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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt:...(Gmel.) Family MICROPODIDAE Swifts 223 (423) Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica (Linn.) Family TROCHILIDAE Hummingbird: 224 (428) Ruby-throated hummingbird Trochilus colubris Linn. 24: (490) Fish crow Corvus ossifragus Wils. Family ICTERIDAE Blackbirda, orioles, etc. 242 (494) Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) 243 (495) Cowbird Molothrus ater (Bodd.) 244 (498) Red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.) 245 (501) Meadowlark Sturnella magna (Linn.) 246 (506) Orchard oriole Icterus spurius (Linn.) 247 (507) Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula (Linn.) 248 (509) Rusty blackbird Scolecophagus carolinus (Miill.) I This is included on the authority ot Mr Louis Agassiz I-'nertes. who reports the capture of a young bird oi this species at Ithaca, 11 Oct. 1897. See Auk, 1598,15: l89--S9. i Oberh olser has recently shown that the species name fa.u.-iata is untenable (or this 101-m and that melodia. should be adopted. See Auk, 16: 132-S3. 281 (583) Linco'ln's sparrow Melospiza lincolnii (Aud.) 282 (584) Swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana (Lath.) 283 (585) Fox sparrow Passerella iliaca (Merr.) 284 (587) Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.) 1 See Bul. Nun. orni club, 3: 132; Forest and stream, 1884, p. 424. 2 Thll western apeclel has once been taken on Long Island. See Auk, 6: 192, 1889. 3 One New York record. See Auk, 1890, T: 55. v 297 (613) Bam swallow Hirundo erythrogaster Bodd. 298 (614) Tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor (Vieill.) 299 (616) Bank swallow Clivicola riparia (Linn.) 300 (617) Rough-winged swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.) 1 Three species of shrikes have been recognized in New York state, but the status of the forms is not well understood, it often being a matter of difficulty to assign individual specimens to their...