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=========================================+=====+=======+======== |Gray |Britton|Measured | | | Feet -----------------------------------------+-----+-------+-------- Agropyrum repens (L.) Beauv. | | 4 | 4¾ Asparagus officinalis L. | | 7 | 8¾ Polygonum orientale L. (Ohio) | | 8 | 9 Allionia nyctaginea Michx. |3 | 3 | 5 (Oxybaphus nyctagineus Sw.) | | | Silene antirrhina L. |2½ | 2½ | 3 Argemone alba Lestib. | | | 5 Lepidium virginicum L. | | | 2½ Baptisia leucantha T. & G. | | 4 | 5½ Amorpha canescens Nutt. |3 | 3 | 4¾ Kuhnistera candida (Willd.) Kuntze | | 2 | 3¼ (Petalostemon candidus Michx.) | | | Acuan illinoensis (Michx.) Kuntze |4 | 3 | 8 (Desmanthus brachylobus Benth.) | | | Meriolix serrulata (Nutt.) Walp. |1¼ | 1½ | 2½ (Oenothera serrulata Nutt.) | | | Gaura biennis L. |8 | 5 | 10½ Apocynum cannabinum L. |3 | | 8 Marrubium vulgare L. | | 3 | 3½ Datura tatula L. (Ohio) | | 5 | 7 Verbascum thapsus L. (Ohio) | | 7 | 8 Cicuta maculata L. |6 | 6 | 7⅓ Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos (L.) MacM. | | 5 | 8 (S. vulgaris Michx.) | | | Dipsacus fullonum L. (Ohio) | | 6 | 7½ Legouzia perfoliata (L.) Britt. |1⅔ | 2 | 3 (Specularia perfoliata A. D. C.) | | | Ratibida columnaris (Sims) D. Don |2 | 2½ | 2⅚ (Leptachys columnaris T. & G.) | | | Achillea millefolium L. | | 2 | 2½ -----------------------------------------+-----+-------+--------
CAMPUS BIRDS
A LIST OF BIRDS RECORDED BY THE WHEATON ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB, FOR THE O. S. U. FARM AND CAMPUS.
ROBERT F. GRIGGS.
The first list of Campus birds was published by the Wheaton Club in the “Agricultural Student” for March, 1898. Since that time a number of additional species have been reported and it has been thought advisable to republish the entire list, inserting the additions in their proper places. The list below contains 137 species. It is compiled from the records of the Wheaton Club, excepting those species for which Prof. J. R. Taylor is given credit. Only those species of which nests, eggs, or fledgelings have been observed are reported as breeding. The names are preceded by the A. O. U. check list number. Further additions will be published from time to time.
Ord. PYGOPODES.
Fam. PODICIPIDAE. GREBES.
6. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.) Pied-billed Grebe, occasional.
Ord. ANSERES.
Fam. ANATIDAE. DUCKS, GEESE, etc.
137. Anas americana Gmel. American Widgeon, Bald-pate, occasional. 154. Clangula hyemalis (Linn.) Old squaw, occasional. 172. Branta canadensis (Linn.) Canada Goose, regular migrant.
Ord. HERODIONES.
Fam. ARDEIDAE. HERONS and BITTERNS.
190. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.) American Bittern. 191. Ardetta exilis (Gmel.) Least Bittern, accidental. (J. R. Taylor.) 194. Ardea herodias Linn. Great Blue Heron. 201. Ardea virescens Linn. Green Heron, common, breeds.
Ord. PALUDICOLAE.
Fam. RALLIDAE. RAILS, GALLINULES, etc.
221. Fulica Americana Gmel. Coot, occasional.
Ord. LIMICOLAE.
Fam. SCOLOPACIDAE. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, etc.
228. Philohela minor (Gmel.) American Woodcock. 230. Gallinago delicata (Ord.) Wilson’s Snipe. 256. Totanus solitarius (Wils.) Solitary Sandpiper, occasional. 263. Actitis macularia (Linn.) Spotted Sandpiper, common.
