10 Brown on Birds observed at Coosada, Alabama. 
69. Icterus spurius ( Z .) Bp. Orchard Oriole. — Arrived April 8, 
and by the 13th of the month both sexes were found in abundance. I met 
with them almost everywhere except in the deep woods, but they were 
most numerous amongst the scattered pine saplings which have sprung up 
in once cultivated fields. There is a great variation in the musical abilities 
of different males. Immature birds sing a brief strain which can almost 
always be distinguished from the more elaborate song of their older breth- 
ren ; but the most talented old males are by far the finest songsters that I 
heard in the South. Their melody is gushing and fervid, and often bears 
a remarkable resemblance to the inimitable outpourings of the Bobolink. 
70. Scolecophagus ferrugineus ( Gm .) Sw. Rusty Grackle. — 
Not very common winter visitant. I. was surprised to see them so late as 
about the middle of April. 
71. Quiscalus purpureus var. aglaeus (Bd.) Cs. Florida Grackle. 
— Apparently not very common resident. 
72. Corvus americanus var. floridanus (Aud.) Bd. Florida Crow. 
— Not very common resident. 
73. Corvus ossifragus Wils. Fish Crow. — Not uncommon, but 
apparently not resident, and seen only in their flights from one part of the 
country to another. They were most extraordinarily shy, and all attempts 
to secure specimens, either by direct approach or strategically, resulted in 
failure. 
74. Cyanurus cristatus (L.) Sw. Blue Jay. — Very common resi- 
dent, and, to one who has known the species only at the North, remarka- 
bly tame. I observed them feeding in the streets of Montgomery, and 
unsuspiciously flying about much after the manner of the domestic pigeons 
of Northern cities. The obvious reason is, as Dr. Brewer has observed of 
their kind in the West, that they have not in Alabama been driven to shy 
and solitary habits by constant persecution and cruelty. I secured a nest 
with two fresh eggs on April 28. 
75. Tyrannus carolinensis (Z.) Temminck. Kingbird. — Arrived 
March 30. Not very common. 
76. Myiarchus crinitus (Z.) Cab. Great-crested Flycatcher. 
— Common after April 8 in all localities. 
77. Sayornis fuscus (Gm.) Bd. Pewee. — Rather uncommon win- 
ter visitor, usually inhabiting deep pine woods. 
78. Contopus virens (Z.) Cab. Wood Pewee. — Arrived April 9 ; 
rather common thereafter. 
79. Empidonax acadicus (Gm.) Bd. Acadian Flycatcher. — 
Common after April 20 in swampy woods. No females were taken. The 
cry of the male is very like that of Traill’s Flycatcher. 
80. Antrostomus carolinensis (Gm.) Gould. Chuck-will’s- 
widow. — Arrived April 10 ; became rather common. A fanciful imagi- 
nation may detect in this bird’s cry a resemblance to the syllables of its 
common name, but the resemblance is certainly very slight. Heard at a 
