May, 1885.] 
AND OOLOGIST. 
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B atively, and though great interest 
manifested on the subject, little 
accomplished. The older writers 
were, perhaps, better versed in 
ge than the more recent authors, 
ions, particularly those of ljuttall, 
excellent, but the full series of 
lotes of a bird, and every? species 
ave never been described in detail. 
% Vireo arrives from tl^e 27th of 
i of May. About the middle of 
the birds usually seek for a loca- 
A nest w s begun oh the 12th 
e season, but such anj early effort 
is unusual. The birds depart for the /outli during 
the last part of September. 
67. [140.] Lanmreo flavifrons (iaeill.) Baird. 
Yellow-throated Yireo. A common Summer 
resident. Arrives worn April 25th to May 8th, 
and becomes common and tuneful soon after the 
first appearance. Breeds plentifully, but the 
found wi 
nests are very ran 
of the Yellow-throat are very pi 
be heard at quite a distance, 
song over a half mile away 
day. The modulation o 
means equal to the beauti 
and Warbling, but is chee 1 
degree of vivacity comm' 
songs, which is so inspir 
only nests which I have r 
us. The notes 
etrating and can 
I have heard the 
n a quiet Summer 
ong is not by any 
! otes of the Red-eye 
and possesses that 
to all the Vireos’ 
to the stroller. The 
were placed at 
an elevation of not moreihaii ten feet above the 
ground, and were situat/d at the forked extremi- 
ties of lower limbs. The news are, however, 
often built well up in t/ies. They are very neatly 
arranged structures and are surpassed in elegance 
of workmanship by yery few nests known to me. 
The outside is covered with licltens of various 
colors, the exterior /resenting a vesy neat appear- 
ance. The birds disappear in late ^September or 
early October. 
68. [141,] Lmfvireo solitarius (Vielll.) Baird. 
Blue-lieaded or Solitary Yireo. Never a com- 
mon species w/th us. If a collector secures one 
specimen each migration he is doing remarkably 
well. I liayfe not met with a dozen specimens 
during the /ast seventeen years in which I ly 21 
been taking notes. The Blue-head is tpnb 
transient /with us, and is found the secor 
third wofeks in May, as a rule. It occasic^h 
appears/ by the 5th of the month. It is nc 
cordedr later than the 20th of May with 
have wet to meet with two specimens in the si 
woods at one time.. The species may be social 
its /breeding haunts, but during migrations, so hi 
(my limited observations extend, it is pre-emiJ 
■ solitary. 
69. [148] "Tardus borealis (Vieill.) Great Norti 
■rn Shrike. An irregular transient, generally ap- 
pearing from the north in November, and return- 
ing north through our county inJMarcli. /6cca- 
sioVally seen throughout the winter singly or in 
Quite common some seasons; again rare 
for two or three successive years. Hhve met 
with this Shrike in^November, December, Janu- 
ary, February, March and April. Never seen 
here in VSummer, and only ‘rarely after”April'lst. 
It gives way to the more southern species, Lanius 
hidovicianusexcubitorides, which appears in March 
or late February. 
In looking over a copy of the 7 ' “O. and O.” of 
issue January, 1885, I find that Dr. Atkins em- 
braces the Great Northern Shrike in his list of 
the birds of Lbcke, Michigan, ’as a Summer bird. 
He, however, fjpls to embrace the White-rumped 
his list. There must be a mis- 
take somewhere! for I am. sure that the White- 
rump is common as far worth as 43° north lati- 
tude, while the Great Northern is not embraced 
by any reliable coHector' in the State as a Sum- 
mer resident. If this point could be definitely 
settled I would be greatly pleased, and trust that 
the collectors of the SState will give their experi- 
ence with this specie/ 
70. [149.] Laniunj l/iMovicianiis, Linn. Log- 
gerhead Shrike. ]?or years I confounded this 
species with the next foren, and have only within 
the last few year/ extricated myself from such a 
surprising and disagreeable dilemma. I cheer- 
fully make this’ acknowledgement of my error, 
because it may be that soi\e reader of the “O. 
and O.” with f whom I have, corresponded will 
call to mind remarks I made some years ago rela- 
tive to members of this genus , m which I was un- 
doubtedly wrong. After a careful study of the 
Shrikes I am convinced that tlfl^ species is rare 
with us a / compared to the WhiteVump, and may 
be considered as scarce in the State. The data 
that I liAve are still too meagre for publication. 
71. [f49 a.] Lanius ludovicianus Sexcubitorides 
(Sw.) Cones. White-rumped Shrike. .Very com- 
mon /in Kalamazoo County, for at Beast seven 
mon/hs of the .year. White-rump arrives about 
the/niddle of March, as a rule. In advanced sea- 
lie annears sometimes in the last %eek of 
Birds of KalamazooOounty.Mich, 
Dr. Morris Gibbs. 
74. [165.] Hesperiphona vespertina (Cooper.) Bp. 
Evening Grosbeak. A rare and very irregular 
Fall, .Winter and Spring visitor. My earliest 
record for the year is November 25th, while small 
flocks were seen in 1879 as late as May 1st. The 
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