ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



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Genus CALCARiUS Bechst. 



--*"5-536-(22<>). Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). Lai>land Longspur. 



Rare; migrant; spring and autumn; often winters in Southern Michigan; -'one 

 pair killed at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); "generally a transient visitor from the north, 

 occasionally spends the winter south of 43° north latitude" (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); 

 October to April; reported from Wayne County and Mackinac Island; -'Keweenaw 

 Point" (Kneeland); it is said to be a common spring migrant in Northern Indiana 

 (Butler's Birds of Indiana). 



220 5;57 (221). 



Longspur. 



Calcarius pictiis (Sicain.). Smith's Longspur; Painted 



Reported common on the southern shore of Lake Michigan (Butler's Birds of 

 Indiana); Dr. M. Gibbs thinks this may be found in Michigan; migrant; in flocks. 



Gends POOC^TES Baied. 



Grass Finch, reduced. 



227-o40-(232). Pooca»tes grainiiieus {OmeL). * Vkspkr Sparrow; Bay-winged 

 Bunting; Grass Finch; Ground Bird. 



One of our most common finches; throughout the State; April to October; "Mack- 

 inac Island" (S. E. White); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. W. Brewster); "Kewee- 

 naw Point" (Kneeland); "next to song sparrow our most common tinch" (J. Trombleyj; 

 its pretty evening song- vesper song — gives it one of its common names; breeds; two 

 or three broods a year; nests in May, June or July, on the ground, in pasture, meadow, 

 and by the roadside; eggs four. gray, specked with dull brown; birds not shy; like all 

 our native sparrows, insectivorous and valuable. 



