1 “ LIST OF THE BIRDS OF COHHAM, VIRGINIA. 
71. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Ground Robin; 
Towhre Bunting ; Ciiewink. —Summer resident ; rather 
common. Arrives April 17th. I have seen a pair of these 
birds mated on the 15th of May; the female had material 
for a nest in her bill. 
72. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. —Spring 
and autumn visitant; rather rare. Arrives in spring, about 
the second week in May. and is usually met with only in 
particular localities. 
73. Molothrus ater. Cow Bunting ; Cow Black¬ 
bird. —Summer resident; rather common. Arrives in 
April or earlier. 
74. Agelaeus phoeniceus. Red-winged Black¬ 
bird. —Resident greater part of year ; common in swampy 
fields ; breeds. The eggs are laid about the middle of 
May. 
75. Sturnella magna. Meadow Lark. —Resident; 
abundant. 
76. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. — Summer 
resident; rather rare. Arrives April 26th. 
77. Icterus galbula. Baltimore Oriole. —Sum¬ 
mer resident; common. Arrives April 26th. 
78. Scolecophagus ferrugineus. Rusty Black¬ 
bird.— Winter resident; rather rare. 
79. Quiscalus purpureus. Purple Grakle ; 
Crow Blackbird. — Summer resident; common; breeds. 
Arrives in March. 
80. Corvus americanus. Common Crow. —Res¬ 
ident ; abundant; breeds. 
[Mr. Ridgway, of the Smithsonian Institution, has ob¬ 
served* that the Fish Crow ( Corvus ossifragus) is very 
common at Charlottesville, which is fifteen miles distant 
from Cobham, on the Rivanna River.] 
^Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. VII, p. 250. 
