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84. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Chewink. — Common migrant and 
summer resident. This is another species in which the coloring seems 
much more intense than in the same birds taken in Massachusetts and 
New Jersey. Particularly is this to be noticed in the females. Out 
of a series of forty females taken, all had distinctly black feathers in the 
throat, save four, and in some of them this blackness amounted to a de- 
cided patch on the brown of the throat. 
85. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. — Bather common mi- 
grant. First noted May 2. In a few days they became quite common. I 
noticed them on May 21, and afterward about five days later, so that 
some may breed. 
86. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — Common migrant and summer 
resident. 
87. Ageiseus phceniceus. Bed-winged Blackbird. — Bather 
common summer resident. 
88. Xanthocephalus icterocephalus. Yellow-headed Black- 
bird. — Not very common. A few seen in May. Breeds. 
89. Sturnella ludoviciana. Meadow Lark. — Common resident. 
A much more familiar bird than in the East. Not at all shy. 
90. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. — Common summer resi- 
dent and migrant. First noted May 1. 
91. Icterus baltimore. Baltimore Oriole. — Common migrant 
and summer resident. First noted May 1. 
92. Scolecophagus ferrugineus. Busty Blackbird. — Common 
migrant. Noted as late as April 23. 
93. Quiscalus purpureus. Crow Blackbird. — Common migrant 
and summer resident. 
94. Corvus americanus. Common Crow. — Not very common. 
Breeds. 
95. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. — Very familiar and common 
residents, breeding in the gardens in town, and much less shy than the 
Bobin is in the East. Nest and three eggs taken April 27. 
96. Tyrannus carolinensis. Kingbird. — Common migrant and 
summer resident. First noted April 27. 
97. Myiarchus crinitus. Great-crested Flycatcher. — Bather 
common migrant and summer resident. First noted May 2. 
98. Sayornis fuscus, Bridge Pewee. — Common migrant and 
summer resident. 
99. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. — Bather common, arriving 
late, as in the East. 
100. Empidonax acadicus. Small Green-crested Flycatcher. 
— Bather common. Arrives early in May. Breeds. 
101. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — Not common. 
First seen May 1. Migrant. 
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