Birds of St. Clair County, Ills. 
BY WM. L. JONES, M'KENDREE COLLEGE, 
LEBANON, ILL. 
[Paper No. 7.J 
Genus — Dendrbica. 
D. virens. Black throated Green Warbler. 
A rare transient spring visitor. 
D. Canadensis. Black-throated Blue 
Warbler. Rare. 
TJ. coronata.- Yellow Rump Warbler. A 
very common spring visitor. 
This warbler arrives in this vicinity about 
April 10th, several days before the arrival of 
any other of the warbler species. Is most 
commonly noticed about orchards, gardens, 
etc. By May 15th they have all passed north- 
ward to breed. In early fall they return to 
this locality, though not so abundant as in 
spring. 
D. blackburniai. Blackburnian Warbler. 
Rarely noticed during migratory seasons. 
D. castanea. Bay-breasted Warbler. Not 
common. 
I), pinus. Pine -creeping Warbler. Rare, 
no specimens procured. 
D. Pennsylvania. Chestnut-sided War- 
bler. A variety frequently seen in spring. 
Rare in fall, 
D. ccerulea. Blue Warbler. Common 
spring visitor. 
D. striata. Black-poll Warbler. Rare. 
D. cestiva. Summer or Yellow Warbler. 
A common summer resident. Arrives here, 
May 1st, breeds. 
D. maculasa. Black and Yellow Warbler. 
Common spring visitor. One of the most 
beautiful of our warblers. 
D. palmarum. Yellow-red Poll. A com- 
mon species. Only noticed during spring 
migrations. 
D. superciliosa. Yellow-throated Warbler. 
Transient visitor. 
N. B. — Have never noticed the breeding of 
any of the above species here, excepting D. 
aestiva. 
{Continued.) 
Birds of Kansas. 
BY C. P. BLACHEY, M. D., MANHATTAN, 
KANSAS. 
The following birds have been identified 
by me within the last two years; having been 
taken within fifteen miles of Manhattan, 
Kansas. The order of arrangement adopted 
in this list is that of Dr. Coues' " Check-list 
of the Birds of North America." 
Turdidce— Thrushes and Mocking Birds. 
Turdus migratoriits— American Robin. Res- 
ident; once rare, but becoming more com- 
mon every year. A few individuals remain 
through the winter. Generally abundant in 
spring migration. 
T. mustelinus— Wood Thrush. Summer 
resident; common in the timber. 
Mirnus polyglottus—MoGkmg-Mrd. Sum- 
mer resident, quite common. 
M. Car olinensis— Cat-bird. Summer res- 
ident, quite common. 
Harporhync hus rufus — Brown Thrush. 
Summer resident, abundant. 
Saxicolidce — Blue-birds. 
Sialia sialis— Eastern Blue -bird. Sum- 
mer resident, common. 
Sittidce — Nuth atches, 
Sitta Carolinensis — White-bellied Nut- 
hatch. Resident, abundant. 
Troglodytidm— Wrens . 
Cistotliorus palustris— Long-billed Marsh 
Wren. Probably breeds in Kansas. 
Alaudidce— Larks. 
Eremopliila alpestris— Horned Lark. Res- 
ident, abundant; moves in flocks in the win- 
ter, and is commonly called " Snow-bird." 
Sylvicolidce— Warblers. 
Dendrceca cestiva— Yellow-poll Warbler. A 
summer resident, common. 
Seiurus noveboracensis — Small - billed 
Water Thrush. Migratory, rare. 
Icteria virens — Yellow-breasted Chat. A 
summer resident, common. 
Tanagridce— Tanagers. 
Pyranga rubra — Scarlet Tanager. Sum- 
mer resident, common. 
Hirundinidce— Swallows. 
Hirundo horreorum—B&m Swallow. Sum- 
mer resident, occurs throughout the State. 
Cotyle riparia — Bank Swallow. Summer 
resident, common. 
Progne purpurea — Purple Martin. Sum- 
mer resident, common. 
