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56. Icterws galbula (Linn.) Baltimore Oriole. 
A common summer resident, arriving this spring (1897) on the 24th of April. 
A pair nests each season on the campus of Earlham College. 
57. Quiscalus quiscula eneus (Ridgw.) Bronzed Grackle. 
A very abundant summer resident, arriving as early as February 21. 
58. Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.) Purple Finch. 
A common migrant; rather spasmodicallvy abundant, but usually more 
numerous during the spring migrations. Arrives during the spring migrations 
about March 20, and the last flocks have usually disappeared northward py April 
11. I have first seen it on October 22 during the fall migrations. Comparatively 
few birds are seen with the typical male plumage which, as Burroughs says, gives 
the bird the appearance of having been dipped in pokeberry juice. I have found 
the Purple Finch wintering very abundantly in North Carolina. They preferably 
seek a country clothed in cedars and conifers. 
59. Spinus tristis (Linn.) American Gold-finch. 
A common and irregularly migratory bird. Nests late in summer. 
60. Spinus pinus (Wils.) Pine Siskin. 
An abundant migrant. Much more abundant during spring than during fall 
migrations. Last fall (’95) I only noted one individual, while during the follow- 
ing spring it was remarkably abundant, appearing about March 20 and not entirely 
disappearing northward until May 17. 
61. Poocetes gramineus (Gmel.) Vesper Sparrow. 
A common summer resident; arrives about March 16, becoming common a 
week later, when their songs may be heard in the fields and along the hedges. 
62. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.) Savanna Sparrow. 
I have only observed two individuals of this species here, one on March 26 
and the other on April 29. It is by no means a common bird here. 
63. Chondestes grammacus (Say.) Lark Sparrow. 
An uncommon bird in this vicinity, its regular range being farther to the 
westward, and it being rather a bird of the prairies. During the spring of 1897 
I observed two birds of this species, on April 30 and May 13. 
64. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.) White-crowned Sparrow. 
An abundant migrant, arriving later in the spring than albicollis. Was first 
observed this season on April 30 and had vanished northward by May 16. 
During fall migrations I have first noted it on October 15. 
