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98. *Melospiza iiELODiA, Baird.---/9o/i<7 Spar7'oir--A xevy common 

 resident. 



99. Melospiza.palustris, Ba,\rd. --Sivamp Sparrow. -A common mi- 

 ijrant in April and November. 



100. Passerella iliaca. Swa'inson.-- Fox-colored Sparrow.— Covn- 

 mon migrant in March and November. 



101. *EuspizA AMERICANA, Bon?i\)ViYte.—Blac]c-throate(l Bunting.- - 

 A ver3^ common summer resident. May to September. 



102. *Hedymeles ludovicianus, ^^axwaon.--- Base-breasted Gros- 

 beak.— W\^\:?iXs.t in May and September; not common. Marked as 

 breeding on the authority of Audubon, who mentions taking its nest 

 and eggs near Cincinnati. 



103. *CrANospizA CYANEA, Baird. — Indigo Bird. — A very common 

 summer resident. May — October. 



104. *Cardinalis virginianus, Bonaparte. — Cardinal Grosbeak; 

 Bedbird. — A very common resident. 



105. *PipiL0 ERYTHROPHTHALMUS, Vicillot. — To-wliec Finch; Ground 

 Robin. — A common resident. 



Family AEAUDiDiE : Larks. 



106. *Alauda arvensis, Linnreus. — European Skylark. — Introduced. 

 Bi"eeds sparingly in the parks and suburbs of Cincinnati [A. Tenner). 



107. Eremophila alpestris, Boie. — Shore Lark. — Occasional mi- 

 grant in fall and winter. 



Family Icteridve: Orioles. 



108. DoLicnoxYX uryzivorus, Swainson. — Bobolink. — Occasional 

 migrant in May, usually in small flocks. 



Breeds commonly at Columbus and Yellow Springs ( Wheaton). 



109. *MoLOTHRUs ATER, Gray.---Co?r&u-^.— Commou summer resi- 

 dent. March-October. 



110. *Agelaius phceniceus, YiexWot.— Swamp Blackbird.--A com- 

 mon summer resident. Mai'ch 1st to October 15th. 



111. *Sturnella magna, Swainson. — Jleadow Lark.— A common 

 resident. Less numerous in winter. 



112. *ICTERUS SPURius, Bonaparte. — Orchard Oriole. -Snmmcr resi- 

 dent. May- -August. 



113. *IcTERUs haltimore, DuikWu.-- Bait imore Oriole.— A common 

 summer resident. April 25th to September 1st. 



114. ScoLEOOPiiAGus KERRUGINEUS, '^^wn'iusou. ■ --Busty Graklc— An 

 abundant miurant in March and November. 



