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(a) Sayoenis phcebe — Phcebe — Common. Most suitable bridges contain one pair, and 

 nests are also built in the upturned roots of trees in the woods. 

 (a) CoNTOPUS viRENS — Wood Peioee — Common, 

 (a) Empidonax minimus — Least Flycatcher — Common. 

 (a) Otocoris alpestris praticola — Prairie Horned Lark — Common, 

 (c) Cyanocitta cristata — Blue Jay — Tolerably common. 

 (c) CoRVis AMERICANUS — Crow — Common. 

 {a) DoLiCHONYX ORYZIVORUS — BohoUnk — Common. 

 (c) MoLOTHRUS ATER — Cowhird — Very Common. 

 (a) Agelaius phceniceus — Red-winged Blackbird — Common. 



[a) Sturnella magna — Meadow Lark — Common. 

 {a) Icterus galbula — Baltimore Oriole — Common. 



(c) QuisCALUS QUiscALA ^ENEUS — Bronzed Grackle, — Common. 

 (c) Carpodacus purpureus — Purple Finch — Uncommon. 



(b ) A CANTHis LiNARiA — Bedpoll — A single nest found near Hyde Park by J. A.Morden 

 in 1879. Birds not seen, but eggs identified by comparison with European specimens 

 from the same species. 



{a) Spinus tristis — American Goldfinch — Comraon — Spotted eggs have been found on 

 rare occasions. 



(a) Pooa^TES gramineus — Vesper Sparrow — Very Common. 



(a) Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna — Savanna Sparrow — Common. 



{a) Chondestes grammacus — Lark Finch — Rare. A single nest found in 1890 a few 

 miles west of the city. 



(a) Spizella socialis — Chipping Sparrow — Common, 



(a) Spizella pusilla — Field Sparrow — Common in certain localities. 



(rt) JuNCO hyemalis — Slate-colored Junco — Common in certain localities, particularly 

 so in the north-eastern part of the country. 



(a) Melospiza fasciata — Song Sparrow — Very common. 



(a) Melospiza georgiana — Swamp Sparrow — Common in marshy places, but only 

 one nest found, by R. Elliott. 



(a) PiPiLO erythrophthalmus — Towhee — Common. 



(a) Habia ludoviciana — Rose-breasted Grosbeak — Appears to be less common than 

 formerly. 



(a) Passerina cyanea — Indigo Buntiyig — Tolerably common. 



(a) Piranga erythromelas — Scarlet Tanager — Tolerably common. 



{a) Progne subis — Purple Martin — Much less common than formerly. This species 

 has suffered by the pre-occupation of its breeding places by the English sparrow. 



(a) Petrochelidon lunifrons — Clif Swallow — Less common than formerly, owing 

 to the same cause, somewhat, as the former species. 



(a) Chelidon erythrogaster — Barn Swallow — Common. 



(a) Tachyctneta bicolor — Tree Swallow — Tolerably common. 



(a) Clivicola riparia — Bajik Swallow — Common in suitable localities, although not 

 so common as formerly, 



(a) Stblgidopteryx serripennis — Rough-winged Swallow — Uncommon. 



(a) Ampelis cedrorum — Cedar Waxwing — Tolerably common. 



(r/,) Lanios ludovicianus excubitorides — White-rumped Shrike — Rare, 



