228 GoLSAN AND HoLT, Birds of Alabama. [April 



106. Anunodramus savannarum australis. Grasshopper Spar- 

 row. — Taken occasionally at Barachias, Montgomery Co. Habits not 

 well known. Apparently frequents sedge fields. 



107. Zonotrichia albicoUis. White-throated Sparrow. ' Yel- 

 low-headed Sparrow.' — Abundant winter resident of briers, thickets 

 and fence rows. 



108. Spizella passerina passerina. Chipping Sparrow. — Tolera- 

 bly common permanent resident. Habitat : Dry woods, fields, etc. Breed- 

 ing record: Bear Swamp, May 17, 1910: three fresh eggs; nest of weed 

 stems and grass, lined with hair and moss, 16 ft. up in post oak and 10 ft. 

 out on branch; tree on edge of swamp. (L. S. G.) 



109. Spizella pusilla pusilla. Field Sparrow. ' Grass Sparrow.' 

 — Common permanent resident of fields and open country in general. 

 Breeding records: 3| miles S. E. of Montgomery, April 30, 1905; three 

 eggs in nest of fine grass on ground in hay field; incubation advanced. 

 (E. G. H.) Bear Swamp, May 7, 1910; nest of grass, loosely built, lined 

 with finer grass, 2 ft. up in small cluster of sweet gum bushes in edge of 

 Bwamp; four slightly incubated eggs. Within 6 ft. of Towhee's nest on 

 ground. (L. S. G.) 



110. Junco hyemalis hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. ' Snow- 

 bird.' ' White-tailed Sparrow.' — Common winter resident. Found 

 in small flocks, sometimes associating with Field, Chipping and White- 

 throated Sparrows, generally about bushy places. 



111. Peucsea aestivalis bachmani. Bachman's Sparrow. — Rather 

 uncommon permanent resident; more in evidence in spring and summer. 

 Known to breed, but no sets taken by us. 



112. Melospiza melodia melodia. Song Sparrow. — Common win- 

 ter resident of weedy pastures and old fields, invariably near water. Gen- 

 erally associated with Swamp Sparrows. 



113. Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. — Abundant winter 

 resident of damp situations generally, but has also been taken on dry hill- 

 sides. Prefers wet, weedy bottoms. 



114. Passerella iliaca iliaca. Fox Sparrow. — Uncommon winter 

 resident. 



115. Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus. Towhee. — 

 ' Joree.' — Common winter resident. It is difficult to determine whether 

 most of our winter Towhees are subspecies erythrophthalmus or canaster, 

 but as three out of four birds taken in December and January proved to be 

 canaster we are inclined to believe that this form predominates. If this 

 is true, then canaster certainly migrates, because Towhees are vastly more 

 numerous with us in winter than in summer. 



116. Pipilo erythrophthalmus canaster Howell. Alabama Tow- 

 hee. ^ 'JoREE.' — Uncommon permanent resident; abundant in winter, 



icf. Auk. 1914. p. 115. 



