400 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. (Vor. XXXIX. 
Of the seventy-nine birds listed, the following species, I con- 
clude, are almost unmistakably indicated by Sir Charles Blagden. 
Only the notes as to their comparative abundance are given. 
Liu. 
I. “No. 2," “ Diver” or “Loon” = Gavia lumme; “Feb. 
18." 
2. “No. 3,” * Sparrow-Hawk" or “ ee Falco 
Martens probably, from date of capture. ‘ Feb. 20.’ 
A “No. 4," * yellow-Bird ” — — Astragalinus tristis. “Feb. 
^ also * Apr. 15’? 
e “No. 5," * Blue-Bird " — Sialia sialis. “ Mar. a 
5. “No. 6,” “No. 42,” and “No. 94,” “ Red-winged Black- 
bird” = Agelaius pheniceus; “male.... appeared here the 
Loth or 12th of March: in a fortnight or three weeks came the 
females.” ; 
6. “No. 7," * Robin" — Merula migratoria; ‘arrive. 
about the middle of March, & in such quantities & so tame, that 
a dozen could be shot in an hour within two miles of the town." 
2." NA. i " “yellow Woodpecker” = Colaptes auratus luteus. 
Mar. 197 
8. “No. 9," * Hildee” = Oryechus vociferus: “March 24.” 
9. “ No. 10,” “Snipe” — Gallinago delicata. “ Mar. 24.” 
IO. “No. 12," “Wamp” = Somateria dresseri. “Mar. 25" 
and * Ap. 9." 
It. "No. 13," * Red.billed Coot” — Oidemia americana. 
“Mar. 35," 
12. “No. 14,” and “No. 15"? “Beach-Bird, or Snipe 
Beach-Bird " = Calidris arenaria. « Mar. 25.” 
13. "No. 16,” * Marsh-Quail " — Sturnella magna. “ Ap. 
; 14. “Great: Loon ^ = Gava imber; one was shot * April 
the 5." 
15. “No, 17" and « No. 28," “ Bald-pated Coot” = Oide- 
mia perspicillata, “ Ap. 3: 
16. * No. 18" and * No. 23, " “Old Wife” — Harelda hye- 
malis. “ Ap. 3" and « Ap. 8 
