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The Nelson E. Jones Family's Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio
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Plate

Common Name
As in Text | Current

Scientific Name
As in Text | Current
Pl. I Baltimore Oriole | Baltimore Oriole Icterus Baltimore | Icterus galbula
Pl. II Wood Thrush | Wood Thrush Turdus mustelinus | Hylocichla mustelina
Pl. III Black-billed Cuckoo | Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus | Coccyzus erythrophthalmus
Pl. IV Indigo Bird | Indigo Bunting Cyanospiza cyanea | Passerina cyanea
Pl. V Red-winged Blackbird | Red-winged Blackbird Agelaeus phoeniceus | Agelaius phoeniceus
Pl. VI Kingbird | Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus carolinensus | Tyrannus tyrannus
Pl. IX Loggerhead Shrike | Loggerhead Shrike Collurio ludovicianus | Lanius ludovicianus
Pl. X Pewit Flycatcher | Eastern Phoebe Sayornis fuscus | Sayornis phoebe
Pl. XV Summer Warbler | Yellow Warbler Dendroeca aestiva | Dendroica petechia
Pl. XVI Field Sparrow | Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla | Spizella pusilla
Pl. XVII Catbird | Gray Catbird Mimus carolinensis | Dumetella carolinensis
Pl. XVIII Quail (Bob-White) | Northern Bobwhite Ortyx virginianus | Colinus virginianus
Pl. XXV, Fig. 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Ruby-throated Hummingbird Trochilus colubris | Archilochus colubris
Pl. XXV, Fig. 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea | Polioptila caerulea
Pl. XXVI Chipping Sparrow | Chipping Sparrow Spizella socialis | Spizella passerina
Pl. XXVII Green Heron | Green Heron Ardea virescens | Butorides virescens
Pl. XXVIII Purple Martin | Purple Martin Progne purpurea | Progne subis
Pl. XXXV Traill’s Flycatcher | Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii | Empidonax traillii
Pl. XXXVI Blue Jay | Blue Jay Cyanurus cristatus | Cyanocitta cristata
Pl. XXXVIII Meadow Lark | Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna | Sturnella magna
Pl. XLIII American Goldfinch | American Goldfinch Astragalinus tristis | Carduelis tristis
Pl. XLVI Long-billed Marsh Wren | Marsh Wren Telmatodytes palustris | Cistothorus palustris
Pl. XLIX, Fig. 1 Sparrow Hawk | American Kestrel Tinnuatulus sparverius | Falco sparverius
Pl. XLIX, Fig. 2 Cooper’s Hawk | Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooper | Accipiter cooperii
Pl. XLIX, Fig. 3 Red-shouldered Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus | Buteo lineatus
Pl. XLIX, Fig. 4 Red-tailed Hawk | Red-tailed Hawk Buteo borealis | Buteo jamaicensis
Pl. LII Cedar Waxwing | CedarWaxwing Ampelis cedrorum | Bombycilla cedrorum
Pl. LV Lark Finch | Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammica | Chondestes grammacus
Pl. LVI Downy Woodpecker | Downy Woodpecker Picus pubescens | Picoides pubescens
Pl. LXV Golden-crowned Thrush | Ovenbird Siurus auricapillus | Seiurus aurocapilla