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394. Downy Woodpecker — Fairly 

 plentiful , several being seen daily. 



412a. Flicker — These birds arrived 

 on the 5th and were plentiful during 

 the rest of my stay. 



456. Phoebe — Rather scarce, prob- 

 ably on account of the cold weather. 

 One was seen during one of the coldest 

 days and I often wondered if it ever 

 found anything to eat. 



488. American Crow — Very plenti- 

 ful; large flocks often consisting of 

 plentiful, several being seen daily. 



495. Cowbird— These birds were 

 during the last few days of my stay, 

 extremely plentiful. From daybreak 

 until about nine o'clock, large flocks 

 passed by in an almost continuous 

 stream. 



498. Red-winged Blackbird — These 

 birds were also extremely plentiful, 

 passing by with the Cowbirds. 



501. Meadowlark — Very plentiful at 

 all times, even during the coldest 

 weather. 



511. Purple Grackle — Very plentiful 

 for the last few days going by with 

 the Red-wings and Cowbirds. 



517. Purple Finch — Very scarce, 

 only three were seen on the 6th, one 

 of which was singing. 



528. Redpoll — Very plentiful during 

 the whole of my stay. On the 5th a 

 large flock was seen which must have 

 contained at least 100 individuals. 



540. Vesper Sparrow — Very plentiful 

 in the fields. 



559. Tree Sparrow — Small flocks of 

 these little Sparrows were seen but 

 never in large numbers. 



560. Chipping Sparrow — These birds 

 were entirely absent until the 6th; 

 when one individual was seen. 



563. Field Sparrow — Seen in small 

 numbers in the fields. 



567. Slate-colored Junco — Fairly 

 plentiful, seen in small flocks with the 

 Tree Sparrows. 



581. Song Sparrow — Abundant every- 

 where. 



587. Towhee — Fairly plentiful in the 

 thickets and brush piles. 



593. Cardinal — Very scarce, but one 

 bird seen, in a small thicket, on the 

 4th. 



622. Loggerhead Shrike — Several of 

 these birds were occasionally seen in 

 a thorny grove of small trees. 



726. Brown Creeper — Rather scarce, 

 seen several times in the woods. 



727. White-breasted Nuthatch — Fair- 

 ly plentiful, seen occasionally in pairs. 



748. Golden-crowned Kinglet — These 

 little birds were seen but once on the 

 5th, when three of them were found 

 in a small orchard. 



761. American Robin — Fairly plenti- 

 ful everywhere. 



766. Bluebird — Very plentiful, often 

 seen in small flocks of eight or ten 

 birds. 



Thomas D. Burleigh. 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Copy. 

 We again call upon our contributors 

 with the wail of the pursued to state 

 that the typesetter calleth for copy, 

 and we have but little left. These 

 long winter evenings are good times 

 to prepare short articles and notices 

 giving pithy bird information acquir- 

 ed during the past season. 



Nesting of the Sprague's Pipit. 



It is a far cry from the Park-like re- 

 gion of Canada where I first heard and 

 found the Sprague's Pipit on its nest- 

 ing grounds, to the undulating prairie 

 country of South Dakota where I be- 

 came more intimately acquainted with 

 this species. 



I have heard and found this Pipit 

 on its nesting grounds near Prince 

 Albert, Saskatchewan, but it was some 

 time after hearing the Bedilia, delia, 

 delia, delia, delia notes of this soar- 



