18S9.] Faxon, Summer Birds of Berkshire County, Mass. IOI 
30. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna. SAVANNA SPARROW. — 
Common at lower levels at the base of the Saddle-Back range of moun- 
tains, and observed in the Notch as high as the Graylock toll-gate, 1560 
feet. 
3t. Zonotrichia albicollis. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.—In ascend- 
ing Graylock by the turnpike, this bird was not met with until within 
two miles of the summit (altitude about 2800 feet). From this point to 
the summit it is common. Its notes are preéminent in the bird music of 
the top of Graylock, where it is known and cherished by the keepers of 
the summit-house as the ‘Mountain Lark.’ On the eastern slope of 
Graylock, in the Notch, especially in the cleared land on the south of the 
‘Bellows-Pipe’ or height-of-land, the Whitethroat descends to a much 
lower level than on the western side of the range. 
32. Spizella socialis. CHIPPING SPARROW.—Common wherever the 
land is tilled. 
33. Spizella pusilla. FreLp SpaAaRRow.—Common in the pastures of 
the valleys and mountain sides. 
34. Junco hyemalis. SNowsirp.—Common up to summit of Gray- 
lock. Observed, June 28, on the ‘Winter Road’ from North Adams to the 
Notch, only 370 feet above the village of North Adams. Here the birds 
were apparently on their breeding-ground. They are more abundant, 
however, at higher levels. They are called.‘Snowbirds’ here, as in east- 
ern Massachusetts. 
35. Melospiza fasciata. SONG SPARROW. — Common wherever the 
land has been cleared. I found it in Wilbur’s Clearing, or the ‘Moun- 
tain Pasture,’ on the carriage road to Graylock (2200 feet), and on the 
southern side of Graylock, where the forest has been felled, at a consider- 
ably greater altitude. Not found on the summit. 
36. Passer domesticus. Housr Sparrow.—Only found in populous 
villages like North Adams and Williamstown. 
37. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Townrer.—Not uncommon in favorable 
places, e. g., the shrubby pastures on the ‘Winter Road’ in the neighbor- 
hood of the North Adams Reservoir and _ the cleared ‘sprout-land’ on 
the southeastern side of Graylock. Here it is found in the favorite 
haunts of the Mourning Warbler, and extends up to a high level, in fact 
as far as the forest has been cut off. Mr. Brewster found but one pair of 
Towhees during his visit to this region in 1883.* It is probable that they 
are increasing with the disappearance of the forest. 
38. Habia ludoviciana. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. — Rather com- 
mon. Noted on the mountains as high as 2500 feet. 
39. Passerina cyanea. INDIGOBIRD.—Common in the more open 
country. Seen in the clearing on the summit of Graylock. 
40. Piranga erythromelas. ScARLEY TANAGER. — Rather common. 
Seen on Graylock at an altitude of over 3000 feet. 
* Auk, I, 13, 1884. 
