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Female, and male in winter : Olive-brownish above, incliuling the crown ; 

 beneath whitish, tinged with yellow. Length 5 inches. 



Common resident. Raises 1 brood. Eggs 3-6, bluish-white, 

 without spots. Nest of grass, bark, tow, etc., lined with 

 thistle-down, or rarely, fern-down, placed in a crotch or on the 

 limb of a tree. Eggs laid last of July and in August. Feeds 

 chiefly on seeds. Doubtfully beneficial. Notes, clear and 

 canary-like ; the ordinary call has been written ^'■pei'-chi-co-ree" 

 (Chapman) . 



107. Spinus pinus (Wils.). 

 PINE FINCH. SISKIN. 



Varied black, buff and white, lighter beneath, strongly tinged witli yel- 

 low; bases of wing and tail feathers, yellow. Length, 4J-5 inches. 



Rare, irregular winter visitor. Very common from March 

 16 to April 21, 1888, but no other visits are recorded. 



108. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linn.). 



SNOW BUNTING. 



Above, varied with brown and black; elsewhere, white, except parts of 

 wings and tail, which are black. Length, 7 inches. 



Rare and very irregular winter visitor, occurring usually 

 only during severe winters. 



109. Poocaetes gramineus (Qmel.). 



VESPER SPARROW. GRASS FINCH. BAY-WINGED 

 BUNTING. 



Above, pale ashy-brown; beneath, white; everywhere streaked with 

 dusky brown; bend of wing, bright bay; two outer tail feathers, mostly 

 white. Length, 6 inches. 



Very common summer resident. Earliest arrival, April 2 ; 

 departs in November. Raises 2 or perhaps 3 broods. Eggs 

 4-5, grayish-white, spotted and streaked with brown. Nest of 

 fine grass, on the ground. Eggs laid from April to July. 

 Feeds chiefly on seeds. Not injurious. Notes, usually rather 

 weak, but in spring the song maybe clear and ringing. 



