Vol. XXXIl 

 1914 



] GoLSAN AND HoLT, Birds of Alabama. 1'2t 



glasses in depression in open hay field. (E. G. H.) Autauga Co., near 

 Booth, May 15, 1910; nest of fine grass, arched with coarse grass in depres- 

 sion under bunch of grass and two thistles in open pasture; four eggs, heavily 

 incubated. (L. S. G.) 



96. Icterus spurius. Orch.\rd Oriole. — Common summer resi- 

 dent of orchards, hedge row?, thickets, etc. Breeding record: Barachias, 

 June 6, 1907; semi-pensile nest of green grasses, lined with thistle down 10 

 ft. up in small hackberry hanging over slough in open field; five fresh eggs. 

 The green grass of the nest was hardly distinguishable from the leaves of 

 the tree, even at close range. An occupied nest of a Kingbird was in the 

 same tree. (E. G. H.) 



97. Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. — Abundant winter 

 resident, preferring swamps, moist meadows, etc. Apparently increasing 

 in numbers (Autauga Co.). 



98. Quiscalus quiscula quiscula. Purple Grackle. ' Crow 

 Blackbird.' — Permanent resident in favorable localities. Abundant 

 in winter and generally distributed in large flocks. Near Autaugaville all 

 nests found were in old woodpeckers' holes in dead pines standing in 

 water, where some dozen pairs regularly breed. Data: Autaugaville 

 April 28, 1912; nest a large mass of coarse grass, lined with finer grass, in 

 old enlarged woodpecker's hole in dead pine in marsh; four considerably 

 incubated eggs. (L. S. G.) 



99. Quiscalus quiscala seneus. Bronzed Grackle. ' Crow 

 Blackbird.' — Found in company with the Purple Grackle in flocks in 

 the winter. 



100. Carpodacus purpureus purpureus. Purple Finch. — Ob- 

 served to frequent hillsides and fields contiguous to Bear Swamp; some 

 even seen in barn yards, between Jan. 2 and Mar. 17, 1912. Observed 

 occasionally during severe winters in past years (Autauga Co.). 



101. Passer domesticus domesticus. English Sparrow. 'Town 

 Bird.' — Very abundant about towns and also in the country about houses, 

 stables, etc. Permanent resident. 



102. Loxia curvirostra minor. Crossbill. — Flock of 25 or 30 seen 

 feeding in a red juniper tree in a farm yard near Bear Swamp about 1883; 

 several taken. No record since. 



103. Astragalinus tristis tristis. Goldfinch. ' Wild Canary.' 

 "Lettuce Bird." — Common pe^-manent resident. Summer habitat: 

 Moist pastures and old fields and woods bordering streams and ponds. 

 Generally distributed in winter (Autauga Co.). Not so well known in 

 Montgomery Co. 



104. Pooecetes gramineus graiuineus. Vesper Sparrow. ' Grass 

 Sparrow.' — Very common winter resident of grassy fields, associated 

 generally with the Savannah Sparrow. 



105. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. Savannah Sparrow. 

 ' Grass Sparrow.' — Abundant winter resident of grassy fields, associ- 

 ated generally with Vesper Sparrows. 



