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Family fringillid.e. Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.). Purple Finch. The 

 single male secured agrees with this species in measurements, 

 but has the bright crimson on crown which characterizes C. 

 cassini. 



LoxiA cuRViROSTRA MINOR (Brehm.). American Gross- 

 Bill. A specimen was brought by fishermen to Mr. McLean. 

 It was not seen by us. 



Spinus pinus (Wilson). Pine Siskin. Two specimens 

 secured at Grand Rapids; both ?. 



Pooc^TEs GRAMiNEUs (Gmel.). Vcsfcr Sfarroxu. Com- 

 mon at Grand Rapids. Five specimens secured; all 5. 



Ammodromus bairdii (Aud.). Baircfs Sfarrozv. One 

 specimen secured the first time we went collecting at Grand 

 Rapids. Shot on a high grassy plain between the fort and 

 the lake. 



Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.). White-throated S far- 

 row. One of the most abundant birds at Grand Rapids, 

 where its cheery note was often heard in whichever direction 

 we went. Thompson gives this bird, which he calls the 

 "Peabody," as a migrant in Manitoba, but it breeds in great 

 numbers near Grand Rapids. 



Fourteen specimens secured, some of which are quite 

 young birds. 



Spizella sociALis (Wils.). Field S farrow. Very abund- 

 ant both at Grand Rapids and Chemawavvin. At Chema- 

 wawin this species was feeding largely on the seeds of aquatic 

 plants on the margin of the slough east of the village. 



Spizella pallida (Swains.). Clay-coIored S farrow. 

 Thiee specimens secured. 



JuNCO HYEMALis (Linn.). Common Snozu Bird. Abund- 

 ant at Grand Rapids, where it was breeding. Nests in thick 

 bushes along the river bank opposite the fort. 



