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Karl Plath—Notes from a Chicago Aviary

1 pair Red-eared Bulbuls ( Otocompsa emeria).


] Yellow-crowned Bulbul ( Trachycomus ochrocephalus). Its song is beautiful

and varied ; many of the notes having an organ-like quality.


1 Finch-billed Bulbul. I do not know the species but it is not Spizixos

canifrons . It has no crest and a white ring separates the black head from the

greyish-green breast. ,


I pair Fairy Bluebirds ( Irena turcosa).


1 pair Mountain Bluebirds ( Sialia currocoides ). Male very beautiful.

Cerulean above and turquoise below. Female mouse coloured. Blue on wings

and tail.


1 pair Western Bluebirds ( Sialia occidentalis). Differs from the better

known Sialia sialis in its all-blue head, grey-blue under parts, and a patch of

deep chestnut on each shoulder. The chestnut on the sides and front of breast

is also of a deeper tone. The blue is of a slightly deeper tint but one must

see the birds together to distinguish the difference. This pair has nested

several times but always throw the young out of the nest. Female is a paler

edition of the male.


1 Olive-backed Thrush ( Hylocichla u. swainsoni).


2 Hermit Thrushes ( H . guttata pallasi).


2 Wren Tits ( Chamcea fasciata ). Peculiar to the State of California.


2 Blue Tanagers ( Tanagra cana).


1 pair Scarlet Tanagers ( Pyranga erythromelas).


1 Western Tanager (P. ludovicianus).


1 Brazilian Scarlet Tanager ( Ramphocelus brasilius).


1 Maroon Tanager (P. carbo).


1 Chestnut-headed Calliste ( Tangara vitriolina).


1 Black-cheeked Calliste (T. cay ana).


1 Blue-winged Calliste (T. cyanoptera).


1 Emerald Calliste (T. guttata).


1 European Waxwing ( Bombycilla garrula).


2 Cedar Waxwings (B. cedrorum).


3 Pekin Robins ( Liothrix lutea).


1 Blue-naped Coly ( Colius macrourus). Six years in the aviary.


1 Black and white Warbler ( Mniotilta varia)


3 Bay-breasted Warblers ( Dendroica castanea)


1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (D. c. ccerulescens)


2 Myrtle Warblers (D. c. coronata)


2 Audubon Warblers ( D. auduboni)


3 Tennessee Warblers {Vermivora peregrina)


1 American Redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla)


1 Long-tailed Chat ( Icteria virens longicauda)


1 Ovenbird ( Seiurus aurocapillus)


•2 New Zealand White-eyes {Zosterops ccerulescens).


2 Japanese White-eyes {Z. japonica).


2 Spotted-breasted Hangnests {Icterus pectoralis).


1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak {Hedymeles ludovicianus).


1 Nonpareil {Passerina ciris). (Odd, in the fact that its green back changed

to red almost as bright as the breast. Has been thus for several years.)


1 Lazuli Bunting {Passerina amcena).


2 Leclancher Buntings {Passerina leclancheri).


1 Napoleon Weaver {Pyromelana afra).


2 Orange Weavers (P. franciscana).



These American

Wood Warblers

are among the

daintiest of

birds. Very

rich colouring.



