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Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology. 



rows (Poocetes gramineus) , Chipping Sparrow {Spizella socialis), Cedar- 

 bird {Ampelis cedrorum) Barn Swallow {Htrundo eryhtrogastra) Red- 

 eyed Viieo (Vi'reo olivaceus), Yellow Warbler {Dendroica CBstiva)^ Red- 

 start {Setofhaga ruttctlla), and American Robin {^Merula tnigratoria). 

 South Auburn, June 15, 1900. H. S. Hathaway. 



SPRING ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE NOTES 1900. 



The notes here given are either earlier or later than those for the species given in 



'The Birds of Rhode Island.' 



Loon (^Gavia ttnber). Twenty, May 28, 

 Kittiwake {Rissa tridactyla). One, March 23, 

 Herring Gull {Lams a. sviithsonianus). Thirty, May 22, 

 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax dilophus). 



One, May 17, 

 Canada Goose {Bra?iia catiadensis). Forty-five, May 3, 

 Brant {Brania bernicla). Eleven, April 28, 

 American Coot (^Fulica americana). One, May 28, 

 Least Sandpiper (Tringa ininutilla). Two, May 26, 

 Greater Yellow-legs {Totanus inelanoleucui) . Two, 



May 26, 

 Pigeon Hawk {Falco columbarius). One, April 24, 

 Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus). One, 



May 26, 

 Eave Swallow (Petrockelidon lunifrons). Two, April 28, 

 Myrtle Warbler {Dendroica corona ta). One, May 10. 

 Yellow-breasted Chat {Icieria virens). One, May 23 



and 26, 

 Catbird [Galeoscoptes caroh'nensis). One, April 17, 

 Alice's Thrush {Hyloctchla alicice'). One, May 20, 



Vicinity 

 of Newport, 

 Louis di Z. 



Mearns. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Bird-Lore, Vol. II, No. 3, June, 1900. 



The Auk, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Apr., 1900. 



The Condor, Vol. II, Nos. 2, 3, Mar. and Apr., May and June, 1900. 



The Hummer, Vol. I, No. 9, Mar. 28, 1900. 



The Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society, Vol. II, No. 2, Mar., 

 1900. 



The Osprey, Vol. IV, Nos. 6, 7, 8, Feb., Mar. and Apr., 1900. 



The Western Ornithologist, Vol. V, Nos. 2, 3, Mar. and Apr., May and 

 June, 1900. 



The Wilson Bulletin, No. 30. Vol. VII, No. i, Jan., 1900 and No. 31 

 Vol. VII, No. 2, April, 1900. 



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