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rare. Perhaps its southern limit. Seen only in severe winter 
weather. 
96. Vireo ( Vireosylvia) olivaceus , (Linn.,) Vieill. — Red-eyed Yireo 
Summer resident. Found in all the high, open woods, from April 
20 to September 25. The most abundant summer resident. 
97. Vireo gilvus , (Vieill.,) Bon. — Warbling Vireo. Summer resi- 
dent. Common. Arrives April 20, and remains until September 20. 
Frequents orchards, gardens, Ac. ; also, sometimes, low, thick swamps ; 
and is especially abundant in the city , breeding in the high sycamore 
and poplar trees. Very seldom seen in woods with other vireos. 
98. Vireo ( Lanivireo) solitarius, (Wils.) Vieill. — Blue-headed 
Vireo. Spring and autumn visitant. (Some breed?) Arrives in 
spring April 25; leaves in fall October 20. Rare|t of the vireos. 
Inhabits high, open woods, associating with V. olivaceus and V. fia - 
vifrons . 
99. Vireo (. Lanivireo ) fiavifrons , Vieill.-— Yellow-throated Vireo. 
Summer resident. Abundant. Arrives April 25; remains until Sep- 
tember 25. High, open woods. [Vireo philadelphicus, Cass., has never 
been actually detected, but is undoubtedly a very rare inhabitant of 
the District.] 
100. Mimus polyglottus , (Linn.,) Boie. — Mocking Bird. Summer 
resident; but rare. Arrives April 25; departs about the middle of 
September. 
101. Mimus car olinensis, (Linn.,) Gray.— Cat Bird. Summer resi- 
dent. Exceedingly abundant. Found in all briar patches, along fences, 
and in thickets. Arrives in spring, the 3d week in April. Seems 
rather careless in concealing its nest, but very solicitous in protect- 
ing it. Departs about October 15. 
102. Harporhynchus rufus, (Linn.,) Cab. — Thrasher. “French 
Mocking Bird/’ “ Sandy Mocking Bird.’ ; Summer resident. Abun- 
dant. Arrives April 20, departs first week in October. 
103. Thriothorus ludovicianus , (Linn. , ) Bon. — Great Carolina W ren. 
Permanent resident. Not abundant, but most so in the summer; 
breeds in thick shrubbery, Ac., about gardens; at other seasons is 
very shy and unfamiliar. 
104. Cistothorus (Telmatodytes) palustris, (Wils.) Bd. — Long Billed 
Marsh Wren. Summer resident. Arrives 3d week in April, leaves 
early in October. Very abundant, but only in certain localities; 
chiefly in the tracts of Zizania aquatica , which border the Potomac 
and Anacostia rivers [Cistothorus stellar is, though we have not been 
able to detect it, is doubtless found sparingly here.] 
105. Troglodytes cedon, Vieill. — House Wren. Summer resident. 
Very abundant. Arrives April 15, leaves October 20. Breeds in boxes, 
out-houses, sheds, Ac., and in orchards. 
106. Anorthura hyemalis, (Wils.) — Winter Wren. Winter resident; 
rather uncommon. Arrives 1st week in October; remains until latter 
part of April. Frequents thick briar patches in dark woods, and the 
rocks and gullies about ravines and the sides of creeks. 
107. Certhia americana , Bon. — Brown Creeper. Resident all the 
year. High, open woods. Abundant. 
