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1879. Dr. W. L. Abbott. A specimen obtained by him 

 near Chestnut Hill, Phikulelpbia, June 7, is in the collection 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 



1879. Spencer Trotter. A female taken by him June 13, 

 near Frankford. Now in Bryn Mawr College Collection. 



1879. Spencer Trotter, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vol. iv, p. 235. 

 "A few pairs of these birds breed regularly every year in a 

 small area of country north of Philadeli)hia, but in no other 

 locality in this neighborhood have I autbentic information of 

 their being seen. In former times this bird was quite common 

 here, but has never become comparatively scarce. 



1879. W. L. Collins. In letter June 15. "Spencer and 

 I went after birds a little while in the afternoon and succeeded 

 in getting a female Black-throated Bunting." 



June 29th. "I found a nest of Euspiza americana in the 

 orchard [Levick's] which had been cut down by the mowing 

 machine." 



1879. W. L. Collins, The Friend, Phila., vol. 52, 1879, p. 

 114. "Though this bird may not be familiar to most readers 

 of the Friend, it is not by any means rare in some of the states, 

 thougli in the eastern portion of our own [Pennsylvania] it is 

 not frecjuently met with. It appears to inhabit certain locali- 

 ties, while in others it is rarely seen. For instance, there is a 

 district of countr}' about six miles north of Philadelphia where 

 some five or six pairs of the species can be seen every summer, 

 and these birds are confined to an area of not more than one 

 mile square. * * * They make their appearance in Pennsyl- 

 vania from the south about the 12th of 5th mo., and commence 

 nest building about the 1st of 6th mo. * * * The nest is placed 

 in a bunch of daisies or burdock, generally three or five inches 

 from the ground, and is composed of fine dried grass and the 

 root.s of plants. It is lined with horse-hair. The eggs, which 

 are four or five in number, are of a uniform pale bluish color, 

 about the size of a Bluebird's." 



1880. W. L. Collins, in letter. July 2. "Went up to 

 Bustleton on horseback about a week ago. Saw a great many 

 E. americana on the way." 



1881. W. L. Collins in letters. July 10. "Heard a 



