(Dendroica maculosa. 657.)
Back and tail, black; crown blue-gray; yellow rump;yellowbelow, streaked with black on breast and sides; white patch on wings; broad white band across tail, seen from below.Myrtle Warbler.Cape May Warbler.
(Astragalinus tristis. 529.)
Canary-yellow, with black crown, tail and wings; white wing-bars; female olive-tinged, without pure black or yellow; in flocks; canary-like song; also sings in its undulating flight, “per-chic-o-ree, per-chic-o-ree.”Yellow Warbler.
(Dendroica æstiva. 652.)
Yellow all overshading to olive on back; orange-brown streaks on breast; female not so yellow and less streaked; song, penetrating and unceasing; nests in Lincoln Park.American Goldfinch.
(Tyrannus tyrannus. 644.)
Dusky black; below white;tail tipped with broad band of white; fire-red patch on crown, usually concealed; spreads its tail like a fan when about to alight.
(Icterus galbula. 507.)
Bright orange, with black head, throat, back and wings; two white wing-bars; female smaller, brownish-yellow and showing little black; loud call, “co-weet´, co-weet´, co-weet´;” song noteworthy.Orchard Oriole.Scarlet Tanager.
(Piranga rubra. 610.)
Vermillion all over;no black; female yellowish-olive and usually near the male; very rare.Cardinal.
(Empidonax flaviventris. 463.)
Bright olive-green, with dark-brown tail and wings; yellowish wing-bars; sulphur-yellow below,brightest between legsand tinged elsewhere with pale olive; yellow eye-ring; call, a soft, slow whistle, “pe´-a.”Yellow-throated Vireo.Least Flycatcher.Pine Warbler.
(Dendroica blackburniæ. 662.)
Black streaked with white; middle of crown, throat and sides of head,flaming orange; black patch behind eye; white wing-bars; female duller; usually high up among the leaves.Prothonotary Warbler.
(Seiurus aurocapillus. 674.)
Olive-green showing yellow tinge; below pure white, thickly spotted;orange-brown capbordered with black stripes; scratches like a hen; tilts tail up and down; under shrubbery; note, “teacher” repeated rapidly with increasing emphasis.Water-Thrushes.
(Vireo olivaceus. 624.)
Olive-green; crown, slaty; white below, lightly tinged on sides;dark line above a white one over eye; clear, persistent song; nests in Lincoln Park.Warbling Vireo.
(Setophaga ruticilla. 687.)
Male black, withsix flame-colored spots; female olive, withsix yellow spots; spreads its tail like a fan; song, “chee, chee, chee, chew.”
(Dendroica tigrina. 650.)
Yellowish-olive spotted with black on back; crown very dark; cheeks yellow with anorange-brown ear patch; yellow below, black streaks on breast; wing-bars; song all on one note.Black-throated Green Warbler.Magnolia Warbler.
(Piranga erythromelas. 608.)
Scarlet, with black wings and tail; female olive-green, usually near by; rather sluggish; note, “chip, chree;” song noteworthy.Cardinal.Summer Tanager.
(Vireo flavifrons. 628.)
Bright olive-green, shading to ashy-blue on rump;yellow throatand breast, sharply defined against white belly; line around eye and to the bill, yellow; two white wing-bars; fine song.Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.Blue-headed Vireo.
(Zamelodia ludoviciana. 595.)
Black, including throat, with white rump and wing-patches; breast white with a brilliant rose-red blotch; lining of wings also rose-red;large beak; female yellowish-brown, darkly mottled, no red; sluggish; remarkable song.
(Progne subis. 611.)
Blue-black all over; female lighter and streaked with grayish-white below; often nests in bird houses; twittering song.Tree Swallow.Chimney Swift.
(Icteria virens. 683.)
Olive-green; bright yellow below, bellywhite; region about eye black, marked with a white line above eye; white spot and shorter line below eye; the largest warbler; remarkable song.Dickcissel.Western Yellow-Throat.Yellow-Throated Vireo.
