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doiil»t of its breeding. ITe further states: " Tliere is a small ])iece of 

 woodlaiul ill this place where surely tliey cannot l»e considered rare. 

 Have seen several that I've not been able to shoot. fhey are very 

 shy. You just barely get a glimpse of oik; and have just time to get 

 an idea of what it is, when down he goes into the thick shruld)ery, 

 and no amount of })atieiit waiting will tempt him to come in sight 

 again. Provoked, you determine to kill every one that comes in 

 sight, and after the slaugliter of half a dozen innocent Song or Swamp 

 Sparrows, you conclude that tliat won't do. Tlien^ perhaps, alnu)st 

 the first bird you leave will be Ijiiicolii's Sparrow. I think they are 

 much more common than generally supiwsed, but are so shy, and 

 inhabit such bushy pastures, that they are hard to fiink"* J. (t. 

 Ely, of Lyme, Conn., "took three this s})ring" (1877). 



95. JunCO hyemalis (Linne) Sclater. Slate-colored Snowliird. 



A common winter resident, arriving, from the north before the 

 middle of October (Oct. 8, 1876, Osborne), and remaining till the 

 first week in May (last seen jVIay 2, 1877, Osborne ; May 3, 1876). 



96. Spizella monticola (Gmelin) Baird. Tree Sparrow. 



A common winter resident, but more numerous in spring and fall. 

 Arrives from the north about the last of October (Oct. 28, 1875), 

 and remains till near the middle of A])ril (A|tr. 12, Osborne). 



97. Spizella SOCialis (Wilson) Bonaparte. Chipping Sparrow. 



An abundant summer resident, arriving as early as the latter jjart 

 of B'ebruary (Feb. 23, 1877, G. B. Grinnell), and remaining, in num- 

 bers, till the last of November. Sometimes places its frail nest on 

 the ground, as well as on trees and bushes (Coe). A few sometimes 

 spend the winter with the ICnglish Sparrows about town. They 

 often awake in the night, sing once, and go to sleep again. Scarcely 

 a night passes (in June and early July) but that I hear one sing 

 several times — generally about midnight. 



98. Spizella pusilla (Wilson) Bonaparte. Field Sparrow. 



An abundant summer resident, generally l>reeding in open fields. 

 Arrives early in April (Apr. 6, 1877, Portland, Conn., Sage), remain- 

 ing till December (have taken it all through November and on Dec. 



* MS. notes of Erwin I. Shores. 



