Bulletin - United States National Museum . hborhood of Little Falls, where it breedson the cliffs. Arrives the third week in April and departs about themiddle of September. [1^1] 6§. (9o.) Progne subis {Linn.) Bd. (P. purpurea of the original edition.) PurpleMartin. A summer resident; common. Arrives the 1st of May and leavesearly in September. Many still breed in the city, about the publicbuildings, nesting iu the capitals of the columns, especially of the Gen-eral Post-Office. But they have had a hard fight for it with the EnglishSparrows, and though able to hold their own w hen once engaged
Bulletin - United States National Museum . hborhood of Little Falls, where it breedson the cliffs. Arrives the third week in April and departs about themiddle of September. [1^1] 6§. (9o.) Progne subis {Linn.) Bd. (P. purpurea of the original edition.) PurpleMartin. A summer resident; common. Arrives the 1st of May and leavesearly in September. Many still breed in the city, about the publicbuildings, nesting iu the capitals of the columns, especially of the Gen-eral Post-Office. But they have had a hard fight for it with the EnglishSparrows, and though able to hold their own w hen once engaged, theyare so much hurried and worried that their numbers have sensiblydiminished since the introduction of the pests. [165J Family : Chatterers. 69. (94.) Ampelis cedrorum (Yieill.) Bd. Cedar-bird; Cedar Wax wing ; Ce-dar-lark. Kesident all the year round, and abundant, particularly in the birds are highly gregarious, being almost always seen in com-pact flocks. They breed the latest of all our summer residents, being. Fig. 24.—Head of Cedar-bird, nat. size. observed to flock as late as the first week in June. They are less fre-quently observed during the breeding than at other seasons. In thefall, when they grow very fat, they are frequently offered for sale in themarkets. , [167] 54 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. Family VIKEONID^}: Greenlets. 70. (96.) Vireo olivaceus (Linn.) Vieill. Red-eyed Greenlet. A summer resident, and decidedly the most abundant of all the wood-land birds during that season. It is found in every piece of high, openwoods from the 15th of April to the 20th of September, and is one ofthe most industrious and persevering of songsters, whose voice noteven the noon of the dog-days can still. [170] Vireo philadelpMcus, the Brotherly-love Greenlet, is undoubtedly arare inhabitant of the District, liable to turn up any spring or fall. 71. (97.) Vireo gilvus ( Vieill.) Bp. Warbling Greenlet. A common summer resident, arriving April 20 and remaining
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