(Dendroica cærulescens. 654.)
Slaty-blue; below white, with black throat and sides;conspicuous white patch on wing; female grayish, no black, but may be recognized bywing patch;hoarsenote, “kree, kree.”Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
(Helminthophila rubricapilla. 645.)
Olive-green; head and neck bluish gray; indistinct brown patch on crown;bright yellow below; no wing bars;white eye ring; song, not loud, “wee´-see, wee´-see, wit´-a-wit´-a-wit´.”Tennessee Warbler.
(Vireo gilvus. 627.)
Mouse gray, with olive rump; white below, tinged with greenish yellow; creamy-white around the eye; song, rippling warble.Red-eyed Vireo.Least Flycatcher.
(Vireo solitarius. 629.)
Olive-green;ashy-blue head; pure white below, sides yellowish; line around the eye and to the bill, white; two white wing-bars; song, noteworthy.Yellow-throated Vireo.
(Icterus spurius. 506.)
Male, richchestnut-brownwith black head, wings and tail, narrow white wing-bar; female olivaceous above and greenish-yellow below with two white wing-bars; young male like female but with black throat; high trees; loud, clear song.Baltimore Oriole.
(Telmatodytes palustris. 725.)
Brown, almost black on head, tail and between shoulders, the latter streaked with white; barred only on wings and tail;line over eyeand middle of breast white;long bill; spluttering song.Other Wrens.
(Dendroica castanea. 660.)
Ashy-brown, black-streaked; black cheeks and forehead; throat, upper part of breast, sides and crown,rich chestnut brown; white wing-bars.Chestnut-sided Warbler.
(Compsothlypis americana. 648.)
Grayish-blue,yellowish across the back; throat and breast yellow, latter crossed by brownish band; wing-bars; peculiar song.Blue Golden-winged Warbler.
(Contopus virens. 461.)
Dark olive-brown; brownish black on wings and tail; frowsy head; below white, showing olive tinge on sides; two narrow white wing-bars; plaintive note repeated slowly and often, “pee´to-way´, pee´-to-way´, hee´-rue.”Phoebe.Least Flycatcher.
(Dolichonyx orizivorus. 494.)
Male black with light back, creamy buff on neck; female, sparrow colored, streaked above; long merry musical song; open fields; in Lincoln Park usually seen in flocks flying overhead, singing on the wing.
(Helminthophila chrysoptera. 642.)
Blue-gray; crown andpatch on wing, golden yellow;throat, and stripe through eye,black; white below; song, drawling “zee, zee, zee, zee.”Parula Warbler.
(Cyanospiza cyanea. 598.)
Indigo blue; wings and tail blackish; female brown; in flocks; often feeds in the grass; noteworthy song.Bluebird.
(Prothonotaria citrea. 637.)
Entire head, neck and breast,bright orange yellow; blue-gray wings, rump and tail; female duller; prefers shrubbery near water.Blackburnian Warbler.Yellow Warbler.
(Helminthophila peregrina. 647.)
Olive-green, brightest on rump; head and neck, blue gray;dull white below; faint white line over eye; no wing-bars; song, shrill and feeble.Nashville Warbler.
(Geothlypis philadelphia. 679.)
Bright olive-green; head, neck, throat and upper part of breast,bluish ash; yellow belly; black band on breast; about bushes and in the grass; noteworthy song.Connecticut Warbler.
(Dendroica pennsylvanica. 659.)
Back shows black streaks mixed with olive-green; yellow cap; white below with daintychestnut markings on sides of breast; song, “chee, chee, chee, chee´ar.”Bay-breasted Warbler.
(Antrostomus vociferus. 417.)
Mottled, strongly resembling the bark of certain trees; narrow white band across upper part of breast; big head; in daytime liesmotionless,lengthwise a branch.Nighthawk.
