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29. Purple Crackle Quiscalns. qniscula. For many 

 years a small colony have occupied the ever<ireen 

 trees about Wynburn Inn. In the spring of 1898 only 

 eight pairs were present, and in the past three years 

 seldom exceeded twenty birds. An outlying pair oc- 

 cupy an apple or sycamore tree, half a mile distant. 22 



30. American Qoldfinch Astragalimis tristis. Roving 

 until nearly all other birds have done with domestic 

 affairs, it is very hard to enumerate. Old and young 

 feed almost exclusively for a time on the ripening sun- 

 flower seeds grown for the domestic fowls. Six pairs 

 would be well under the limit. 12 



31. Vesper Sparrow Fooccetes graminens. The Grass 

 Finch is less common than formerly. About eight 

 pairs present. 16 



32. Chipping Sparrow Spi{ella socialis. \x\ the early 

 '8o's 1 found it nesting most numerously in cedar 

 bushes, now it is most frequent about vine-clad 

 piazzas, hedges, fruit and ornamental trees and bushes. 

 The Chippy has suffered much from the small boy 

 and cat. Not quite so abundant as formerly, now 

 averaging about thirty-nine pairs. 78 



^^. Field Sparrow Spiiella piisilla. Only a very care- 

 ful enumerati(jn convinced me that tliis species out- 

 numbered the preceding. It nests more often above 

 than on the ground. Fifty-nine pairs on an average 

 in last three years. ^ 118 



34. Song Sparrow Me/ospiyd mclodij. Much like the 

 Field Sparrow in nesting habits, but more domestic. 

 Very abundant as a transient. 44 



35. Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmiis. 1 should judge, 

 that the fifteen pairs now found in this area, is but 

 half the number nesting up to and including 1898. 30 



36. Cardinal Cardinalis cardinal^. Haunting the green- 

 brier thickets. 1898 to 1900 — three pairs ; 1900 — 

 two pairs. 4 



