268 Puitipr AND BowpisuH, Birds of New Brunswick. pak 
Spinus pinus. Pine Sisxry.— Noted quite commonly in early June, 
1916, in pairs. Doubtless breeds. 
Poccetes gramineus gramineus. VESPER SparRow.— Common. 
Breeds. 
Passerculus sandwichensiss avanna. SavaANNAH SPpARROW.— Com- 
mon. Breeds. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.— 
One noted. 
Zonotrichia albiccllis. WuitTrk-THROATED Sparrow.— Abundant 
breeding bird. Two of the nests found were in small spruces, one being 
forty inches from ground to bottom of nest, and both unusually bulky. 
One nest noted contained a lining of moose hair. 
Spizella passerina passerina. CuippINc Sparrow.— Common. 
Breeds. 
Junco hyemalis hyemalis. SLatTe-coLoreD JuNco.— Common. 
Breeds. Two nests with five eggs each noted. 
Melospiza melodia melodia. Sona Sparrow.— Common. Breeds. 
Melospiza lincelni lincolni. Lincotn’s Sparrow.— Apparently not 
rare. A nest with five fresh eggs was found June 12, one with four small 
young and another with four well incubated eggs on June 21. These nests 
are well hidden in tussocks in marshy ground, and are hard to find as the 
bird sneaks off in a mouse like fashion and easily escapes notice. The nests 
and eggs largely resemble those of Song Sparrows, the nests noted differing 
in the absence of hair in the lining. 
Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow.— One noted June 10, 1916. 
Pirangaerythromelas. ScarLteT TANAGER.— One noted June 6, 1916. 
Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons. Cuiirr SwaLttow.— Abundant 
breeding bird. 
Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swattow.— Common. Breeds. 
Iridoprocne bicolor. TREE SwaAttow.— Common. Breeds. A nest 
found June 12, 1916, contained six well incubated eggs. 
Riparia riparia. Bank SwaLttow.— Common. Breeds. On June 
19, 1916, the nests examined in a fair-sized colony contained mostly five 
fresh or nearly fresh eggs, each. 
Bombycilla cedrorum. Crpar Waxwine.— Noted commonly. 
Vireosylva philadelphica. PHrmAapDELPHIA VrrEo.— Three nests with 
eggs of this species were found during our 1916 visit, and a number of pairs 
of birds were noted, where the nests were not located. The situations 
where nests were found, as well as where additional birds were observed, 
were, in every instance, on islands or along the shores of river bottoms, 
with a growth of willow and alder. The nests found were in slender forks 
of alder, at a height varying from ten to seventeen and one half feet (the 
latter actual measurement). On June 17, two of these nests held four eggs 
each, the third five, the only set of five vireo eggs of any species, of which 
we have knowledge. The nests are very beautiful structures, and quite 
different from those of the other Eastern Vireos. They are most compactly 
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