Birds of Cincinnati and Vicinity. i 
135.* Chordeiles virginianus, Bp. NIGHT HAWK. Summer resi- 
dent; common. 
FAMILY CypsELiIpa—Swifts. 
136.* Cheetura pelasgia, Steph. CHIMNEY SWIFT. Summer resi- 
dent; very abundant. Arrives about the middle of April and re- 
mains until after the first of October. 
Famity Trocwitipa&—Humming Birds. 
137.* Trochilus colubris, L. RUBY-THROATED HUMMING BIRD. 
Summer resident; common. 
FaAamity CucuLtipa—Cuckoos. 
138.* Coceyzus erythropthalmus, Bd. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. 
Summer resident; not as common as the next species. 
159.* Coccyzus americanus, Bp. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 
summer resident; common. 
Faminty Picipa— Woodpeckers. 
140. Hylotomus pileatus, Bd. PILEATED WOODPECKER. For- 
merly resident and common; now seldom seen in this portion of 
the State. 
141. Picus villosus, L. HAIRY WOODPECKER. Resident; not 
common. 
142.* Picus pubescens, L. DOWNY WOODPECKER. Resident; very 
common. 
145. Sphyrapicus varius, Bd. YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECK- 
ER. Winter visitor; not common. 
144.* Centurus carolinus, Bp. RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. Res- 
ident; common. 
145.* Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Sw. RED-HEADED WOOD- 
PECKER. Resident; abundant in summer, less so in winter 
146.* Colaptes auratus, Sw. GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER, 
FLICKER. Resident; common. The Flickers frequent orchards 
and thickets as well as the wooded districts and are gregarious in 
the fall and winter, when they are often seen on the ground, prob- 
ably in search of the pup of various insects. They are also very 
fond of wild grapes. 
ORDER Psitrraci—Parrots. 
Famity Arip#—Macaws, Parroquets, &e. 
(147.) Conurus carolinensis, Kuhl. CAROLINA PARROQUET. 
Large flocks of parrots formerly visited the State but they have not 
been known to do so recently. In 1888, Prof. Kirtland writes— 
‘the Parroquets do not usually extend their migrations north of 
the Scioto,’? and Audubon, in 1832, says, ‘‘ very few are found high- 
er than Cincinnati.”’ As Dr. Wheaton has said, however, they may 
make their appearance from the South-west some day when we least 
expect them, as has the Black Vulture, also a southern species, but 
recorded by the writer at Madisonville, in December, 1876. 
