SUPPLEMENT TO BIRDS OF ESSEX COUNTY 



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239 [560] Spizella passerina passerina (Bechst.). 

 Chipping Sparrow; Chippy. 



Abundant summer resident. (March 24) April 9 to November 12; average 

 date of arrival for ten years, April 7. 



Eggs: May 23 to June 26. 



Mr. R. C. Robbins reports that an albino Chipping Sparrow was reared at 

 Hamilton in the summer of 191 1. 



240 [563] Spizella pusilla pusilla (Wils.). 



Field Sparrow. 

 Common summer resident. March 18 to October 27. 

 Eggs: May 21 to June 12. 



241 [567] Junco hyemalis hyemalis (Linn.). 



Slate-colored Junco ; Snowbird. 



Abundant transient visitor, not uncommon in winter (summer). September 

 3 to November 30; winter; March 8 to May 26 (July 26). 



The July 26 record is for 1913, at Manchester, of a bird seen by Miss E. D. 

 Boardman. On September 2, 1905, Mr. F. H. Allen* saw a bird in Boxford in 

 Juvenal plumage which suggests that it was reared there. For the latter half of 

 May I have a record for May 16, 1915, one for May 18, 1919, and one for May 

 26, 1918. On September 10, 1916, Juncos were abundant at Ipswich, evident 

 migrants. 



242 [581] Melospiza melodia melodia (Wils.). 



Song Sparrow. 



Abundant summer resident, a few winter. March 10 to November 4 ; winter ; 

 average date of arrival for five years, March 10. 



Eggs: May 10 to July 29. 



The abundance of the Song Sparrow during the migrations along the coast- 



1 Allen, F. H. Auk, vol. 23, p. 103, 1906. 