Fam. CHARADRIIDAE. PLOVERS.
273. Ægialitis vocifera (Linn.) Killdeer, common, breeds.
Ord. GALLINAE.
Fam. TETRAONIDAE. GROUSE, etc.
289. Colinus virginianus (Linn.) Quail, generally one or two flocks, breeds.
Ord. COLUMBAE.
Fam. COLUMBIDAE. PIGEONS and DOVES.
316. Zenaidura macroura (Linn.) Mourning dove, abundant, breeds.
Ord. RAPTORES.
Fam. CATHARTIDAE. AMERICAN VULTURES.
325. Cathartes aura (Linn.) Turkey Buzzard, occasional.
Fam. FALCONIDAE. HAWKS.
333. Accipiter cooperi (Bonap.) Cooper’s hawk, occasional. 337. Buteo borealis (Gmel.) Red-tailed hawk, occasional. 343. Buteo latissimus (Wils.) Broad-winged hawk. 360. Falco sparverius Linn. American sparrow hawk, common, breeds. 364. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.) American Osprey, accidental, reported by Mr. C. B. Morrey, during a spring flood.
Fam. BUBONIDAE. HORNED OWLS.
373. Megascops asio (Linn.) Screech Owl, common, breeds. 375. Bubo virginianus (Gmel.) Great Horned Owl, occasional.
Ord. COCCYGES.
Fam. CUCULIDAE. CUCKOOS, etc.
387. Coccyzus americanus (Linn.) Yellow-billed Cuckoo, common, breeds. 388. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.) Black-billed Cuckoo.
Fam. ALCEDINIDAE. KINGFISHERS.
390. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.) Belted King-fisher, common, breeds.
Ord. PICI.
Fam. PICIDAE. WOODPECKERS.
393. Dryobates villosus (Linn.) Hairy Woodpecker, common, resident. 394. Dryobates pubescens (Linn.) Downy Woodpecker, common, resident, breeds. 402. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, migrant. 406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.) Red-headed Woodpecker, common, breeds. 409. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.) Red-bellied Woodpecker, resident. 412. Colaptes auratus (Linn.) Flicker, common resident, breeds.
Ord. MACROCHIRES.
Fam. CAPRIMULGIDAE. NIGHT-HAWKS, etc.
417. Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.) Whip-poor-will. 420. Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.) Night-hawk.
Fam. MICROPODIDAE. SWIFTS.
423. Chaetura pelagica (Linn.) Chimney Swift, common, breeds.
Fam. TROCHILIDAE. HUMMINGBIRDS.
428. Trochilus colubris (Linn.) Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Ord. PASSERES.
Fam. TYRANNIDAE. FLYCATCHERS.
444. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.) Kingbird, common, breeds. 452. Myiarchus crinitus (Linn) Crested Flycatcher. 456. Sayornis phoebe (Lath.) Phoebe, common. 461. Contopus virens (Linn.) Wood Pewee. 466a. Empidonax traillii (Aud.) Traill’s Flycatcher, breeds. 467. Empidonax minimus Baird. Least Flycatcher. (J. R. Taylor.)
Fam. ALAUDIDAE. LARKS.
474. Otocoris alpestris (Linn.) Shore Lark, winter visitant. 474b. Otocoris alpestris praticola Hensh. Prairie Horned Lark.
Fam. CORVIDAE. CROWS, etc.
477. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.) Blue Jay, common resident, breeds. 488. Corvus americanus Aud. Crow, seen at all seasons.
Fam. ICTERIDAE. BLACKBIRDS, etc.
494. Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) Bobolink, common. 495. Molothrus ater (Bodd.) Cowbird, common, breeds. 498. Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.) Red-winged Blackbird. 501. Sturnella magna (Linn.) Meadow Lark, common, breeds. 506. Icterus spurius (Linn.) Orchard Oriole. 507. Icterus galbula (Linn.) Baltimore Oriole, common, breeds. 509. Scolecophagus carolinus (Müll.) Rusty Blackbird. 511b. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (Ridgw.) Bronzed Grackle, Crow Blackbird, common, breeds abundantly.
