different species of wild 

 birds this season, and obtained seven addition- 

 al species by exchange, from J. A. M orde n, 

 Esq. I 



4°3- 



This insect has a wide distribution, from 

 New Mexico to the city of* Quebec. Mr. Pro- 

 vancher says it is rare about the neighbour- 

 hood of the latter city. When I collected 

 there, they were abundant at the upper end of 

 St. John St., near the Finlay Asylum. 



Ditylus coeruleus, Rand. 



Narcerdes m elan ura, Linn. 



Oxasis 1 notoxiodes, Fabr. 

 2 thoracica, " 



Asclera ruficollis, Say. 



Cephaloon lepturides, Newm. 



Anaspis 1 fiavipennis, Hold. 

 2 rufa, Say. 



Mordella 1 marginata, Mels. 

 2 linearis, " 



Mordellistena 1 scapularis, Say. 

 2 pityoptera, Lee. 



Pelecotoma flavipes, Mels. 



Corphyra 1 lugubris, Say. 



2 collaris " 



3 fulvipes, Newm. 

 Notoxus an chora, Hentz. 

 Anthicus 1 rejectus, Lee. 



2 formicarius, Laf. 



3 fiorialis, Paylc. 



4 corvinus, Laf. 

 Dendroides Canadensis, Lair. 

 Pyrochroa fiabellata, Fabr. 

 Schizotus cervicolis, Newm. 

 Meloe angusticollis, Say. 



__Macrobasis unicolor, Kirby. 



of the ec 

 When ii 

 last, I i< 

 of Cans 

 J. A. M 

 Hawk, i 

 describe 



Listoi 



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PlIRY 



Sten< 

 Crya 

 Pyth 

 Prio< 

 Boru 

 Salp 

 Calo 



Ibid.. XV, p. 394. —Not 



Bluebird. By 



Lockwood, Ph. D. 



Tke Indigo Bird. By Charles Aldrich. 

 uncommon at Webster City, Iowa. 



464. Birds out of Place. By Charles Aldrich. Ibid., V, pp. 476, 477. 

 —Red-winged Blackbirds and Robins seen in December and January at 

 Webster City, Iowa. y 



465. Curious distances in the* 

 A. M. Reynolds. Ibid., XV, p. 47 



466. The Eastern Snowbird. 

 Ibid., XV, pp. 518-526. 



467. Tke Great Crested Flycatcher, 

 pp. 601-604. 



468. Brief Notes on Some lot 

 XV, pp. 654-656.-011 the Indigo Bird, Robin, and 



469. Habits of tke 2'ellow-bellied Woodpecker. 

 Ibid., XV, p. 738. 



470. Breeding Habits of tke Fish Hawk. By H. C. Bumpus. Ibid.. 

 XV, pp. 809, 810. 



rs. Mary Treat. Ibid., XV, 



aides Aldrich 

 ue Jay. 

 Bv H." C. 



Ibid. . 



Bui 



lpus. 



1NO. 470. ; 



481. Wild Birds Racing with the Cars. 



By Charles Aldrich. Ibid., 



