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104. (135.) Passerina cyanea (Linn.) Gray. Indigo-bird. 



A common summer resident, arriving the 1st of May and remaining 

 until the second week in September, about orchards, meadows, and the 



edges of woods. It used to nest in the college grounds, and very likely 

 does so still. [2951 



105. (138.) Cardinalis virginiana Bp. Cardinal Grosbeak ; Virginia Red-bird. 



Abundant all the year round, but it is shy and not easy to secure in 



the dense cover of the shrubbery which screens it from ordinary obser- 



Fig. 47.— Head of Cardinal Grosbeak, nat. size. 



vation. The undergrowth along the Potomac between Chain Bridge and 

 Little Falls and the choked ravines of Eock Creek are still its favorite 

 resorts. [298] 



106. (139.) Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.) VieilL To wiiee Bunting; "Marsh 

 Robin." 



Chiefly a spring and autumn migrant. A few breed with us, but none 

 remain during the winter. It is abundant from April 25 to May 10, 

 when most individuals pass north, and in the fall from the first to the 

 third week in October. At the height of the seasons it seems partially 

 gregarious, and it haunts at all times the thickest undergrowth along 

 streams, the recesses of laurel brakes, and like sequestered spots, just 



