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trees. The birds are not numerous enough to be of much 
use or harm, but they are certainly more useful than harm- 
ful. 
These grosbeaks reach Oberlin close to the first of Mex 
and remain until the middle of September. 
216. (598.) CYANOSPIZA CYANEA (Linn.). 112. 
Indigo Bunting. 
Synonyms: Passerina czrulea, Passerina cyanea, Fringilla 
cyanea, Tanagra cyanea. 
Indigobird, Indigo Painted Finch, Indigo Painted Bunting, 
Indigo Bluebird, Blue Linnet, Green Linnet, Indigo, Green 
Bird, Blue Nonpareil. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 164, 183. 
The Indigobird is a common summer bird over the entire 
state, being almost abundant in some places. It is fond 
of any sort of thicket, from the brush fringing woods 
and weedy briar tangles to the rank vegetation bordering 
streams, marshes, and ponds, where it breeds. 
Its food is similar to that of the Field Sparrow, with 
which it lives in perfect harmony. It is therefore one of 
the more useful of sparrows, of great service to agriculture 
because it is so numerous. 
It reaches the state about the first of May and stays until 
October. 
217. (604.) SpizA AMERICANA (Gmel.). 113. 
Dickcissel. 
Synonyms: Euspiza americana, Fringilla americana, Emberiza 
americana. 
Black-throated Bunting, Little Meadowlark, Little Field 
Lark, Judas Bird, Judas Iscariot. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 164, 183. 
Dr. Wheaton’s statement that this species is an “Abun- 
dant summer resident from May to September, in Middle 
and Southern, less common in Northern Ohio,” hardly ap- 
plies now. It is fairly common, and locally abundant, east 
to Licking county, and north to Columbus, but is rare north 
to Cleveland, and seems to be wholly unknown east of 
Cleveland. It is more numerous in the northwestern part 
