ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



Gbnus CHONDESTES Swain. 



301 



23(>-.>52-(281). Choudestes granunacas (Say). Lark 'Sparrow; Lark Finch. 



Not rare in northern part of the state; summer months; "rare and irregular at 

 Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); '' Sault Ste. Marie'" (A. H. Boies); "rare in Monroe 

 Co., where two nests have been found " (Jerome TrombleyX^'May to August; arrives 



Lark Sparrow, natnral size. 



in flocks; "breeds irregularly and often very locally" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "not a 

 rare breeder in Wayne Co." (E. W. Durfee); "breeds in the Northern Peninsula" 

 (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); nests in June on the ground or in bushes; eggs four to 

 six, white with irregular lines of black or brown; "locally common, breeds" (Gibbs). 

 Dr. Atkins makes no mention of this bird but we have taken it here. 



Genus ZONOTRICHIA Swain. 



237-o54-(276). Zouotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). White-crowned Sparrow; 

 White-browed Sparrow; White-browed Crowned Sparrow. 



Common; probably a migrant; throughout the entire state, May and October; 

 "common spring and fall at Port Sanilac" (W. A. Oldfield); "Mackinac Island" 

 (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "breeds in the Northern Peninsula" 

 (Ludwig Kumlein); "doubtful if it breeds in Northern Peninsula " (Dr. A. K. Fisher); 

 "this beautiful singer is a rare migrant at Albion and a common migrant at 

 Palmer, Marquette Co." (O. B. Warren); migrant in Lower Peninsula; "less com- 

 mon in Monroe Co. than the White-throated Sparrow" (Jerome Trombley); solitary; 

 "generally gregarious during migration" (Dr. M. Gibbs); 'abundant spring and 

 fall, migrant at Bay City, average date of arrival May 15, many killed the night of 

 May 14, 1890, by electric light tower " (N. A. Eddy). 



White-throated Sparrow. 



White-crowned Sparrow. 



