OF ILLINOIS BIRDS 



Pine Grosbeak. T.V. 



Very irregular late fall and 

 winter visitor to N. 111., and 

 found in same places as 

 the preceding. 



Purple Finch. S.R., N. 



Common T. V. 



A few winter in parts of the 



state, and casually in N. 111. 



*House Sparrow. P.R., N.C. 



S. 



Abundant, particularly in 

 and about the larger cities 

 and towns. 



European Tree Sparrow. P. 

 R.,S. 



Like the preceding an in- 

 troduced species, though, in 

 this instance, but locally es- 

 tablished, or naturalized, in 

 the vicinity of St. Louis. 

 Otto Widmann writes under 

 date of Nov. 19, 1921, of 

 finding it as far back as 

 twenty-five years ago in at 

 least four of the Illinois 

 counties, and the probabili- 

 ties are its range has been 

 extended somewhat since 

 then. 



The counties named, and 

 places mentioned where 

 found, are as follows, viz: 

 Jersey (Grafton); Madison 

 (Alton and Godfrey); St. 

 Clair (Belleville, etc.), and 

 Monroe (Columbia). 

 Local observers in this 

 state apparently have over- 

 looked this interesting bird, 

 owing perhaps to its mod- 

 est and retiring habits, or 

 confused it, possibly, in 

 some way with its more 

 boisterous and aggressive 

 cousin the House Sparrow. 



Crossbill. T.V. 



Irregular and erratic in its 

 movements, and confined 



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