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Carpodaciis piirpurcun puipurcuft. — rurple Finch. 



There were two seen and heard on August 1.3 and 29, and three 

 on the' 24th and 30th, 1910. These birds occasionaRy sang. They 

 were among the cedars about the middle of the point. 



AstragaUnus tristis tristis. — Goldfinch. 



Common on all visits. It was more numerous about the open 

 fields north of the swamp than elsewhere, but was found in some 

 mmibers in the woods of the point and along the beach. An in- 

 dividual would occasionally start out over the water in easy bound- 

 ing flight and be lost to sight. TUis bird often visits ships during 

 their passage. 



Pocpcetes rri'omineiis graminciis. — Vesper Sparrow. 



A few noted in the fields inland under ordinary conditions. 

 Spi::rlla passcrliia pa-KScriii<i. — Chipping Sparrow. 



Found only in the fields of the interior of the island. We were 

 too early to catch any migratory movement of this bird. 



Aiiiiiinil'oiii s s(tr(iii!.(iri(iii f/ 7^7/ «//«.- (irasshopper Sparrow. 



Found about the houses inland — none on the point. While it 

 was a familiar bird in the immediate vicinity of farm houses it 

 could not be considered a common species on the island as a whole. 

 Spizelln^ pusilla piisiUa. — Field Sparrow. 



Two were noted at the point on August 18, 1908, and it was pres- 

 ent in the fields inland, and occasionally on the point during the 

 entire 1910 s^tudy. It was much less numerous than on the Ohio 

 shore, but numerous enough to be considered tolerably common. 



Melospiza melodia melodia. — Song- Sparrow. 



Common on all visits and singing. A nest containing four eggs 

 was found in a bunch of juniper near the limit of trees on the point 

 on August 3. The young hatched within the next five days. This 

 was the most uniformly distributed bird on the island. It could 

 be found anywhere at any time, even well out on the bare sand 

 spit, where it fed on material thrown up by the waves. Individ- 

 uals were also seen eating the wild grapes and the cedar berries, 

 and other fruits. It was difficult to identify any definite migi'a- 

 tory movement of this bird became it was always abundant every- 

 where. 



Pipilo eruthraphthahnns cryihroph thalm us. — Towhee. 



There were only two individuals found, and they in the vicinit.v 

 of the Fishing Point swamp. They remained in nearly the same 

 locality, where they could be found at any time. One of them 

 sang frequently. 



