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which were light blue spotted mostly at 

 the larger end with brown and black. 

 They measured .87x.59. 



The Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Habia 

 lucloviciana) is rather common here ar- 

 riving by the 12th of May and leaving 

 hy September. I found two nests .of 

 this species here this year; the first was 

 found May 3lst, it was fourteen feet up 

 in a basswood tree and contained four* 

 eggs, which were light greenish blue, 

 spotted and clouded with black and 

 lavender, and measured .88x.50, .94x.69, 

 .94x.69, .91x.66 The nest was compos- 

 ed of weed stalks and flower stems lin- 

 ed with fine weed stalks. The second 

 nest was found June 4th, it was seven 

 and one-half feet up in a little birch 

 tree and contained two eggs; the first 

 egg was the usual color except for a 

 thick wreath of brown all around the 

 large end, the second was the same only 

 instead of a wreath the whole of the 

 larger end was brown. The eggs 

 measured 1.x. 69, 1.x. 66. The nest was 

 made of weed stalks and small twigs, 

 lined with fine weed stalks. The nests 

 are always built near water and aie 

 usually quite shallow. 



The American Goldfinch (Spinus tris- 

 tis) is one of our common birds and 

 may be seen the whole year round. I 

 have noticed young birds of this species 

 here in September, that could hardly 

 fly, and once I found a deserted nest in 

 a pear tree, but the larger part of them 

 go farther north to breed. 



The Chewink(Pipilor erythropthalmas) 

 is quite common here, arriving about 

 the first week in May and departing in 

 October. They breed undoubtedly and 

 I have been told of nests being found 

 here but I have never found any my- 

 self. 



The Field S\)&rrow(Spizella pusilla) is 

 rather common here, arriving by the 

 last week in May and remaining 

 through the summer. I found but one 

 nest of this species here; it Avas in a 



large field covered with brake, in going 

 through it one day .a Field Sparrow flew 

 from under my feet, upon looking 

 down I discovered, under the top of a 

 fallen brake the nest, containing four 

 eggs, which were white spotted with 

 red and lavender. It is pleasant at 

 mid day, Avhen most birds are silent, to 

 hear from his perch on a small bush or 

 perhaps a telegraph wire, the sharp, 

 descending trill of the male, while the 

 female patiently sets on her eggs. 



The following are those which I have 

 observed only as migrants or occasional 

 visitors. 



The Pine Finch {Spinus pinus) occurs 

 only in small numbers, in fall or win- 

 ter, and often with a flock of Chicka- 

 dees. Their only note seems to be a 

 wirey see-see see-see, the first note being 

 the longest and the whole being given 

 quite fast. 



Avanna Sparrow (Passerculus savanna) . 

 I have seen but one of this species here. 

 It was the fifth of May, this year, and 

 the bird was in company with a large 

 flock of White-throated Sparrows. 



White-throated Sparrow (Zonolricha 

 albicolis) these birds are very common 

 here during the migrations. They take 

 from the last of April to the second 

 week of May for their passage north 

 and return in September and October. 

 Tree Sparrow (Spizella montana) this 

 bird occurs only as a winter visitor. I 

 have often noticed large flocks around 

 a marshy spot near here, where they 

 feed on the seeds of the long grass that 

 grows there. Their song is a subdued 

 warble resembling very much the song 

 of the Bobolink. 



Slate-colored Junco (Junco hyemalis) 

 these birds appear here by the middle 

 of April on their passage north, which 

 takes about three weeks, and return 

 about the first of October. 



White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotricha 

 leucophrys). I have but one record of 

 this species seen by me on the second 

 day of May, this year, in company with 

 a flock of White-throated Sparrows. 