Ampelidce— Waxwings. 
Ampelis cedrorum — Cedar-bird. Resident, 
common in localities. 
Vireonidce — Greenlets. 
Vireo olivaceus — Red-eyed Vireo. Sum- 
mer resident, common. 
Laniidce — Shrikes. , 
Collyrio bbrealis — Butcher Bird. Fall and 
winter visitant. 
Fringillidce— Finches and Sparrows. 
Plectrophanes o matus — Chestnut - cpl o r e d 
Bunting. Resident in middle and western 
Kansas. 
Spizella socialis — Chipping Sparrow. 
Summer resident, not common. 
Zonotrichia querula— Harris* Sparrow. 
Migratory throughout the State; especially 
abundant in spring. 
Chondestes grammaca — Lark Finch. Sum- 
mer resident, abundant. 
Euspiza, Americana — Black-throated Bunt- 
ing. Summer resident, abundant on the 
prairie. 
Goniaphea ccerulea— Blue Grosbeak. A 
summer resident in western Kansas. 
Gyanospiza cyanea — Indigo-bird. Sum- 
mer resident, very common. 
Cardinalis Virginanus — Red-bird. Resi- 
dent, common. 
Pipilo erythrophthalmus—Chewmk ; Tow- 
nee Bunting. Summer resident, common. 
Icteridce — American Starlings ; Blackbirds. 
Doliclionyx oryzivorus — Bobolink. Sum- 
mer resident, common in spring. 
Molothrus pecoris — Cow-bird. Summer 
resident, abundant. 
Agelceus phceniceus — Red-winged Black- 
bird. Summer resident, abundant. 
Xanthoceplialus icterocephalus — Yello w - 
headed Blackbird. Summer resident, often 
in the same flock with the Cow-bird. 
Sturnella magna — Meadow Lark. Sum- 
mer resident, abundant. 
Var. neglecta — Western Lark. ' This varie- 
ty, though closely resembling the common 
Meadow Lark, has a different song, and pre- 
sents certain well marked and constant dif- 
ferences of plumage. Both varieties are 
abundant in Kansas. 
Icterus spurius — Orchard Oriole. Summer 
resident, common. 
I. Baltimore — Baltimore Oriole. Summer 
resident, common. 
Quiscalus purpureus — Crow Black-bird. 
Summer resident, abundant. 
{Continued.) 
Meteorological Report of the City of 
Oakland, California. 
BY J. B. TREMBLY, M. D., OAKLAND, CAL. 
Meteorological synopsis for the month of 
July, 1878. Observations taken at 7 A. M. 
and 2 and 9 p. m. Latitude 37° 48' 20" north. 
Longitude 120° 15' 20" west. Height above 
the sea 24 feet. 
BAROMETER. 
Mean barometer of the month 29.87 
Highest barometer, July 24, 2p.m 30.00 
Lowest " " 1, 7 a. m 29.71 
Monthly range 29 
thermometer. 
Mean temperature for the month 59.20 
Mean temp, of warmest day, July 12... 64.33 
" " of coldest day, July 31 56.33 
Maximum temp. July 12, 2 p. m 79. 
Minimum " " 31, 7 a. m 52. 
Greatest daily variation July 12 24. 
Least " " " 17 9. 
Monthly range of temperature 27. 
Mean daily range of temperature 13.06 
RECAPITULATION (bay nursery). 
Rainfall in inches during the month.. . 00.00 
" " since July 1st, 1878.. 00.00 
WIND— 93 OBSERVATIONS. 
Southwest and west 33 
Northwest and north 17 
Northeast and east 2 
Southeast and south 13 
Calm 28 
The month of July was uniformly cool ; 
but little variation of temperature existed, 
the mean morning temperature of the month 
was 54.64°, with only 5° difference between 
maximum and minimum temperature. Mean 
noon temperature 67.41; difference in ex- 
tremes 16° The comparative temperature of 
of the years of 1876, '77 and >78 are quite a 
curiosity: 
