2 2 LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 



Central Park in 1S90 and now a cominon permanent resident. Site: Holes in 

 buildings or in trees. Eggs: 4-6, pale bluish. 



57-' (494.) Bobolink; Reedbird (Dolichonyx oryzivor^is). Local status: 

 Locally cominon summer resident, apparently decreasing in numbers, abundant 

 fall migrant in wild rice marshes. Site: On the grovmd in pastures and mead- 

 ows. Eggs: 4-6, grayish white, with numerous spots of olive-brown or tiinber. 

 Date: May 29. 



58. (495.) Cowbird {Molothrus ater). Local status: A cominon summer 

 resident and abundant migrant. Site: Parasitic, laying eggs in the nests of 

 other species. Eggs: white, evenly speckled with cinnamon-brown or umber. 

 Date: May 5. 



59. (408.) Red-winged Blackbird (Agclaiits pluvniceus). Local status: 

 Abundant summer resident. Site: In grassy or bushy borders of pond, 3-6 

 feet from the ground, in reeds, bushes or tussock of grass. Eggs: 3-6, pale 

 blue, streaked, spotted or scrawled with dark purple or black. Date: May 18. 

 Group, Hall No. 304. 



60. (501.) Meadowlark {Siur)iclla magiui). Local status: Common sum- 

 mer resident, rare in winter. Site: On the ground, in pastures and meadows. 

 Eggs: 4-6, white, speckled with reddish brown. Date: May 10. 



61. (506.) Orchard Oriole {Icterus spurius). Local status: Locally com- 

 mon summer resident. Site: Generallj^ in orchards, lo-i 5 feet from the giound, 

 near the extremity of a limb. Eggs: 3-5, bluish white, spotted, blotched and 

 scrawled with blackish. Date: May 30. Group, Hall No. 308. 



62. (507.) Baltimore Oriole {Icterus galbiil a). Local status: Common sum- 

 mer resident. Site: Generally in fruit or shade trees, near the extremity of a 

 limb, 20-40 feet from the ground. Eggs: 4-6, white, scrawled with blackish 

 lines and with a few spots or blotches.' Date: May, 25. Group, Hall No. 

 308. 



63. (511.) Purple Grackle; Crow Blackbird {Quiscalus quiscula). Local 

 status: Abundant migrant, locally common svnnmer resident, nesting in colonics. 

 Site: In colonies, generally in coniferous trees, about 30 feet from the ground. 

 Eggs: 3-6, very variable, generally pale bluish or bluish green, spotted, blotched 

 or scrawled with brown or black, but sometimes evenly speckled with brownish 

 and rarely almost solid cinnamon- or rufous-brown. Date: April 25. Group, 

 Hall No. 305. 



64. (517-) Vnr^leY'mch. {Car podacus pur ptircus). Local status: Rare and 

 local summer resident, common in migrations and sometimes in winter. Site: 

 Generally in a coniferous tree, 5-30 feet from the ground. Eggs: 4-6, blue, 

 spotted about the larger end with lilackisli. Date: May 24. 



65. House Sparrow; English Sparrow {Passer domestic us). Local 



status: Introduced from Europe in 1S51 and later dates and now an a1)undant 

 permanent resident. Site: About buildings or in trees. Eggs: 4-7, generally 

 white, finely and evenly marked with olive, sometimes ])lain white or almost 

 uniform olive-brown. 



66. (529.) Goldfinch (Astragalinus tristis). Local status: Common per- 

 manent resident. Site: In a bush or tree. 5-30 feet from the ground. Eggs: 

 4-6, pale bluish white. Date: June 20. 



67. (540.) Grass Finch; Vesper Sparrow {Poareles graiuiueits). Local 

 status: Common summer resident. Site: On the ground, generally in dry. 



