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was taken at Warren by Mr. M. C. Harriman, on January 7, 

 1878. 

 Dates : March 3 to September ; (winter). 



158. Sturnella magiia (Lin.). MEADOWLARK. 



A summer resident of the Transition valleys, uncommon in 

 the southern parts of the state, and rare so far north as the 

 White Mountains ; rarely or perhaps accidentally wintering. 

 On the coast, at Hampton Falls, Mr. W. K. Cram writes me that 

 it has been observed at all seasons. It occurs in fair numbers 

 in the Merrimack River basin, as at Hollis, and Manchester, 

 and farther up at Webster, Tilton and Gilmanton (Dearborn, 

 '98). In the Connecticut valley basin, the bird is not uncom- 

 mon as far up at least as Charlestown, as observed by Mr. W. 

 M. Buswell and myself among others. Mr. K. B. Frost writes 

 me that two or three pairs breed 3^early about Hanover. Mr. 

 Bradford Torrey (:oo, p. 638) records a single bird singing at 

 Franconia, May 22, 1899, which may have straggled up the 

 Connecticut valley ; the bird was unknown to the Franconia 

 people. Still farther up, Mr. F. B. Spaulding of Lancaster 

 found a single pair nesting on his father's meadows at that 

 town in 1901, the first he had ever noted there. At Intervale, 

 in the early '9o's, a pair of these birds bred for a few seasons on 

 the Saco meadows, but were finally shot, and none have since 

 appeared until 1902, when a pair was noted during the sum- 

 mer months, with four of the full-grown young, and again in the 

 early summer of 1903. Mr. C. F. Goodhue ('85) records that a 

 single bird remained at Webster through the winter of 187475. 



Dates: March 26 to October 12 ; (winter). 



159. Icterus galbula (Linn.). BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



A summer resident of the Transition portions of the state, 

 rather common in the valleys and lowland towns of the southern 

 part, but becoming rare in the White Mountain region. About 

 the larger southern towns, it delights to nest in the elms of the 

 village street. In the valleys on both sides of the White Moun- 

 tains one or two pairs are found about nearly every hamlet, 

 though apparently fewer occur on the northern side of the range. 



