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Spizella monticola Gm. Tree sparrow. Abundant winter resident. 



Spizella socialis Wils. Chipping sparrow. Common summer resident. 



Spizella pallida Sw. Clay-colored sparrow. A single specimen taken. 



Zonotrichia albicollis Gm. White-throated sparrow. Migratory; common. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys Forst. White-crowned sparrow. Migratory; com- 

 mon. 



Zonotrichia querula Nutt. Harris's sparrow. Migratory ; common. 



Passer domesticus L. English sparrow. First seen in spring of 1880. Resi- 

 dent. 



Chondestes grammaca Say. Lark finch. Abundant in summer. 



Passerella iliaca Sw. Fox sparrow. 



Etispiza Americana Gm. Black-throated bunting. Abundant in summer. 



Goniaphea atrulea Linn. Blue grosbeak. Common in summer. 



Cyanospiza cyanea Linn. Indigo-bird. Common summer resident. 



Cardinalis Virginianus Linn. Redbird. Resident; common. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus Ij'mn. Chewink. Summer resident ; common. 



Pipilo maculatus Sw. var. arcticus Sw. Arctic towhee; spotted chewink. 

 Rare migrant. One taken by Prof. E. A. Popenoe, October, 1880. 



Icterid.t:: American Starlings; Blackbirds. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus Linn. Bobolink. Taken in spring. 



Molothrus pecoris Gm. Cowbird. Abundant from early spring to late in 

 fall. 



Agela'us phceniceus Linn, Red-wing blackbird. Common summer resident. 



Xanthocephalus icterocephalus Bp. Yellow-headed blackbird. Chiefly mi- 

 gratory. Abundant in spring of 1876, feeding on the Rocky Mountain locust. 

 Seen also as late as July 4, 1878. 



Sturiiella mag7ia Limn. Meadow lark. Summer resident; common. Seen 

 also in sheltered places occasionally during winter. 



Var. neglecta Aud. Western lark. Same remarks apply as to the above. 



Icterus spu7'ius luinn. Orchard oriole. Summer resident; abundant. 



Icterus Baltimore lj\un. Baltimore oriole. Summer resident; abundant. 



Quiscalus purpureus Bart. Crow blackbird. Very abundant in summer, 

 and in fall congregating in large flocks, and going miles to a common roost- 

 ing place. 



CoRViD^ : Crows and Jays 



Corvus Americanus Axxdi. Common crow. Resident; common. 

 Pica melanoleuca Vieill. Magpie. Several seen in midwinter, near Ran- 

 dolph, by Geo. Dougherty, and one in July, 1880, by myself, at Manhattan. 

 Cyanurus eristatv^ Limn. Blue Jay. Resident; abundant. 



Tyrannid^: American Fly-catchers. 



Tyrannus Carolinensis Linn. Kingbird; Bee martin. Summer resident; 

 abundant. 



Myiarchus crinitus Linn. Great-crested fly-catcher. Common summer 

 resident. 



