«4 THE WILSON QLTARTERLT. 



The following are a few species wliich have been found 

 breeding by one or two observers. No comparison can be- 

 niade, as there are not notes enough from different sources. 



Spinus psaltria mexicanus. Mexican Goldfincli. 



Mr. Oldright reports it as a rare breeder at Austin, Tex- 

 as ; he has never found a nest. At Mason, Rev. Ira B. 

 Henry has found it common. (Mississijjj^i Valley Bird Mi- 

 gration, page 183,) 



Zonofrichia albicolUs. Peabody, White-throated Sparrow. 



Mr. Stone mentions a set of four taken by Mr. E. S Bry- 

 ant, at Phoenix, N. Y. 



Zonofrichia leucophrijs. White-crowned Sparrow 



Mr Weathern reports this sparrow as common in Maine, 

 breeding in swamps and thickets. 



Ainphispiza bilineata. Black-throated Sparrow. 



According to Oldright it is rare in Texas as- a summer 

 resident. 



PeuccEa cassiiti, Cassin's Sparrow. 



''In Texas it is common in summer, resorting to mes- 

 quite thickets.'" — Oldright. 



We have seen that Lark Sparrow nests in bushes and trees 

 at the south and west, but on the ground at the north and. 

 east ; that not a few of the sparrows which make twu 

 broods build the two nests in different positions or of diff ei- 

 ent material. The fact has been discovered before, but the 

 why has never been found out. Let us make this our 

 work. Only the surface of ornithology has yet been scratched ; 

 we must dig deep into it and find tliere the hidden treas- 

 ures. Lynds Jones. 



