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when thickets and brief patches are fairly aUve with them, associated with 

 White-throated Sparrows. Breeding records: Bear Swamp, Autauga Co. 

 June 23, 1909; nest of grass and pine needles, enveloped in oak and beech 

 leaves, 7| ft. from ground in vine-covered bush; three eggs, one pipped and 

 other two rotten. (L. S. G.) Another nest discovered May 7, 1910, on 

 ground under muscadine vine in Bear Swamp, contained four fresh eggs. 

 (L. S. G.) 



117. Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. ' Redbird.' — 

 Very common permanent resident; breeding from April 10 to August 20. 

 An inhabitant of thickets and brier-patches throughout the woods and 

 swamps. Breeding records: Barachias, April 10, 1908; nest of grasses 

 and leaves in plum tree, about 3 ft. above ground in open field; three fresh 

 eggs. (E. G. H.) Autauga Co., near Autaugaville, April 18, 1909; nest 

 of leaves, pieces of bark and little sticks on vine-covered mock orange limb 

 over thickety ditch; three fresh eggs. (L. S. G.) 



118. Zamelodia ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. — Male 

 taken at Barachias, April 26, 1909; female seen May 2, 1913. 



119. Guiraca cserulea cserulea. Blue Grosbeak. — Common sum- 

 mer resident of old fields, thickets and hedge rows. Data: Four miles 

 S. E. of Montgomery, July 3, 1908; nest of leaves, paper, weeds and grass, 

 lined with grass and horse hair, placed in crotch about 5 ft. up in osage 

 orange hedge on roadside; four nearly hatched eggs. (E. G. H.) Au- 

 tauga Co., near Autaugaville, June 6, 1909; nest of leaves, weed stems and 

 wool, hned with rootlets and a httle hair, 2 ft. up in blackberry briers on 

 open hillside; three eggs considerably incubated. (L. S. G.) 



120. Fasserina cyanea. Indigo Bunting. ' Swamp Bluebird.' — 

 Common summer resident of old fields and ditch banks, preferring damp sit- 

 uations. Data: Barachias, June 4, 1908; nest of grass and leaves, lined 

 with fine grass, suspended 3 ft. from ground in crotch of hackberry bush 

 on ditch bank in open hay-field; three eggs, incubation just begun. 

 (E. G. H.) Autauga Co., near Autaugaville, May 22, 1910; compact nest 

 of cane leaves and weed stems, hned with fine grass and wool, firmly 

 fastened 4 ft. up in clump of sweet gum bushes on edge of swamp and 

 cultivated field; three fresh eggs. (L. S. G.) 



121. Spiza americana. Dickcissel. — - Rather common summer res- 

 ident of the hay fields of Montgomery Co.; rare in Autauga Co. Data: 

 Barachias, June 20, 1909; nest of weed stems, lined with grasses, 2 ft. up 



« in small bush in hay field; four eggs, very slightly incubated. (E. G. H.) 

 Autauga Co., near Autaugaville, May 14, 1911; nest of weed stems, grass 

 and cotton, 2 ft. up in oak bush growing out of drain ditch in large open 

 field; four shghtly incubated eggs. (L. S. G.) 



122. Piranga erythromelas. Scarlet Tanager. — Known only as 

 a spring migrant. Not common. 



123. Piranga rubra rubra. Summer Tanager. ' Bee Bird.' 

 ' Summer Redbird.' — Abinidant summer resident, generally distributed. 

 Data: Autauga Co., near Autaugaville, May 19, 1912; four considerably 



