302 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



238-o58-(27o). /ouotrichia albicollis (Omel.). * White-throated Sparrow. 



Abundant; throughout the entire state; September, April and May; migrant; not 

 uncommon migrant at this place; "though a migrant at Ann Arbor, nests abun- 

 dantly at Petoskey as late as July" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common in Grand Traverse 

 Co." (M. L. Leach); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "very abun- 

 dant on Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland^; "breeds freely in Northern Peninsula " (Prof. 

 Ludwig Kumlein); " exceedingly abundant at Palmer and throughout all of Mar- 

 quette Co. where it breeds abundantly, and where its song is heard everywhere; 

 also a common migrant at St. Joseph" (O. B. Warren); "summer resident as far 

 south as Grand Rapids" (Dr. M. Gibbs); S. E. White reports this as breeding 

 abundantly at Mackinac Island; eggs four to five; beautiful singers; usually seen 

 in flocks; N. A. Eddy reports this less abundant than the preceding at Bay City 

 where it precedes the other in both spring and fall migrations. 



Genus SPIZELLA Bonap. 



•23t)-5oJ)-(26S part). Spizella moiiticola {Gmel). *Tree Sparrow. 



Very common throughout the entire state; " often in flocks with the Junco Snow 

 Birds; "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "common in winter and 

 early spring at St. Joseph and very common at Palmer, Marquette Co." (O. B. 

 Warren); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); winter resident; October to April; flocks. 



240-5r>()-(2(»9). Spizella soeialis {Wils.). * Chipping Sparrow; Chjppie; Hair 

 Bird. 



Very common; throughout the state; April to October; "dates of arrival at Bay 

 City for nine years, between April 3 and April 22" (N. A. Eddy); "Mackinac 

 Island" (S. E. White); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "not seen in 

 the Northern Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "very 

 common summer resident at Albion, St. Joseph and Palmer " (O. B. Warren); 

 breeds abundantly; nests in May and June (Robt. H. Wolcott writes me that he 

 took nest with eggs at New Baltimore as late as August 4. 1893) in orchard 

 trees, evergreens, thorn bushes, etc., occasionally in buildings, "one in a straw 

 stack" (N. A. Eddy), "sometimes on the ground" (Dr. J. B. Steere); eggs three 

 to five, bluish green with specks of black and obscure brown; migrate south in 

 flocks; one of our best known and most friendly Sparrows. 



241-5<)l-(272). Spi/ella pallida (Swain.). Clay colored Sparrow. 



" Rare in Western Indiana and Northern and Western Illinois, probably visits 

 Michigan" (A. W. Butler); "breeds in Upper Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); 

 "doubtful if it breeds in Northern Peninsula" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); "a very rare 

 migrant " (A. B. Covert's Birds of Washtenaw Co., Michigan). 



242-5B3-(271). Spizella piisilla {Wils.). * Field Sparrow. 



Exceedingly abundant; throughout the entire state; " not abundant at Ann 

 Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "rare in Wayne Co." (B. H. Swales); "I don't con- 

 sider them rare in Wayne Co." (E. W. Durfee); " common at Palmer, and very 

 common at Albion and St. Joseph where it nests frequently in the cultivated 

 raspberry bushes" (O. B. Warren); "abundant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); 

 "rare at Bay City" (X. .\. Eddy); from April to October; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. 



