April, 1881.] 
AND OOLOGIST. 
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charming nse could the well-to-do owners 
of country places put a little money than 
importing and acclimating the song birds 
of the Old World. They would be confer¬ 
ring a lasting blessing upon the people by 
introducing the skylark, the woodlark, the 
titlark, the blackbird, the thrush, the lin¬ 
net, the green, gold, bull, and chaffinches, 
the nightingale, and other European warb¬ 
lers so famed in song and story, and so 
dear to every lover of rural life.” 
We make the above extracts from a long 
article by Mr. Hales, in the JV. Y. Sun of 
March 28th, and we regret not having 
space for the entire article, and fear we 
will not be able to see the birds while in 
conhnment. The mere mention of the 
above list of birds bring us back to “Boy¬ 
hood’s happy days,” when every bird men¬ 
tioned was as familiar as the common 
“Robin” of the U. S. we hope Mr. 
England will be successful in his effort, 
being liberated South of the “North Riv¬ 
er,” they will no doubt work down to 
West Jersey, and possibly Deleware, as 
V inter approaches. Should they ever be¬ 
come plenty in this Country they are an 
excellent bird for the young sportsman to 
practise on. 
Scarlet Tanager. 
Dates of the arrival of the Scarjet Tana¬ 
ger, Pyranga rubra, for 25 years, in 
Locke,Ingham County, Michigan. This spe¬ 
cies is a common summer resident, and 
was first observed by me in the summer of 
1842. It was found breeding for the first 
time May 27th, 1878. The nest was built 
on a horizontal limb of a beech tree, 25 
feet from the ground. I have only found 
two nests since that date. 
May 4,1856. May 14,1864. May 6. 1873. 
May 18,1857. June 5, 1865. May 8, 1874. 
May 8,1858. May 10,1866. May 10, 1875. 
May 6, 1859. May 17, 1867. May 12, 1876. 
May 4,1860. May 15, 1868. May 12, 1877, 
May 4, 1861. May 14, 1869. May 1, 1878. 
May 12,1862. May .5, 1870. May 10, 187‘). 
May 4, 1863. May 6, 1871. May 3, 1880. 
May 2, 1872. 
Baltimore Oriole. 
Dates of the arrival of the Baltimore 
Oriole, {Icterus bsdtimore,) for 25 years in 
the township of Locke, Ingham County, 
State of Michigan. This species is a com¬ 
mon summer resident, and wms first no¬ 
ticed by me in the summer of 1842. 
May 2, 1856 May 8, 1865. May 8, 1873. 
May 11,1857. May 8, 1866. May 9, 1874. 
May 5, 1858. M.ay 5,1867. May 10, 1875. 
Apr. 28,1859. May 5, 1868. May 9, 1876. 
Apr. 30,1860. May 4, 1869. May 5, 1877. 
May 1, 1861. May 5, 1870. May 1, 1878. 
May 10,1862. May 1, 1871. May 5, 1879. 
May 10, 1863. May 7, 1872. May 3, 1880. 
May 8, 1864. Dr. II. A. Atkins. 
Bird Notes. 
A Hawk Owl, {Suruia ulula hadsonica.) 
was killed at Gorham, N. Y. in Nov. 1875. 
The young man who shot it informs me 
that he was on horseback when the bird 
was first seen and rode very near without 
flushing him. Leaving his horse, he re¬ 
turned with his gun and secured the bird. 
The weather was very mild. I do not think 
that the Hawk Owl has before been record¬ 
ed as a bird of central New York. 
Killdeek {Negialitis vociferns) is not a 
very common summer resident though 
very well known, arriving from March 1st 
to the 15th and departing the last of Octo¬ 
ber. The following notes of its breeding 
may be of interest: 1869 May 4, 1875 June 
I, 1878 Juoe 12, 1879 April 23, 1880 June 
II, 1880 June 18. The eggs were four in 
every instance, and in one case were laid 
in the mellow ground of a corn-field wfith- 
out any indication of its usually pebbly nest. 
Indigo Bird {Cyanospisa Cyrmea.). —I 
have taken the nest of this bird on the fol¬ 
lowing dates: 1875 June lO; 1875 July 
19, 1878 July 2, July 4 and Aug. 13, 1880 
1880 May 30. The farmers formerly ^las- 
tured the woods with sheep and there was 
then no underbrush, but this custom is 
now discontinued and the woods are filled 
with a dense growth of bushes, and this 
bird is now abundant where, previous to 
1874, they were rare or entirely unknown. 
J. M. Howey, Canadaigua, N. Y. 
