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White); nests in May; Mr. Robt. 11. Wolcott writes me that he took eggs at New- 

 Baltimore July 2.% 1893; in bushes or on the ground; eggs three to five, grayish 

 white, specked with brown; more shy than the Chipping Sparrow. This delightful 

 singer is a favorite with all lovers of nature. 



Genus J UNCO Wag. 



243-5(»7-(2(tl i»art). Juiico liyenialis (Linn.). * Slate-colored Junco; Common 

 Snow Bird; Junco; Black Snow Bird. 



Very common; flocks; winter; more common in Spring; not rare in summer, 

 north; "summer resident in Montcalm Co., but a migrant at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. 

 B. Steere); "Monroe Co. from early spring to May" fJerome Trombley); "common 

 summer resident at Mackinac" (S. E. White); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. 

 Brewster); breeds in the northern part of the state; " breeds in Northern Peninsula " 

 (H. Nehrling); "abundant in late fall and early spring and common in winter at St. 

 Joseph and Albion, and exceedingly abundant at Palmer where it breeds profusely, 

 everywhere you go you will see it in countless numbers" (O. B. Warren); "Kewee- 

 naw Point " (Kneeland); " nests at Traverse City, in excavations under logs " (L. 

 W. Watkins); "in bushes two to six feet high" (Gibbs); "on the ground" (Coues); 

 or "hole in stump" (Samuels); eggs four, white with reddish specks; reported by 

 Dr. Atkins at Locke, July 8, 1879, and by C. W. Gunn at Grand Rapids, a pair 

 apparently breeding, July 13, 1878 (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, p. 238); Mr. S. 

 E. White says this bird may breed in Kent Co. as he has taken it in June. These 

 Snow Birds often appear in quite large flocks; N. A. Eddy thinks it a winter resi- 

 dent in the Northern Michigan pine forests. 



244-567a-(263). Jnnco hyenialis oregoiins (Towns.). * Oregon Junco; Oregon 

 Snow Bird. 



"Accidental visitor" (Dr. M. Gibbs); rare; Dr. Atkins reports taking this bird 

 twice in April. This is quite probably an error. Prof. A. W. Butler thinks these 

 notes may refer to Junco hyemalis shufeldti, which has been taken at Lafayette, 

 Indiana. 



Genus MEL0?PIZA Baied. 



2-1:0-581 -(244). Melospiza fasciata [Gmel.). * Song Sparrow. 



Very common; throughout the entire state; from early spring till late fall; 

 occasional in February; " a few remain through the winter in Monroe Co." (Jerome 

 Trombley); "common summer resident at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "com- 

 mon at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds; "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 rears two or three broods a season" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "very abundant at 

 Albion and St. Joseph, where it arrives in late February and March, and at Palmer 

 Marquette Co., where it arrives the first week in April " (O. B. Palmer); nests m 

 April and May (Mr. Robt. H. Wolcott took eggs at New Baltimore July 23, 1893) 

 and August, in bushes, occasionally ten feet high, "have been found in holes of 

 apple trees " (Davie), or on the ground, often surrounded with snow; eggs four or 

 five, sometimes six, and very rarely seven. R. H. Wolcott reports a nest at Ann 

 Arbor, 1892, with seven sparrow eggs and one cow bird's egg. grayish or bluish 

 white, thinly, rarely thickly, dotted with varying shades of brown; beautiful singer; 



