C. H. Merriani — />ir</.'< o/ ('o/t/iirftrnt. 30 



doubt of its l)i-f(.'(liiiii-. Jlc' rmtlicr states; "'I'licrc is a small piece of 

 -woodland in tiiis [ilaee wliere suii'l>' tlioy cannot lie considered r.iic. 

 Have seen several that Tve not been able lo shoot. 'I'hcy are \ crv 

 shy. You just l)arely get a ulinipse ul'oiie and lia\e just time to Lfet 

 an idea ol' what it is, when down he u-oes into the thick slirulibcr\, 

 and no amount of jiatient waitin^i' will lem|)t him to conic in si^ht 

 auain. Provoked, you tletei'mim' to kill ever\ one that comes in 

 sight, and after the slaughter of liall' a dozen innocent Song oi- S\\;im|i 

 Sparrows, yoii conclude that that won't do. 77/r//, [teiliaps, almost 

 the first bird you leave will be Lincoln's Sj)arrow. I think they are 

 much more common than generally supposed, but are so shy, and 

 inhabit such bushy pastures, that they are hard to tind.''"'' J. (J. 

 Ely, of Lyme, Conn., "took three this sjjring" (1S77). 



95. JunCO hyemalis (Linne) Sclater. Slate-colored Siiowliird. 



A common winter resident, arriving, from the north befiuH' the 

 middle of October (Oct. 8, 1876, Osborne), and rennuning till the 

 Hrst week in May (last seen May 2, 1877, Osborne ; May ;3, 187G). 



96. Spizella montiCOla ((imelin) Bainl. Tree Sparrow. 



A common winter resident, but more numei'ous in spring and I'all. 

 Arrives from the north about the last of October (Oct. 28, 1875), 

 and remains till near the middle of April (A])i-. 12, Osliome). 



97. Spizella SOCialis (Wllson) Bonaparte. Chipping- Sparrow. 



An al)undant summer resident, arriving as early as tlu' latter pari 

 of February (Feb. 23, 1877, G. B. Grinnell), and remaining, in num- 

 l)ers, till the last cf November. Sometimes places its frail nest on 

 the ground, as well as on trees and Inishes (Coe). A few sometimes 

 spend the winter with the English Sparrows about town. They 

 often awake in the night, sing once, and go to sleej) again. Scarcely 

 a night passes (in June and early July) l>ut that I hear om- sing 

 several times — generally about midnight. 



98. Spizella pnsilla (Wilson) Bonaparte. Field Sparrow. 



An abundant summer resident, generally breeding in open fields. 

 Arrives early in April (Apr. 6, is77, Portland, Conn., Sage), remain- 

 ing till December (have taken it all through November and on Dec. 



* MS. notes of Er-win I. Shores. 



