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Ridge. They are not found in the main Alleghany Range near 

 the White Sulphur Springs, and I cannot recollect having seen 

 them on the Warm Spring Mountain in Bath County. Mr. Doan 

 says he found Snow Birds on Rich Mountain, West Virginia, 

 where they are also reported to breed. 



210. Melospiza fasciata. Song Sparrow. — Common in 

 the Virginias, in many localities resident. I hiive found it a 

 common winter resident in the less elevated part of Albemarle 

 County, where it apparently does not remain to breed, and Mr. 

 Freke also reports it as a winter resident in Amelia County. Mr. 

 Phillips, however, found it abundant in Warwick County the end 

 of May. Mr. Scott found it breeding in Kanawha County, and 

 it breeds commonly around Washington. It is also reported to 

 breed in Upshur County. 



211. Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln's Sparrow. — This 

 species has been found in Virginia near Washington by Mr. H. 

 W. Henshaw and several other specimens have been taken not 

 far from that City (The Auk, Vol. V, p. 14S). Mr. Doan says 



, he took one September 26, 1S88, in tlie Ohio Valley. 



212. Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. — A not 

 abundant migrant in suitable localities ; some doubtless winter. 

 Mr. Brewster found it not common in spring near Petroleum, 

 West Virginia. I have found it rare in spring in Albemarle 

 County, probably due in part to the comparative absence of 

 places suitable to its habits. It has been observed elsewhere in 

 Virginia by Lieutenant Wirt Robinson. It is not uncommon 

 near Washington. 



213. Passerella iliaca. Fox-coi-ored Sparrow. — A not 

 very abundant v/inter resident of the Virginias ; more numerous 

 in the migrations. 



214. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towhee Bunting; 

 Ground Robin ; Chewink. — Common in the Virginias, in the 

 warmer localities chiefly a migrant. It is an abundant summer 

 resident and breeds, in the mountain region, where it is one of the 

 characteristic birds, frequenting the scrub growth on the tops of 

 the mountains. Many undoubtedly breed in Albemarle County 

 where I have found a young bird that had shortly left the nest, 

 and it breeds commonly about Washington. Two specimens 



