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165. Spizella pusiUa. — Field Sparrow. 



Common over the whole region where there are suitable brushy 

 conditions. It breeds on the sand spit, but less commonly than one 

 might expect. Its porper habitat is brushy borders of woods, or, if 

 there is no brush, ranlc weeds will do as well. Brushy fields are 

 also thickly inhabited. Most nests are placed above the ground, 

 sometimes as high as six feet in a brushy tangle, but sometimes 

 practically on the ground among weed stems and grasses. The me- 

 dian date of arrival is March 18, the earliest March 12, 1898. The 

 median date of departure of the -bulk is September 19, the latest 

 being October '2?>. This Sparrow is seldom imposed upon by the 

 Cowbird, in spite of the relatively exposed situation of the nest — 

 or because of this. 



160. Jiinco hycmalis. — Slate-colored Juuco. 



Abundant during the migrations, and usually common all winter, 

 especially in the stream gorges. It ranges with the Tree Sparrow 

 in the less exposed places of that sparrow's range, but does not 

 often ver>ture out of the woods or brush, except to door yards, 

 in mid-winter. It is a frequent visitor to the lunch counter in win- 

 ter. The median date of departure of the bulk is April 25, and of 

 the last, April 30, but individuals sometimes tarry to May 20 

 (1907). The birds return about the first of October, and become 

 common almost immediately. Early fall storms which cover their 

 food often bring about a diminution in numbers. I have found 

 them tucked snugly away in hay stacks, in hay mows, in corn 

 shocks, among the rocks in the gorges, in thickly leaved trees, be- 

 neath thick grass, and beneath the snow, where they pass the night. 



SOME WINTER BIRDS ABOUT LAKE WIMLICO, 

 FLORIDA. 



BY G. CLYDE FISHER. 



Having decided to spend a week hunting deer in the vi- 

 cinity of Lake Wimlico, six others and I proceeded to Apa- 

 lachicola, an interesting old city situated on the Gulf coast at 

 the mouth of the river of the same name. Here we secured a 

 launch, and on the morning of December 25, 1909, we started, 

 going up the Apalachicola River, which separates what is lo- 

 cally known as West Florida from the rest of the state. This 

 pan-handle, which lies immediately south of Alabama, would 

 naturally be a geographical part of that state. However, it is 



