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wig Kumlein); "doubtful if it breeds in Northern Peninsula" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); 

 migrant in Lower Peninsula; " less common in Monroe County than the White- 

 throated Sparrow " (Jerome Trombley); solitary; "generally gregarious during migra- 

 tion "(Dr. M. Gibbs). 



White-throated Crown Sparrow, natural size. 



235-558-(275). Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel). * WHTTE-THROATED SPARROW. 



Abundant; throughout the entire state; September, April and May; migrant; not 

 uncommon migrant at this place; "though a migrant at Ann Arbor, nests abundantly 

 at Petoskey as late as July" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common in Grand Traverse County" 

 (M. L. Leach); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "very abundant on 

 Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "breeds freely in Northern Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig 

 Kumlein); "summer resident as far south as Grand Rapids " (Dr. M. Gibbs); S. E. 

 White reports this as breeding abundantly at Mackinac Island; eggs four to five; 

 beautiful singers; usually seen in flocks. 



GENUS SPIZELLA BONAP. 



236-559-(268 part). Spizella monticola (Gmel). * TREE SPARROW. 



Very common throughout the entire state; "often in flocks with the Junco Snow 

 Birds; "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 winter resident; October to April; flocks. 



237-56O-(269). Spizella socialis (Wils.). * CHIPPING SPARROW; CHIPPIE; HAIR 



BIRD. 



Very common; throughout the state; April to October; "Mackinac Island " (S. E. 

 White); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "not seen in the Northern 

 Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds abundantly; nests in 

 May and June, in orchard trees, evergreens, thorn bushes, etc., occasionally in build- 

 ings, "sometimes on the ground" (Dr. J. B. Steere); eggs three to five, bluish green 

 with specks of black and obscure brown; migrate south in flocks; one of our best 

 known and most friendly Sparrows. 



238-561-(272). Spizella pal I id a (Swain.). CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. 



" Rare in Western Indiana and Northern and Western Illinois, probably visits 

 Michigan" (A. W. Butler); "breeds in Upper Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); 

 "doubtful if it breeds in Northern Peninsula" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); "a very rare 

 migrant " (A. B. Covert's Birds of Washtenaw County, Michigan). 



239-563-(271). Spizella pusilla (Wils.). * FIELD SPARROW. 



Exceedingly abundant; throughout the entire state; "not abundant at Ann Arbor" 

 (Dr. J. B. Steere); "rare in Wayne County'* (B. W. Swales); "abundant in Monroe 



