82 THE WlLSOJf QtTARTEHLr. 



come confluent. The average measurements are .98 x .7'S' :. 

 largest, 1.05 x .71 : smallest .93 x .63. — Strong. 



Passerina cyanea. Indigo Bunting. 



The notes relating to this bird are very scanty. Mr. 

 Oldright says that it breeds rarely in Texas, and Messrs. 

 Clark and Strong find it toleralily common all summer in. 

 Wisconsin. It is common in Iowa, less so in Ohio. In 

 Iowa it begins to build about June 1. The first nest with 

 eggs was found June 6, the last July 10. 



The nest is placed in low bushes or bunches of weeds or 

 grass from three inches to four feet up. It is made of weed 

 stalks, coarse grass, and leaves, lined with finer grass. 

 The weed stalks and leaves form a deep foundation, and the 

 other material is placed upon it. 



The average set is four eggs, late in the season only three. 

 The eggs are whitish with a bluish tinge, often quite blue, 

 often almost cream white, and are very rarely spotted with 

 brown. They measure ,75 x .52. Period of incubation 

 twelve days. 



Passerina ciris. Painted Bunting, Nonpareil. 



The Nonpariel is a bird of the South, being found only by 

 Texas observers, v/here it is common. Mr. Oldright found 

 the first nest May 15 ; Mr. Donald the last June 33. 



The nest is placed in a small bush about three feet up/ 

 and resembles that of Field Sparrow, Mr. Oldright says, 

 ■'It is composed of large white lichens and heads of a 

 small plantain fastened together with spider-webs on the 

 outside, grass on the inside, and lined with rootlets " — 

 Donald. 



Four eggs make a set. They are white or bluish white, 

 speckled, spotted^ and blotched with brown, chiefly at the 

 large end. Four sets collected by Mr. Donald average 

 .()7 X .50. 



Spiza anipvicana. Dickcissel. 



Better known as Black-throated Bunting. It has an ex- 

 tended range north and south, breeding fiom Texas to 

 Minnesota. I have never found it in Oliio.* Mr. Strong 



* Since the above was written Mr. L. M. McCoimick has found it breed- 

 ing; on the Vermilion River, 



