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Vol. XIV. 



BOSTON, MASS., AUGUST, 1889. 



No. 8. 



Birds of Chester County, Pa. 



[Continued from page 97.] 



101. Scolecophagns cayolinuf< (Miill.). Rusty 

 Blackbird. Transient visitant; common. Ar- 

 rives first week in March; and their stay is of a 

 sliort duration, as they generally leave by the 

 25th of that month, reappearing the second 

 week in September, and remain until the last 

 of October. 



102. Quiscalu)i quLscula (Linn.). Purple 

 Grackle. Summer resident; abundant. Ar- 

 rives first week in March. Nidification com- 

 mences last week in that month ; two broods 

 each season. Eggs, four to six. Departs sec- 

 ond week in October. 



10.3. Pinicola enudeator (hmn.). Pine Gros- 

 beak. Winter visitant; rare. During severe 

 winters it may be occasionally seen fiom De- 

 cember until March. 



104. Carpodacus pur2^i(reiis {(Tme\.). Purple 

 Finch. Winter resident, rare; common during 

 migration; arrives second week in October, 

 and departs last week in March. • 



105. Loxia ciirvtrostra minor (Brehm.). 

 American Crossbill, Winter visitant; rare. 

 Found occasionally during severe weatlier. 



106. Loxia leucoptera (Gmel.). White- 

 winged Crossbill. Irregular winter visitant; 

 very rare. 



107. Acanthis linaria (Linn.). Redpoll. 

 Winter resident; rare. From last of X'ovem- 

 ber until first week in March. 



108. Spinus tristis (Linn.). American Gold- 

 finch. Resident; common. More plentiful 

 during the summer. Nidificates last week in 

 June; eggs, four to six. 



100. Spimts j)i)i?<.s (Wils.). Pine Siskin. 

 Winter resident; rare. From December to 

 March it may be met with occasionally. 



110. PlectropJienax nivalis (Linn.). Snow- 

 flake. Winter visitant; rare. 



111. Pooexetes gramineits (Gmel.). Vesper 



Sparrow. Summer resident; common. Ar- 

 rives first week in April. Nidification com- 

 mences by the first week in May; two broods 

 are reared each season; eggs, four to five. De- 

 parts first week in November, 



112. Ammodramua savannarwn passerinus 

 (Wils.). Yellow- winged Sparrow. Summer 

 resident; tolerably common. Arrives first 

 week in May. Nidificates in old fields by the 

 1st of June; eggs, four to five. Departs last 

 week in October. 



113. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). White- 

 crowned Sparrow. Transient visitant; com- 

 mon. Arrives second week in October, and 

 again the first week in April. 



114. Zonotrichia albicolUs (Gmel.). White- 

 throated Sparrow. Transient visitant; com- 

 mon. Arrives second week in April, and 

 again by the 15th of October. In mild winters 

 they are frequently met with. 



115. Spizella inonticola (Gmel.). Tree Spar- 

 row. Winter resident; common. Arrives by 

 the 20th of October and remains until the 15th 

 of April. 



116. Spizella socialis (Wils.). Chipping 

 Sparrow. Summer resident; common. Ar- 

 rives first week in April. Nidificates by the 

 20th of May; eggs, three to four. Departs first 

 week in October. 



117. Spizella pusilla{Wili^.). Field Sparrow, 

 Summer resident; common. Arrives second 

 week in April. Nidification takes place by 

 the middle of May; eggs, three to five, two 

 broods each season. Departs first week in 

 November. 



118. Junco hyemalis (Linn.). Slate-colored 

 Junco. Winter resident; abundant. Arrives 

 second week in October and remains until the 

 20th of April. 



119. Melospiza fasciata (Gmel.). Song Spar- 

 row. Resident; abundant. Nidificates by the 

 25th of April; eggs, four to five; rears two 

 broods each season. 



120. Melospiza lincolni (Aud.). Lincoln's 



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