March, 1920] 



The Canadian Field-Naturalist 



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98. Bobolink, DoUchonyx or^zivorus. Very 

 common summer resident. 



99. CoWBIRD, Molothrus aler. Much too abun- 

 dant. Most of the small birds are burdened with 

 the rearing of it's offspring. 



100. Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeni- 

 ceus. Breeds m most of the cat-tail runs, also 

 building in the wild Red Osier, Cornus stolonifera, 

 and sedge grasses. 



101. Meadowlark, 5furnc//a magna. Common; 

 breeds. Sometimes few stay over winter. 



102. Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius. One 

 noted in song May 31, 1917. 



103. Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula. Com 

 mon, breeds. 



104. Rusty Oracle, Eupbagus carolinus. Com- 

 mon migrant. More abundant in fall. 



105. Bronzed Oracle, Quiscalus quiscula. 

 Abundant summer resident. Occasional birds stay 

 ing in winter. Is in rather poor grace with the 

 farmers of this locality, through it's love for sprout- 

 ing corn, yet I think they receive much more benefit 

 than harm from the bird. 



106. Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enuclealor. A 

 number were here through the winter of 1918-19 

 They seemed to feed largely on apple seeds. 



107. Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus. 

 They seem to be great wanderers, as there are 

 long stretches at a time through the winter when 

 they are entirely absent. 



108. Crossbill, Loxia curvirosira. Three seen 

 Feb. 14, 1918. 



109. White-winged Crossbill, Loxi'a leucop- 

 tera. Saw six Nov. 18, 1917. 



110. Redpoll, Acantbis linaria. Some winters 

 quite abundant, but usually only a very few seen, 

 or entirely absent. 



111. Goldfinch /I s/raga/inus Iristis. Abunda.nt 

 resident. Found commonest in winter on the Black 

 Birch, Betula lenla. Feeds on the catkms. 



112. Pine . Siskin, Spinus pinus. Occasional 

 small fllocks met with in fall. 



113. Show BunTIHG, Plectropbenax nivalis. 

 Abundant winter visitor. 



1 1 4. Vesper Sparrow, Foocceles gramincus. 

 Very common ; raising two and three broods n 

 season. 



115. Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandrvi- 

 chensis. Common summer resident. 



116. Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus 

 savannarum. Regular su:iimer visitor. Have 

 heard them in song up to thj lasi week in July. 



1 1 7. White-crowned Sparrow, Zonoiricbia 

 leucopbrys. Always present in spring and fall mi- 

 grations. 



118. White-throated Sparrow, Zonoiricbia 

 albicollis. Abundant in spring and fall. Have 

 never observed it during the breeding season. 



119. Tree Sparrow, Spizella monticola. Com- 

 mon winter resident; remaining until the second 

 week in April 



120. Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina. 

 Very common ; breeds. 



121. Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla. Very 

 few here. Common four miles south-west. 



122. Slate-colored Junco. J unco byemalis. 

 Abundan! in spring and fall; a very few remain- 

 ing to breed. Always quite a number present 

 through the winter. 



123. Song Sparrow, Melospiza mclodia. Very 

 abundant summer resident. A few spend the win- 

 ter. 



124. Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolni. 

 Saw three Oct. 3, 1917. Took one specimen. 

 They did not skulk through the grass, as I had 

 expected, but stayed in the low dog-wood bushes 

 which margined the pond. 



125. Swamp Sparrow, Melospiza georgiana. 

 Breeds sparingly here each season. 



126. Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca. Five to 

 ten seen each migration. 



127. ToWHEE, Pipilo erytbrophlhalmus. Com- 

 mon. A few wintered here the season of 1917-18. 



128. Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis. One taken 

 May 3, 1918. The first to be observed. Another 

 heard July 8, 1918. 



129. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Zamclodia lud- 

 oviciana. Common; breeds. 



130. Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. A 

 pair breeds in nearly every large raspberry patch. 



131. Scarlet Tanager, Piranga erytbromelas. 

 Common. Took a beautiful male June 3, I'^IS, 

 half way between summer and winter plumag:". y.'t 

 it was full — no pin-feathers. The undevparts were 

 color of the female with heavy, clear-cut blotches 

 of scarlet. Crown, nape and back, variegated wilh 

 scarlet and green, darker than crown of femal\ 



132. PuRP_L Martin, Progne suhis. Only one 

 seen — June 1. 1918. 



133. Cliff Swallow, Peirochclidon lunifrons. 

 Occassionally a colony attempts to build under the 

 eaves of a barn, but are usually driv>.'n cut by 

 House Sparrows. 



134. Barn Swallow, Hnundo i-rytbrogasler. 

 Common ; breeds. 



135. Tree Swallow, hidoprocne bicolor. Re- 

 gular migrant; few nesting. 



136. Bank Swallow, Riparia r.paria. A few 

 breed in most of the gravel-pits. Larger colonics 

 in the sand-banks along the creek. 



