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THE CAYUGA LAKE BASIN, N. Y. 



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Meadow lark (a few in winter), 



Baltimore oriole, 



Bronzed grackle. 



Purple finch, 



Vesper sparrow, 



Savannah sparrow, 



Grasshopper sparrow. 



Chipping sparrow, 



Field sparrow. 



Swamp sparrow (sometimes in 



winter), 

 Towhee, 



Rose-breasted grosbeak, 

 Indigo bunting. 

 Scarlet tanager. 

 Purple martin, 

 Clifif swallow, 

 Barn swallow, 

 Tree swallow. 

 Bank swallow. 



Rough-winged swallow. 



Cedar waxwing (irregularly in 



winter), 

 Red-eyed vireo. 

 Warbling vireo, 

 Yellow-throated vireo. 

 Chestnut-sided warbler, 

 Oven-bird, 



Louisiana water-thrush, 

 Maryland yellow-throat. 

 Redstart, 

 Catbird, 

 Brown thrasher (uncommon at 



this season), 

 House wren, 

 Long-billed marsh wren. 

 Wood thrush, 

 Veery, 



Robin (a few regularly in winter). 

 Bluebird. 



Winter Residents. 



Herring gull, 

 Merganser, 

 Redhead, 

 Canvasback, 

 Greater scdup duck. 

 Golden eye. 

 Old-squaw, 

 Scoter, 



White-winged scoter, 

 Surf scoter, 



Canada goose (more common as 

 a transient). 



Rough-legged hawk. 



Pine grosbeak. 



Red crossbill. 



White-winged crossbill. 



Redpoll, 



Pine siskin. 



Snow bunting, 



Tree sparrow. 



Northern shrike. 



Winter wren (found breeding in 



1878), 

 Brown creeper. 



