The evening times., 1899-09-01

The following $50 species of birds lave
been recorded in the District of Colum Dia,
Maryland, and Virginia during the month
of September:
The pied-billed grebe, water witch or
well-diver, is here all the month, and is the
only diver recorded in September The
herring and laughing gulls have been spar
ingly noted. The earliest date on the ring
billed gull is the 18th, but during the lat
ter part of the month it is the most COM
mon gull. The common, least, and black
ferns are also here. though not in any
numbers. Ducks are not common during
September. The black duck and wood
duck are here in small numbers, also the
blue-wing teal. The earliest baldpate is
recorded on the 18th. the first rudddy duck.
eoot or greaser on the 25th, the first Mer-
ganser or shelldrake on the 10Th, and,
strange to say, redheads. in single in
stance, appeared on the 9Th.
The great blue heron, or crane, the green
heron, or poke, and the black-crowned
night heron are here all the month and
possibly only a few bitterns- The last
agret, or great white heron, is recorded on
the 1st, and the last little bittern on the
9Th. King rails are here sparingly and
soras in numbers while the oath is the
latest date for Virginia rail- The first coot,
or crowbill, is recorded on the 18th. The
woodcock is still on hand, though just now
it is having holiday, except for an ac-
casional pot-hunter. The earliest jack
snipe is recorded On the 9Th.
There is but little inducement for these
birds TO linger near Washington, but the
following have been recorded. all in limited
numbers Least and semipalmated sand
pipers, both commonly called peeps. red
backed. solitary, and spotted sandpipers,
greater ard lesser yellowlegs, killdeer and
ring -necked piover. The pectoral sand
piped or grass snipe, has been recorded
from the % 10 the 10Th: the last Bartram-
ian sandpiper, or upland plover, on the 18th.
and single golden ployer on the Sth- On
the 9Th, 1898, three Silt sandpipers were
shot and another one seen. This last spe-
cies is quite rare. Bob White, thanks 10
the Game Association, is still in evidence
in the open country, and the ruffied grouse,
or pheasant, holds its own in the woods.
| Wild pigeons used to be numerous Doves,
however. are still numerous.
The turkey buZzard scars around. as
usual and the marsh. sharp-shinned, Coop
ers, red tailed, red-shouldered, broad-wlns-
ed sparrow and fishfawks are here; also
Uncle Sans great American screamer. the
bald eagle. The barred, screech, and great
horned owls are also here.
Yellow billed and b!ack-hillet cuckoos,
commonly called rain-crows, are with US all
the month, and also the kingfishsr
The hairy, downy, red-headed. and red
belIied woodpeekers and the flicker are here,
as usual: the red-belly, however, Is rare
The first yellow -bellied sspsucker is record
nr-W III fFnafn r-Na~ll
noted on the 2Sth, while the bullbat, or
night hawk, holds over into October.
The Phoebe, or bridge pewee. the WOOL
newee and the yeilow-beilied fiycateher
occur all month; the last, however, IS
quite rare; the last kingbird Or bee tnarln
/ is noted on the 18th; the last Acadlan or
little green flycatcker on the Goth, and the
last crested flycatcher on the 2oth, whlle
the least 1ycatcher is only recorded Loiii
| the llth to the 2Sth. Blue jays, crows,
aud hsbcrows all the month, a'so bob
olinks better known at this time OF the
wear as reeGbirds. cowbirds, red-wlnged
! iIaclbirds. meadow larks, orchard and
Baltimore orioles and purple gTackles or
| CROW bIackbirds The first rusty black
! birds on the 30th, and on the 10Th and
18th single individuals OF the yellow
headed blackbird were taken; these birds
are quite rare here, though numerous In
the Mississippi Valley and West
Sparrows are well represented, the god
finch. baywing. grasshopper, Hensio"'s S
shipping, field and song sparrows being
near all month, also the towhee, cardlhai
redbird and the indigo bird. The first
! Savannah sparrow arrived On the All. The
rose breasted grosbeak on the Sth, swamp
sparrow on the 18th, white-throated spar
| row on the 2lst, snowbird on the I'D,
white-crowned and tree sparTows on the
9th and purple finches on the 18th
Scarlet and summer tanagers are still
| on hand, also the purple martin The last
records fer the other swallows are as fol-
| lows: Cliff swallows, 18th; barn swallow,
25th; three or whte-bellied swallow, 18th;
bank swallow, 2Sth, and rough-winged
swallow. sth. Cedar birds are common,
while a few logger-head shrikes occur. Al
so the red-eyed and yellow -throated viroes.
| The first Philadelphia viroe is reported on
the 4th and the first blue-headed on the
18th. while the last white-eyed viroe oc-
CURED on the 10Th
Socner or later the ornithologist gets to
the warblers, and how can he help it, they
are all beautiful bright-colored. and in
teresting. even to one not scientifically in
clined. September is their great fall
month. Those that are here all month
are the black ard white. parula, yellow,
| black-throared blue, magnolia, black
throated green. pine, and mourning warb-
| lers. oven bird, water thrush, Maryland
| yeIlow-throat, and redstaTt
The following will arrive during the
month: Nashville, Cape May bay breasted.
black poll, yellow palm. ard Connecticut.
Others leave. the last being as follows:
| Worm-eating, blue-wiuged, golden winged.
cerulean. chestnut-sided, prairie Louisiana
wather thrush, Kentucky, yellow-breas
| chat. hooded. and Canadian. Catbirds.
| brown thrashers, or sandy mocking birds
| Carolina house and marsh Yrens are COM
mon. The earliest winter wren was roted
| on the Goth, as was also the brown creeper
The white bellied nuthatch Is here regu-
| larly but the red-bellied is here trregu-
larly, sometimes not coming at all, its car
| lest arrival, however, being recorded on
| the llth. Tufted tits and Carolina chicka-
dees are here regularly. The golden n-crown-
ed kinglet is first noted on the 25th, and
| the ruby crown on the 24th. while the 14th
records the last blue-grey gnatcatcher
| Wood thrushes, Wilson's thrushes. robins
4 and bluebirds are here all month. The first
J grey-checked thrush arrived the sth
and the first olive backed thrush on the
| 18th.
ACCUSED OF FATAL POISONING.