556 lK'.:i\« a ' ; Binh. [ol-x. 



.::>::> Om whkh I - ober 15, 1905 in the Chariest own Bench 



marsh was kindly identified b> Mi ^ ilham Brewster as " nearly typical " 



- - 5. ra indebted to Di C ^ Richmond of the l 



V ration of a male which 1 took at Quono- 



chontaug on October 17. 1909. These arc the first records for this state 



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Passerherbulus nelsoiii subvirgatus k.CA »S LBP-TAIUU) Sru;- 

 kow . - A common tall migrant along tho t tiring in all the salt 



I have two males and a partial albino which 1 shot October 15, 

 1905, in the Charles aoh marsh, and a mak shot October S. 1911, 



1: doubtless occurs as a spring migrant, but 1 havo 

 cord. 

 Passerherbulus niaritimus maxitirnus S- ■ \<un- SbaBROW. — Oc- 

 S as an uneomr.v v residenl in nearly all of tho salt marshes on 



our south* s tble in numbers in dil ars, due no douh 



the flooding of the marshes by nun. l> s a ere found at Quonochon- 



taug, Juno 16, 1903 aining thn .rly ready to hatch, and 



the other with four eggs incubated eight days. Tho latter sot is in my col- 

 lection. Tho nests were well concealed in the short coarse dead marsh 

 grass, just above tho sur: shallow water that covered a small part 



of tho marsh to a depth of thnv or four inches. 1 took a female October 3, 

 1909, at Charlostown Beach, and a male October 12, 1912, at Qjuonochonteng. 

 Zonotrichia albicollis Whrb-vhboatsd Sparrow. — Wintei 

 - ••.ally l - February 12, 1911. feeding on tho 



fruit of tho harben [Nro were Been in a M oattail " 



oston, Dew 25, 1912, in company with a small flock of 



Tree Sparrows. 



Progne subis subis. Pubh ■ Makvin- Ihe cold rainstorms of Juno. 

 190; rterminated tho martins in this stato. They havo never re- 



gained their former abundance and 1 know of but few that nest with us. 

 — . they would increase if suitable houses were put up to attract 

 thom a small ..'.•■■> of .. doaen pairs occupies bird houses in Shannock 

 ..-.rly every summer. I took a fresh sot of five oggs on Juno 10. 1911. 

 from a bird house in Charlestown « hich had two pairs for tenants. 



Lanius ludovicianus migrans. Migrant Sukikk. — A raro migrant. 

 A: QuonochoD s bile perched on tho limb of a dead 



tree, one was busily ongagod eating a largo grasshoppor. It allowed mo to 

 approach within a few feet git I opportunity to identify it. Mr. 



F. T. Jem - - oe in Bairington or. - I of tho same year. 



1 saw one on a telephone 1912, a: ^. mtaug but 



unable to secure it Ml&E MM of Block Island, in August. 



1912, found one dead, killed b - and saw 



VenniYora celata celata Oranqb-crownbd Wabbubb. — A nu 



of this very rare migrant was shot by tho late James W, Stain ton in Crans- 

 ton on May 17. 1892. It is now in tho collection of Rhode Island birds 

 in the Park Museum at Provido 



