308 (Marcu, 
*W:irunpo sBicoutor, Veerdll. 
Not a numerous specie8 with us. Arrives from the lst to the middle of April. 
*CoryLE RIPARIA, Linz. 
This numerous species perforates the banks of the lake, wherever the soil is 
sandy. , 
*CHETURA PELASGIA, Temm. 
Common. 
HALCYONID AL, (1 species.) 
*CERYLE ALCYON, Liz. 
Common. 
LANIADA®, (3 species.) 
*LANIUS BOREALIS, Veevé/. 
This large shrike is most numerous during fall and winter. A few, however, 
spend the summer in the middle and northern parts of this State. During 
winter they subsist on field mice (arvicola,) and small birds. 
*LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS, Linn. ? 
I much doubt whether the north-western and southern loggerhead are the 
same. Our bird is smailer than the southern, as described in the ornithological 
works, the adult male measuring 8$ to 12}; female §} to 10}. The nest and 
eggs, too, differ materially from Bachman’s description, as quoted by Nuttall, of 
those of the southern species. The Wisconsin bird constructs a compact nest, 
placed on the lower branches of a smal] tree. It is composed externally of 
small sticks and roots, filled in with strips of bark and the lint of various species 
of piants, and is amply lined with feathers, which almost conceal the six 
spotted eves. 
The male assists in incubation, which is completed in fourteen days. 
IT once shot a female just as the pair had commenced building. The male 
Went on and completed the nest, even to the soft lining of feathers, then took 
his stand on the topmost branch of the same tree, and continued watching 
almost constantly for three days, apparently awaiting the return of his mate. 
At the end of that time I missed him, and supposed he had abandoned the spot ; 
but the second day afterwards, he returned with a new bride, who appeared 
well satisfied with the waiting nest, and commenced laying immediately. 
They return to a particular tree to nest every year. This attachment is so 
great, that when the nest is destroyed, even after they commence incubation, 
they not unfrequently construct another on the same tree. Mice, young birds 
eand large insects compose their fare. ! 
Numerous on the border of the prairies. Arrive Ist of April; depart in 
October. 
LANIUS EXCUBITORAIDES, Sats. 
I shot a pair of birds of this species in March last (1853.) The female is faintly 
marked on the breast with pale brown undulating lines. This ts undoubtedly a 
distinct species. 
MUSCICAPID®, (14 species.) 
*TYRANNUS INTREPIDUS, Veevd/. 
Common. | 
*TYRANNUS CRINITUS, Liz. 
Not so common as the preceding. Inhabits the dark swampy woods, where 
the harsh sgweas of this species is frequently heard. 
*TYRANNULA FUSCA, Gmel. 
This familiar pewee is met with everywhere. 
*TYRANNULA VIRENS, 1t7222. 
Common in the deep solitary woods. 
