24 BIKDS OF EAST PEXNSYLVAKIA. 



House Sparrow. . . . Passer dojuesticiis. According to Mr 

 G. N. Lawrence, this well-known 

 European bird has been successfully 

 introduced into Jersey City, Hobo- 

 ken, and Newark, N.J., where they 

 excite much interest, and have be- 

 come great favourites. A very 

 interesting account of the species 

 in its new haunts, is given by that 

 gentleman, on the Birds of New 

 York, in the "Annals of the Lyceum 

 of Natural History of New York," 

 Vol. VIII., April, 1866. 



Black- throated Bunting. Enspiza Americana. Plentiful. Ap- 

 pearing early in May, and leaving 

 in September. (S.) 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Guiraca Ludoviciana. Rather rare. 

 It comes in April, and leaves early 

 in September. (S.) 



Indigo Bird Cijanospiza cijanea. Not uncommon 



from May to September. (S.) 



Cardinal Grosbeak. . . Cardinalis Virginianus. Red Bikd. 

 Virginia Nightingale. Fre- 

 quently met with. Many remain 

 throughout the AVinter in the lower 

 counties. 



Ground Eobin. . . . ripih enjthrophthahnus. TOWHEE. 

 Cheewink. Abundant from the 

 middle of April to October. A 

 few remain during Winter, and 

 may be found in well- sheltered 

 localities. (S.) 



Eeed Bird Dolichonyx oryzivorus. RiCE BUNT- 

 ING. BoB-o-LiNK. Plentiful. It 

 appears early in May, and again 

 in the middle of August, when it 

 arrives from the north in large 

 numbers, spreading along the Dela- 

 ware and other rivers. (S. & A.) 