(Dendroica cærulea. 658.)
Azure-blue, marked with black on back and sides of head; white below, streaked with blue; two white wing-bars; frequents tree-tops; song resembles that ofParula.Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
(Wilsonia mitrata. 684.)
Olive-green; yellow below; head, neck and upper breast, black;yellow “mask” across forehead and cheeks; white spots on tail; female less black.Western Yellow-throat.Wilson Black-cap Warbler.Canadian Warbler.
(Dendroica striata. 661.)
Streaked black and white;black crown; white cheeks; below white with line of black spots down sides; tree-tops; song, a staccato musical “chink” repeated rapidly.Black and White Creeper.
(Coccyzus americanus. 387.)
Bronzy olive-gray; white below;lower half of curved bill yellowtipped with black; outer tail-feathers black tippedbroadlywith white; wings show areddish-brown tinge in flight; glides stealthily from tree to tree and keeps concealed among the leaves; slowly droops and raises its tail when perching; song, loud “kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk.”Black-billed Cuckoo.Mourning Dove.
(Wilsonia canadensis. 686.)
Bluish-lead color; yellow below with a necklace of black spots; no wing-bars; noteworthy song.Magnolia Warbler.
(Wilsonia pusilla. 685.)
Bright olive-green; yellow below;black cap; in low bushes.Pine Warbler.Female Western Yellow-throat.
(Melospiza lincolni. 583.)
Finelystreaked with black and brown; white beneath, withbroad buff bandacross the breast and down the sides; narrow streaks on throat, upper breast and sides; dark stripe on each side of throat from corner of mouth; very shy.SongandSwamp Sparrows.
(Trochilus colubris. 428.)
Iridescent green and purple; male has ruby-red throat; frequents flowering shrubs and plants; darts here and there and poises in mid air with wings vibrating so rapidly that they make a humming noise; “squeaky note.”
(Chordeiles virginianus. 420.)
On the wing overhead after insects just before or at dusk; long, pointed wingsshowing a white patch; flight resembles that ofChimney Swift; sharp note, “skeep;” often nests on the flat roofs of city buildings.Whip-poor-will.
(Coccyzus erythropthalmus. 388.)
Bronzy olive-gray; white below; billentirelyblack;only a little whiteon tail; movements like those ofYellow-billed Cuckoo; song, soft “coo-coo, coo-coo.”Yellow-billed Cuckoo.Mourning Dove.
(Hylocichla aliciae. 757.)
Uniform olive; below white,very palelysuffused with buff; cheeksgray tinged; breast and sides of throat, spotted; usually silent in Lincoln Park.Olive-backedandother Thrushes.
(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. 497.)
Black; head, throat and breast,yellow; white wing patch; female dark brown, yellow markings duller, no wing patch; female smaller than male.
(Spiza americana. 604.)
Streaked; ashy on head and neck; white chin;black throat patch;yellow breast; white belly;line over eye, yellow; wings show chestnut brown; female has less yellow and no throat patch.Yellow-breasted Chat.Meadowlark.
(Geothlypis agilis. 678.)
Olive-green; head ashy with throat darker;white ringaround eye; belly yellow; wings long and pointed; low bushes and swampy places; penetrating call-note.Mourning Warbler.
(Centurus carolinus. 409.)
Black and white, back, wings and tailbarred transverselyand very evenly; below grayish-white,tinged with red; top of head and back of neck crimson; female, crown gray; rare.Red-headed Woodpecker.Hairy Woodpecker.
In this table the birds are arranged according to the order of their comparative frequency or rarity, based upon personal observations inLincoln Park. The abundance of the birds—that is, the number of individual birds of different species—is in no wise shown, but simply the relative representation of each species. For instance, out of a total of 454 mornings, covering observations during six years, theRobinwas seen on 383 different mornings.
The record for 1902, during the absence of the authors, is that of Mr. H. V. Bozell.