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ter); ''April to November at Bay City" (N. A. Eddy); nestB in bulky but well 

 built nests in June and July, in* bushes, low trees, on f^rass tufts, near the ground, 

 or on the ground. Mr. Robt. H. Wolcott found a nest at Grand Rapids July 26, 

 1892. in a broken thorn apple tree eight feet from the ground; Dr. Atkins once 

 found a nest on a beech knot, one foot from the ground; eggs three to five, very 

 variable, usually grayish or pinkish white, specked with reddish brown. 



Genus CARDIN.\L1S Bonap. 



250 o{)S-(2i)9). Cardinalis cardinalis (Lmn.). ^Cardinal ; Cardinal Grosbeak; 

 Virginia Red Bird. 



Very rare; "never seen at Ann Arbor'" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "have taken a few 

 specimens in Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties" (A. H. Boies); "a gentleman in 

 Port Sanilac has a live male taken in town when quite young" (W. A. Oldfield); 

 •'a few are seen in Monroe Co. every spring" (Jerome Trombley); "a pair taken 

 in Kent Co." (S. E. White); set of eggs taken at Detroit, June 19, 1892 (W. A. 

 Davidson in O. and O., Vol. XVIL 1892, p. Ill ); Dudley E. Waters took a female 

 in Kent Co. August 10, 188.3, and a male October 24, of the same year. He 

 thinks he saw a young bird. Mr. Jerome Trombley writes me that a pair have 

 nested in Monroe for two years past. 



Genus HABIA Reich. 



Kose-breasted Grosbeak. 



251-695-(289). Hahia Indoviciana {Linn.). "Rose-breasted Grosbeak ; Rose- 

 breasted Song Grosbeak. 



Common; throughout the Southern Peninsula at least; May to Sept.; "Mackinac 

 Island" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "said to be common in 

 hard wood districts about Iron Mountain, but I have not taken it" (E. E. Brewster);" 

 " common at St. Joseph and Albion, where its song can be heard in the city evei-y 

 day of May and June, and common at Palmer, twenty miles from Marquette, where 

 it breeds" (O. B. Warren); L. W. Watkins informs me that this bird nests at 

 Manchester in low bushes, and also breeds at Traverse City; beautiful singer; often 

 seen in flocks; breeds; Mr. L. W. Watkins informs me that he took a male from 

 a nest of five eggs, on which he was sitting; nests in May and June, in orchards, 

 tall shrubs, forest trees, etc., occasionally high up. E. B. Boies reports a nest in 

 a thorn bush, April 19, 1891. Eggs three to five, bluish green, dotted with brown; 

 "male often incubates" (R. H. Wolcott); very beneficial to the farmer and horti- 

 culturist, even eats potato beetles as 1 have observed on several occasions: Forbes 

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