Zoological Miscellany. 



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on sweeping under the bureau. Though owning the wood for twenty 

 years, had never seen one in it. They are easil} T taken when their nest 

 is known, as they sleep all day and are abroad only at night, unless 

 disturbed. The eat was all that saved the crop. — C. G. Siewers, New- 

 port, Ky. 



Blarina brevicadda, Baird. — (See Ornithology — Buteo borealis, 

 p. 95). 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



Spring arrivals at Bardstown, Ky. — Almost all of our common 

 migrants are considerably ahead of time this spring. I have noted 

 the following early arrivals: 



Harporhynchus rufds (Linn.), Cabanis. — Brown Thrasher. — March 

 3d. 



Polioptila c^erulea (Linn.), Scl. — Blue-gray Onatcatcher. — March 

 28th. 



Sidrus motocilla (Vieill.), Coues. — Large-billed Water Thrush. — 

 March 30th. 



Mxiotilta varia (Linn.), Vieillot. — Black and White Creeper. — 

 April 1st. 



Dendrozca dominica albilora, Baird. — White-browed Yello to-throat- 

 ed Warbler. — April 3d. 



Dendro^ca BLACKBURNiiE (6m.), Baird. — Blackburnian Warbler. — 

 April 3d. 



Helminthophila pinus (Linn.), Ridgway. — Blue-winged Yellow 

 Warbler. — April 10th. 



Parula Americana (Linn.), Bp. — Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. — 

 April 10th. 



Denorgeca oerulea (Wilson), Bd. — Cerulean Warbler. — April 10th. 

 Dendrozca virens (Gm.), Baird. — Black-throated Green Warbler. — 

 April 10th. 



Vireosylvia olivacea (Linn.), Bp. — Red-eyed Vireo. — April 10th. 



Lanivireo solitarius (Vieill.), Bd. — Blue- headed Vireo. — April 10th. 



All of these birds are from two to three weeks in advance of their 

 usual time of appearance here. — C. W. Beckham, Bardstown, Nelson 

 county, Ky.,* April 30th, 1882. 



Brookville (Indiana) Notes. 



Thryomanes bewicki (Aud.) Baird. — Bewick's Wren. — Early in 

 March, 1882. two or three Bewick's Wrens were noted. About the 15th 



* About 100 miles southwest of Cincinnati.— (Ed.) 



