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PORTLAND, CONN. 
FRIDAY EVENING, MArbli/lfel'i 
Birds About Our Home*. 
For the purpose of lhxwttatmg ^ ih'J 
extent to which ornithological observa- 
tions may be made in the thickly settled 
portion of a village, I give the following 
list of species which I have seen light 
within the fenced enclosure about my 
house. 
1. Quail Colinus virginianus 
2. Red-tailed Hawk Euteo borealis 
3. Sparrow Hawk Falco sparverius 
4. Screech OavI Megascops asio 
5. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 
Coccyzus americanus 
6. DoAvny Woodpecker 
Dryobates pubescens 
7. Yellow-billed Sapsuclcer .. 
Sphyrapicus varius 
S. Flicker Colaptes auratus 
9. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 
10. Hummingbird Trocliilus colubris 
11 . Kingbird .Tyrannus tyrannus 
12. Phrebe Sayornis phoebe 
I 13. WoodPewee Contopus virens 
14. Least Flycatcher. . . .Empidonax minimus 
15 . Blue Jay Cy an ocitt a cristata 
16. Crow Corvus americanus 
17. Bobolink Doliclionyx oryzivorus 
IS. Cowbird Molotlirus ater 
19. Red- winged Blackbird 
Agelaius pliceniceus 
20. Meadowlark Sturnella magna 
21. Orchard Oriole leterus spurius 
22. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 
23. Rusty Blackbird . . Scolecohagus Carolines 
24. Purple Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 
24a. Bronzed Grackle 
Quiscalus quiscula aeneus 
25. Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enuicleator 
26. English SparroAv Passer domesticus 
27. Purple Finch Cai-podacus purpureus 
28. Redpoll Acanthis linaria 
29. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 
30. Snowflake Plectrophenax nivalis 
31. Vesper SparroAv — Poocaetes gramineus 
32. White- throated Sparrow 
Zonotricliia albicollis 
33. Tree Sparrow Spizella monticola 
34. Chipping Sparrow Spizella socialis 
35. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 
36. Slate-colored Junco Junco liyemalis 
37. Song Sparrow Melospiza fasciata 
38. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 
39. Chewink Pipilo erythrophthalmus 
40. Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
Habia ludoviciana 
41. Indigo Bunting Passenna cyanea 
42. Scarlet Tanager — Piranga erythromelas 
43. Purple Martin Progne subis 
44. Bank Swallow Clivicola riparia 
45. Cedar Waxwing ...A mpelis cedrorum 
46. Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 
47. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 
48. Warbling Vireo — .* Vireo gilvus 
49. Yellow-throated Vireo — Vireo flavifrons 
i fik, T'laok and White Warbler, Mniotilta varia 
j 51. Nashville Warbler 
Helminthopliila ruficapilla 
52. Parula Warbler 
Compsothlypis americana 
53. Cape Maj F Warbler Dendroica tigrina 
54. YcIIoav Warbler Dendroica aestiva 
55. Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Dendroica caeruleseens 
56. Myrtle Warbler Dendroica coronata 
57. Magnolia Warbler... Dendrocia maculosa 
58. Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Dendroica pensylvanica 
59. Bay -breasted Warbler, Dendroica castane 
60. Black -poll Warbler Dendroica striata 
61. Blackburnian Warbler 
Dendroica blackburniae > 
62. Black-throated Green Warbler ! 
Dendroica virens 
63. Pine Warbler Dendroica vigorsii 
64. Yellow Palm W arbler — 
Dendroica palmarum hypoehrysea 
65. Oven bird Seiurus aurocapillus 
66. Water-Thrush Seiurus noveboracensis 
67. Maryland Yellow-throat 
Geothlypis trichas 
68. Wilson's Warbler Sylvania pusilla 
69. Canadian Warbler. .Sylvania canadensis 
70. American Redstart — Setophago ruticilla 
71. Catbird Galeoscoptes carolinensis 
, 72. Brown Thrasher — Harporhynchus rufus 
" 73. House Wren Troglodytes aedon 
74. Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 1 
75. Brown Creeper j 
Certhia tamiliaris americana 
: 76. White-breasted Nuthatch 
j Sitta carolinensis 
i 77. Chickadee Parus atricapillus 
78. Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Regulus satrap a 
79. Ruby-croAvned Kinglet 
Regulus calendula 
80. Wood Thrush Turdus mustelinus t 
81. WMson’s Thrush Turdus fuscescens 
82. Hermit Thrush & 
Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii 
83. Robin Merula migratoria j 
84. Bluebird Sialia sialis | 
The following species not included | 
in above list have been noticed hying ! 
! over: 
1. Canada Goose Branta canadensis ! 
2. Night Heron Nycticoraxhiaevius 
3. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter velox 
4. Bald Eagle Haliaetus leucocephalus 
5. Fish Hawk 
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis 
! 6. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon 
( 7. Nighthawk Cliordeiles virginianus 
8. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon lunifrons 
j 9. Barn SwallOAv Chelidon erythrogaster 
10. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 
Jno. H. Sage. 
Portland, Conn. , May 13, 1887. 
