Coues on Birds at Brooklyn Naval Hospital Grounds. 31 
LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED IN THE NAVAL HOSPITAL 
GROUNDS, IN BROOKLYN CITY* 
BY GEORGE HUGHES COUES. 
The Hospital enclosure contains about twenty acres, occupied by 
several public buildings and private residences ; the land is divided 
into ornamental grounds with large shade-trees, a cemetery, a 
kitchen-garden, and a cultivated field. Contiguous to the enclosure 
is a tract of marshy land containing five or six acres, overflowed at 
times by tide-water. The neighborhood is a populous one, and full 
of manufacturing establishments, the gaseous emanations from 
which are very noticeable. 
1. Falco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. — Very common. 
2. Falco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. — I have seen three indi- 
viduals. 
3. Buteo lineatus. Red-shouldered Hawk. — Quite common. 
4. Syrnium nebulosum. Barred Owl. — One seen in the imme- 
diate vicinity. 
5. Picus villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. — Common; but no in- 
stance of its breeding observed. 
6. Picus pubescens. Downy Woodpecker. — Common; breeds. 
7. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. — 
Common during; summer. 
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8. Colaptes auratus. Golden-winged Woodpecker. — Common ; 
breeds. 
9. Trochilus colubris. Ruby-throated Humming-Bird. — Com- 
mon. 
10. Chsetura pelagica. Chimney Swallow. — Common; breeds. 
11. Chordiles popetue. Night-Hawk. — Common. 
12. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — Common. 
13. Tyrannus carolinensis. Kingbird. — Common; breeds. 
14. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — Common ; 
breeds. 
15. Turdus fuscescens. Tawny Thrush. — Very common. 
16. Turdus migratorius. Robin.* — Very common ; breeds. 
* This list, prepared at my request by my nephew, who has proved himself 
a close observer, is of interest as showing how many birds may be found in the 
very heart of a great city. Others than those here given doubtless occur, the 
present list being restricted to those actually observed, and identified beyond 
question. — E. C. 
