BIRDS OF MAINE. 99 



A common summer resident of those counties within the Cana- 

 dian fauna, while in the migrations it is abundant everywhere. 

 It is commonly known as Peabod}^ Bird from its well known spring 

 call which sounds as if it were whistling "come, come, sow your 

 pea, sow your pea, sow your pea." 



County Eecords. — Aadroscoggin, "fah-ly common summer resident" 

 (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "abundant at Fort Fairtield, uests" (Batchelder, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 148) ; Cumberland, "common summer 

 resident" ("Mead) ; Franklin, "common, summer resident" (Swain) ; Han- 

 cock, "summer resident, common on the wooded islands" (Knight) ; Kenne- 

 bec, "quite common summer resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "sum- 

 mer" (Rackliii') ; Oxford, "common breeder" (Xash) ; Penobscot, 

 "abundant migrant, common summer resident" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common migrant" (Spiuuej-) ; 

 Somerset, "common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, "common sum- 

 mer resident" (Knight) ; Washington, "abundant summer resident" 

 (Boardman) ; York, "migrant" (Adams). 



Genus SPIZELLA Bonaparte. 



238. (559). Spizella monticola (GmeL). Tree Sparrow. 



A common migrant in fall and spring, while it is not rare to find 

 specimens of this bird wintering in suitable localities throughout 

 the state. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "common migrant" (Johnson) ; Cum- 

 berland, "common migrant" (Mead), "rather common winter resident" 

 (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 14) ; Franklin, "common winter 

 resident" (Richards); Hancock, "migrant" (Murch) ; Kennebec, 

 "quite common" (Gardiner Branch); Knox, "winter" (Racklitt); 

 Oxford, (Nash); Penobscot, "common migrant, have taken specimens in 

 January" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "winter visitor" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, 

 (Spratt) ; Somerset, "common winter resident, most abundant in fall 

 and spring" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "only in migra- 

 tions" (Boardman); York, "migrant" (Adams). 



239. (560). Spizella socialis (TF//.s-.). Chipping Sparrow. 



A common and in some localities abundant summer resident. It 

 was rightly named socialis, as it seems to prefer to frequent the 

 neighborhood of dwellings when it is possible to do so, although I 

 have found the species nesting quite a distance from any house. 

 It is commonly known as Chippj' and Hair Bird, this latter name 

 being due to the fact that it almost invariably lines its nest with 

 hair. 