Fam. FRINGILLIDAE. FINCHES and SPARROWS.
517. Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.) Purple Finch. --. Passer domesticus (Linn.) English Sparrow, superabundant, breeds. 529. Spinus tristis (Linn.) American Goldfinch, common. 533. Spinus pinus (Wils.) Pine Siskin. 540. Poocaetes gramineus (Gmel.) Vesper Sparrow, common, breeds. 542a. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.) Savannah Sparrow. 546. Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.) Grasshopper Sparrow, almost certainly breeds though no nest has been found. 552. Chondestes grammacus (Say.) Lark Sparrow. 554. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.) White-crowned Sparrow. 558. Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.) White-throated Sparrow. 559. Spizella monticola (Gmel.) Tree Sparrow, common, winter resident. 560. Spizella socialis (Wils.) Chipping Sparrow, common, breeds. 563. Spizella pusilla (Wils.) Field Sparrow. 567. Junco hyemalis (Linn.) Snow-bird, common, winter resident. 581. Melospiza fasciata (Gmel.) Song Sparrow, abundant, resident, breeds. 583. Melospiza lincolni (Aud.) Lincoln’s Sparrow. 584. Melospiza georgiana (Lath.) Swamp Sparrow. 585. Passerella iliaca (Merr.) Fox Sparrow. 587. Pipilio erythropthalmus (Linn.) Towhee, common resident. 593. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.) Cardinal, common resident, breeds. 598. Passerina cyanea (Linn.) Indigo Bunting, common, breeds. 604. Spiza americana (Gmel.) Dickcissel.
Fam. TANAGRIDAE. TANAGERS.
608. Piranga erythromelas Vieill. Scarlet Tanager. 610. Piranga rubra (Linn.) Summer Tanager, May 4, 1899. (J. R. Taylor.)
Fam. HIRUNDINIDAE. SWALLOWS.
611. Progne subis (Linn.) Purple Martin, common. 613. Chelidon erythrogaster (Bodd.) Barn Swallow, common, breeds. 617. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.) Rough-winged Swallow.
Fam. AMPELIDAE. WAXWINGS.
619. Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.) Cedar-bird, Cherry-bird.
Fam. LANIIDAE. SHRIKES.
622. Lanius ludovicianus Linn. Loggerhead Shrike.
Fam. VIREONIDAE. VIREOS.
624. Vireo olivaceus (Linn.) Red-eyed Vireo, breeds. 627. Vireo gilvus (Vieill.) Warbling Vireo, common spring migrant. 628. Vireo flavifrons Vieill. Yellow-throated Vireo. 629. Vireo solitarius (Wils.) Blue-headed Vireo.
Fam. MNIOTILTIDAE. WOOD WARBLERS.
