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Sirds of r'rinceton. I Princeton 



L Bird Club 



more protected meadows, especially those containing long and tangled 

 grass. The eggs are laid about the second week in May. 



ii6 (506). Orchard Oriole. Icterus spurius {Linn.'). 



Throughout this section the Orchard Oriole is a very common and 

 well distributed summer resident. Arriving from the south early in 

 May they almost immediately pair, but the eggs are rarely laid before 

 the first week in June. I have often heard this species sing while on 

 the wing. Arrives about May 3. Departs about August 25. 



117(507). Baltimore Oriole. Icterus galbula (Zz>?«.). 



Not as abundant as Icterus spurius, but still this is a very common 

 species, breeding along the Millstone and in many places in the town. 

 The eggs are deposited about June i. Arrives May 2. Departs about 

 September i. 



118 (509). Rusty Blackbird. Scolecophagus caro- 

 linus {Mull.). 



A not uncommon, but rather irregular migrant and occasional win- 

 ter visitor, sometimes occurring in large flocks. On January i, 1898, I 

 took three from a small band, and early in February of the same year, 

 saw six. The birds may be found here from March 15 to May i, and 

 from October i to December 10, and occasionally in winter. 



119(511). Purple Grackle, Crow Blackbird. Quis- 

 calus quiscula {Linn.). 

 An abundant summer and occasional winter resident. Arriving 

 about March 8, the blackbirds at once collect in their breeding places, 

 which are the tall pine trees in many of the private places in the town. 

 Here they nest in considerable numbers, and towards the end of May, 

 the young being fledged, all collect in flocks and repair to the fields and 

 swamps, where they remain until cold weather. Occasionally large 

 flocks appear at intervals during the winter months, but, as a rule, the 

 last stragglers have departed for the south by November 20. 



Family Fringillidae. Finches, Sparrows, etc. 

 120 (515). Pine Grosbeak. Pinicola enucleator cana- 

 densis {Cab.). 

 A rare and irregular winter visitant. Prof. Phillips saw a flock of 

 fifteen of these birds in 1886, and for about ten days in January, 



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