8:2 
Tltc A^atiiralis 
Yellow-throat. Slimmer resident; 
breeds. ArriAes in]May and depai’ts 
in September. 
123 .—Icteria virens^ Yellow-breasted 
Chat. VeiT common summer resident; 
breeds. Arrives in April and departs 
in September. 
128.— Setoohaga ruticilla, American 
Redstart. Summer resident; breeds. 
Arrives last of April and departs last 
of September. 
135.— Vireosylvia olivacea^ Red-eyed 
Vireo. Common summer resident; 
breeds. 
139. — Vireosylvia gilva , War 1 > 1 ing \i~ 
reo. Common summer resident; breeds. 
Arrives in May and departs in Septem¬ 
ber. 
149.— Lanins ludovicianus, Loggei*- 
head Shrike. Occasionally seen. No 
record of its breeding in the county. 
151. — Ampelis cedrorum^ Cedar Wax- 
wing. Common resident; breeds. 
152. — Progne subis, Purple Martin. 
Common summer resident. Formerly 
very abundant, but its numbers have 
lessened since the introduction of the 
English Sparrow. Arrives in A})ril 
and departs in August. 
153. — P etrochelidon lunifrons^ Cliff 
Swallow. Very abundant summer resi¬ 
dent; breeds. Arrives in April and de¬ 
parts in September. 
154. — Hh'undo erythrogastra, Barn 
Swallow. Very almndant summer resi¬ 
dent ; breeds. Arrives in April and de¬ 
parts in September. 
157. — Cotile riparia^ Bank vSwallow. 
Common summer resident; breed. Ar¬ 
rives in April and dejiarts in Se[)tem- 
ber. 
158. —Stelgidopteryz serri'pen7iis^Mo>\\g\\ 
winged SwalloAv. Rare summer resi¬ 
dent; breeds. Found a nest in May, 
!88(). It was placed in a crevice of n 
Cor iipai lion. 
stone abutment, ai)out four and a half 
feet from the Avater. Could not get 
the eggs. 
191.— Pyranga rubra, Scarlet Tana- 
ger. Common summer resident; breeds. 
ArriA’es last of April jind dejiarts in 
Septemlier. 
To be continued. 
The Study of Birds. 
Odd hours may be Avell spent in 
watching and studying the habits of 
birds,especially the most common ones. 
It may be thought by most persons 
that there is nothing new to be learned 
about birds soAvell known as the ehi[)- 
ping sparrow or barn swalloAv, but 
many an interesting fact can be picked 
up bv anyone giving a little time to 
their study. Now some city person 
Avill say, what can a person learn about 
birds in a city V I have lived in the 
city some years, and the bulk of my 
study of birds and their habits liaA'c 
come Avhile in the city. Among the 
birds I haA'e noted as being common 
are the Robin, Catbird, Bluebird, Barn 
and (dirt'SAvallows, Phoebe, Kingbird, 
Nighthawk,Baltimore Oriole, Red-and- 
butf-shouldred Blackbird, CoAvbird, 
Crow,House Wren,Song SparroAv,Chip¬ 
ping Sparrow,Black Siioaa bii*d,MeadoAv 
Lark, Brown Creeper and Humming¬ 
birds, IMany more, both common and 
rare, are seen in the course of a season. 
All but four or five of the birds I luiA'e 
named nest inside of the city limits, 
some of them in our door yards. 
While birds have habits common to 
all the individuals of a species, they 
have also individual traits or peculiari¬ 
ties, that are interesting and shoAV 
som(‘ degree of reasoning poAver. The 
study of general anatomy could be iirof- 