636. Mniotilta varia (Linn.) Black and White Creeper, common migrant. 639. Helmitherus vermivorus (Gmel.) Worm-eating Warbler. 641. Helminthophila pinus (Linn.) Blue-winged Warbler. 642. Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.) Golden-winged Warbler. (J. R. Taylor.) 645. Helminthophila ruficapilla (Wils.) Nashville Warbler. (J. R. Taylor.) 647. Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.) Tennessee Warbler. 648. Compsothlypis americana (Linn.) Parula Warbler. 650. Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.) Cape May Warbler. 652. Dendroica aestiva (Gmel.) Summer Warbler, common, breeds. 654. Dendroica caerulescens (Gmel.) Black-throated, Blue Warbler. 655. Dendroica coronata (Linn.) Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle Warbler. 657. Dendroica maculosa (Gmel.) Magnolia Warbler. 659. Dendroica pensylvanica (Linn.) Chestnut-sided Warbler. 660. Dendroica castanea (Wils.) Bay-breasted Warbler. 661. Dendroica striata (Forst.) Black-poll Warbler, common fall migrant. 662. Dendroica blackburniae (Gmel.) Blackburnian Warbler. 667. Dendroica virens (Gmel.) Black-throated Green Warbler. 671. Dendroica vigorsii (Aud.) Pine Warbler. 672. Dendroica palmarum (Gmel.) Palm Warbler. 674. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.) Ovenbird. 675. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.) Water-thrush. 676. Seiurus motacilla (Vieill.) Louisiana Water-thrush. (J. R. Taylor.) 677. Geothlypis formosa (Wils.) Kentucky Warbler. 678. Geothlypis agilis (Wils) Connecticut Warbler. 681. Geothlypis trichas (Linn.) Maryland Yellow-throat. 683. Icteria virens (Linn.) Yellow-breasted Chat, breeds. 684. Sylvania mitrata (Gmel.) Hooded Warbler. 685. Sylvania pusilla (Wils.) Wilson’s Warbler. (J. R. Taylor.) 687. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.) American Redstart, common migrant.
Fam. TROGLODYTIDAE. WRENS, etc.
704. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.) Cat-bird, common, breeds abundantly. 705. Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.) Brown Thrasher, common, breeds. 718. Thryothorus ludovicianus (Lath.) Carolina Wren, common resident, breeds. 721. Troglodytes aëdon Vieill. House Wren, common, breeds. 722. Troglodytes hiemalis Vieill. Winter Wren.
Fam. CERTHIIDAE. CREEPERS.
726. Certhia familiaris americana (Bonap.) Brown Creeper, common winter visitant.
Fam. PARIDAE. NUTHATCHES, etc.
727. Sitta carolinensis Lath. White-breasted Nuthatch, common resident. 728. Sitta canadensis Linn. Red-breasted Nuthatch, migrant. 731. Parus bicolor (Linn.) Tufted Titmouse, common resident. 735. Parus atricapillus (Linn.) Chicadee.
Fam. SYLVIIDAE. KINGLETS, etc.
748. Regulus satrapa Licht. Golden-crowned Kinglet, common. 749. Regulus calendula (Linn.) Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 751. Polioptila caerulea (Linn.) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
Fam. TURDIDAE. THRUSHES, etc.
755. Turdus mustelinus Gmel. Wood Thrush, common, breeds. 756. Turdus fuscescens Steph. Wilson’s Thrush, Veery. 757. Turdus aliciae Baird. Gray-cheeked Thrush. 758a. Turdus ustulatus swainsonii (Cab.) Olive-backed Thrush. 759b. Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii (Cab.) Hermit Thrush. 761. Merula migratoria (Linn.) American Robin, abundant, breeds. 766. Sialia sialis (Linn.) Bluebird, common.
MINOR PLANT NOTES. No. 1.
W. A. KELLERMAN.
An introductory paragraph to this series may be short as will be the notes that follow. Suffice therefore to say that from time to time the field jottings and short notes of observations on the plants of our State flora will be presented. Not only those made myself but others which may be kindly communicated to me for this purpose by botanists, amateurs, students and other observers will find a place in the series. An especial invitation is extended to pupils in our High Schools and to teachers throughout the State to contribute suitable material which in many cases may be of great interest and importance. Sub-heads will be used thus making it possible to scan the notes easily.
PUCCINIA SMILACIS.--This Black Rust which has the various species of Green Briar for its host, was noticed in extraordinary quantity the past season in Scioto, Adams and Brown Counties. It was abundant only on Smilax glauca--called in that region the Saw Brier--but not uncommonly occurred on S. hispida and S. rotundifolia. It was also remarkable in this respect namely that the teleutospores (the black or winter spores) were excessively abundant: the uredospores (red or summer spores) could be found only when search was made. The observation here recorded pertains to the first half of the month of November. I have occasionally noticed uredospores in quantity on Smilax leaves in the various parts of Ohio but never before found the winter-spores common. It should perhaps be added parenthetically that _Dicœoma_ having the priority over Puccinia is really the generic name that should be used, but the commoner designation may here be tolerated.
