1909.] THE CAYUGA LAKE BASIN, N. Y. 439 



seen in the same locality. A. A. Allen and J. T. Lloyd found two 

 adults and three young just leaving the nest, June 19, 1908, at the 

 source of Cascadilla Creek. 



281 (581). Melospiza melodia (Wilson). Song sparrow. 

 Common summer resident and not uncommon in the marshes dur- 

 ing winter. Migrants from the south begin to arrive about March 

 10. For the remainder of the month this species is abundant. The 

 nesting season extends from May i to July 22. A few nests have 

 been found the last of April. 



282 (583). Melospiza lincolni (Audubon). Lincoln's sparrow. 



An uncommon but regular transient. It arrives the very last of 

 April, the twenty-seventh being the earliest date. It is met with 

 occasionally until May 15. It appears in the fall the last of Septem- 

 ber or first of October. 



283 (584). Melospiza georgiana (Latham). Swamp sparrow. 

 Common summer resident. It is occasionally taken in the marshes 



in winter. The average date of spring arrival is April 12, the ear- 

 liest, March 29, 1904. During the second week in October there is 

 a decided reduction in numbers and all have left before the last of the 

 month. 



284 (585). Passerella iliaca (Merrem). Fox sparrow. 

 Common transient. The average date of spring arrival is April 



15, the earliest, March 17, 1908. They are very rarely found after 

 April 15, the latest being May 8, 1908. In the fall they appear the 

 first week in October and are found until the first week in November. 

 The latest date is November 15, 1908. 



285 (587). Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnseus). Towhee. 

 Common transient and an uncommon but regular summer resi- 

 dent. The average date of spring arrival is April 23, the earliest, 

 April 18, 1905. It is found nesting in a few localities, at the south 

 end of the basin, from May 25 through the larger part of June. 

 Young on the wing have been seen June 19. They remain in the 

 fall until October 20. 



