430 ZOOLOGY. o 
The goddess surely must have been in haste, Ht) F 
Like Daphne fleeing when Apollo chased, y 
And leaving here her slipper by the way, 
Intends to find it on another day. 
And will she t k it h or no? 
he day is lengthening but I cannot go, 
Until I see her bring the absent mate 
' this rare beauty, though the time is late. 
I watch, but still no classic fi I see, 
me htt + +} 
> th then tt 
o ret 
And so, for fear of some purloining elf, 
The y i lic I secure myself. 
ZOOLOGY. 
New Birds iw Sovrnern ILLINors.— In the summer of 1871 
the following species were noticed, and two of them obtained, by 
the writer, in Richland and Wabash Counties, in the south-eastern 
portion of Illinois, about latitude 38°, 25’: — Vireo Bellii, Pt pe 
cea wstivalis, Cyanospiza ciris, Asturina plagiata and Falco Mes 
canus. The Vireo Bellii was found to be a common, or at least not | 
rare, species in the thickets on the prairies. It was first one 
the 8th of June, when specimens were shot, and being then in full 
at i 
song, there can be little doubt that the species breeds there. The l 
Peucæa estivalis—a bird heretofore found only in South hee 7 
jes m 
Georgia, Florida, ete. — was found to be a common spec 
Wabash County, in old fields bordering on road-sides. As spec 
mens of both old and young were obtained (on the 11th and Ht ‘ 
of August), and. the former being in full song throughout the wa — 
mer, there can be no doubt that the species breeds there. C : 
piza ciris was seen only once—on the 10th of June— when pe Be 
the corner ofa 
old weedy field. As the locality was not visited again, it is post a 
1871,00 Fos 
prairie, in Richland Co. I came across it while huntin mane 
tailed and Mississippi kites (Nauelerus forficatus and Jetinia a : 
sissippiensis), and while being annoyed by sev 
well seen—it being immediately overhead—an fl 
afterwards followed a long distance among the trees whioh 87” 
ravine intersecting the prairie, but finally lost. There can ae 
the slightest doubt as to the proper identification of the er 
which I have been well acquainted with for years, and oP 
d shot at; im 
in cay 