QUERCUS ACUMINATA.--The Chestnut or Yellow Oak (name in Gray’s Manual Quercus Muhlenbergii) is described as “a tall tree with thin _flaky_ bark” (Gray), or “a tree with gray _flaky_ bark” (Britton); and in fact many of the White Oaks are said to have “_flaky_” bark. The Quercus acuminata is very abundant in central Ohio and is of common occurrence in many parts of the State. It is rare that the “flakiness” of the bark or a tendency to separate in plates, is pronounced or conspicuous in our Chestnut Oak trees. The single good example I have found is here shown in Fig. 1 reproduced from a photograph of a specimen growing in Hayden’s ravine near Columbus. Both trees shown are the same species but the smaller one has merely furrowed, not flaky, bark, and it is a fair representative of the trunks of this Oak as they occur in our vicinity. The usual form of bark is perhaps more clearly shown in Fig. 2, which is from a photograph of a large tree standing near the Horticultural Hall of the Ohio State University. This specimen has leaves remarkably narrow for Q. acuminata but the trunk is similar in appearance to the trees which have broad leaves.
[Illustration: _Fig. 1._]
[Illustration: _Fig. 2._]
HELIANTHUS MAXIMILIANI.--Maximilian’s Sunflower whose habitat and range are given in Britton and Brown’s Illustrated Flora as “on dry prairies, Minnesota, and Manitoba to the Northwest Territory, Nebraska and Texas” may be said to be out of place in Ohio. Yet Mr. R. F. Griggs found it (a single plant) in the season of 1900 (cf. O. S. U. NATURALIST, 1:16) at Sandusky, Erie County. In a package of interesting plants sent to the State Herbarium recently by Mr. Otto Hacker, fine herbarium specimens of this conspicuous species were furnished. Mr. Hacker says that he observed it near Painesville (Lake County) six or seven years ago by railway tracks, where it is still flourishing.
LOTUS CORNICULATUS.--This European Lotus, with such common names as Bird’s foot, Trefoil, Ground Honeysuckle, Bloom-fell, Crowtoes, Cat’s-clover, and Sheepfoot, was collected at Painesville by Mr. Otto Hacker in nursery grounds. This is the second time this waif has been recorded for Ohio, the first case being reported by Mr. Ricksecker, of Oberlin.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Prof. Thomas A. Williams, editor-in-chief of the Asa Gray Bulletin and assistant chief of the Division of Agrostology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, died on the morning of Dec. 23, 1900.
At the 10th annual meeting of the Ohio State Academy of Science, held at Columbus, on December 26 and 27, thirty-one papers were read--12 pertaining to botany, 8 to zoology, 6 to geology, 3 to meteorology, and 2 to anthropology. The following are the officers for the coming year: President, August D. Selby, Wooster; 1st Vice Pres., Rev. H. Herzer, Marietta; 2nd Vice Pres, Mrs. W. A. Kellerman, Columbus; Secretary, E. L. Moseley, Sandusky; Treasurer, Herbert Osborn, Columbus; members of executive committee besides the president, secretary and treasurer, Thos. Bonser, Carey; Lynds Jones, Oberlin; trustees, F. M. Webster, Wooster; H. C. Beardslee, Cleveland; W. R. Lazenby, Columbus; publication committee, F. M. Webster, Wooster; John H. Schaffner, Columbus; L. H. McFadden, Westerville; Librarian, W. C. Mills, Columbus.
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Transcriber’s Note:
This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below.
Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, upside down, reversed, or partially printed letters, were corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added.
The following spelling corrections were made:
existance to existence synonyn to synonym Onio to Ohio miscroscopic to microscopic Querqus to Quercus Suppies to Supplies.