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this form are all the grackles breeding in this locality. Mr. F. M. Chap- 

 man pronounced this verdict upon a series which I collected for him. 

 The birds are less frequent in winter; in their breeding habits they are 

 gregarious to a considerable extent. 



69. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus. Bronzed Grackle. — Winter resident, 

 or at least it is a regular winter visitor. Some of the breeding specimens 

 closely approach it, but are distinctly referable to the preceding. I took a 

 typical example on January 24, 1903. 



70. Pocecetes gramineus. Vesper Sparrow. — An uncommon winter 

 resident. The last was seen March 20, 1903. 



71. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. Savanna Sparrow. — A 

 common winter resident, becoming very abundant in spring. By the 

 middle of April the maximum abundance is reached, and from this time 

 on for nearly two weeks very many are present, singing often from trees 

 and fences. After the last of April, as a rule, few are seen ; but in 1903 

 the species was locally common until May 2, and the last lingered until 

 May 15. 



72. Coturniculus savannarum passerinus. Grasshopper Sparrow. 

 — Probably an uncommon breeder, though I observed none later than 

 May 2. The first arrived — or was seen, for this may be a winter resident 

 also — on April 4. 



73. Coturniculus leconteii. Leconte's Sparrow. — I saw no birds 

 that I could positively identify as this species until April 7, 1903, when I 

 took one and saw three others; after this I noted them at intervals until 

 April 25. 



74. Zonotrichia albicoUis. White-throated Sparrow. — An abun- 

 dant winter resident ; last seen April 26. 



75. Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow. — Abundant in East Baton 

 Rouge Parish, but of singularly restricted distribution in the parish 

 under consideration. I first heard its song on April 5, 1903 — though it 

 is doubtless resident — and from that time until the end of my stay I was 

 always sure of finding it fairly common — but only in the spot where I 

 first heard it. At no time did I see or hear a single individual four hun- 

 dred yards from the metropolis of the species, — a cleared pasture grown 

 up again in bushy young plants of honey-locust and boimded by fields 

 and hedges. 



76. Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. — An abundant winter 

 resident ; frequenting mainly thickets and hedge-rows, but spreading also 

 into the grassy fields, where, in the ditches, according to my note-book, 

 "These birds behaved most strangely; I could hear them creeping under 

 the matted grass, squeaking like mice, and often splashing through the 

 water like little musk-rats." The last were seen May 2, 1903. 



77. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towhee. — A rather common winter 

 resident; less common in summer. 



78. Cardinalis cardinalis magnirostris. Louisiana Cardinal. — Mr. 

 Outram Bangs {Proc. N. Eng. Zool. Club, Vol. IV, pp. 5-7) has founded, on 



