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Sparrows in the village. We secured one of the birds as pciUida 

 might occur. 



39. Junco hyemalis hijemalis. — Slate-colored Junco. During our 

 first week at Lincoln we saw an average of fifteen per day, mainly 

 in the mixed flocks of sparrows. There were thirty in " the settle- 

 ment " on October 13. A daily average of twenty-one was noted 

 along the south shore of Hubbard lake from October 14 to 19, both 

 inclusive. Forty was the most seen in one day prior to October 

 25, when about 150 were counted southwest of the village. This 

 was the grand exodus, the season concluding with one bird on the 

 following day. 



40. Melospiza melodia melodia. — Song Sparrow. Found onlv 

 during the first week of our stay and in the swampy district south 

 of the dwelling section, where twelve were counted on October 11. 



41. Melospiza georgiwna. — Swamp Sparrow. Four were found in 

 the tangled vegetation over water in the same swamp as melodia 

 on October 11. 



42. PassereUa iliaca iliaca. — Fox Sparrow. Small companies of 

 this species were found at different places along the trail to " mud 

 pond " on October 7 and one bird the next day. As time progressed 

 without additional records we concluded that the species had fled 

 the county, but on October 25 we shot one beside a trail in the 

 heart of a dense cedar growth southwest of the village. 



43. Lanius borealis. — Northern Shrike. One passed in a west- 

 erly direction through the village on October 29. Occasionally it 

 would alight, but only to remain less than a minute. 



44. Dendroica coronata. — Myrtle Warbler. We saw one individ- 

 ual with a flock of juncos on the south shore of Hubbard lake on 

 October 15. 



45. Antlius nibescens. — Pipit. As we stepped from the house on 

 the morning following our arrival at Lincoln the first birds we 

 saw were individuals of this species, and during our first week at 

 the village no other birds were so abundant. Coming from the 

 north they usually lit among the stumps on the northern slope of 

 the ridge and then worked over the top and southward, sort of 

 drifting along the village streets and the tops of buildings and 

 stumps. They were usually in flocks of ten to fifteen and one of 

 these occasionally remained about the ridge all day. The range 

 of abundance per day was from thirty to more than two hundred 

 individuals. They were in greatest abundance at the time we left 

 for Hubbard lake and probably the migration continued during 

 the week of our absence, for upon our return we noted a flock of 

 fifteen on October 21 and three birds about the village from the 

 25th to the 29th. 



46. Certhia familiar is americana. — Brown Creeper. One noted 



