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Spizella monticola Baird. — Tree Sparrow. Abundant. 

 Chiefly spring and autumn migrant ; but breeds, rarely 

 at least, as far south as Massachusetts, where many re- 

 main through the winter. 



Nos. 394, (^; 399, ?. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1858. 

 No. 105, Anderson River, north of Great Bear Lake, Arctic^merica. 

 E. McFarlane. From the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1864. 



Spizella sociaUs Bon. — Chipping Sparrow. Abundant. 



Summer resident. 



No. 401, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, Spring of 1856. 

 No. 423, ?. " " " " Autumn of 1856. 



Spizella pusilla Bon. — Field Sparrow. Abundant. 

 Summer resident. 



No. 402, ? . Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1858. 



Melospiza melodia Baird. — Song Sparrow. Abundant. 



Summer resident. I think it will be found to winter in 



the more southern portions. 



No. 391, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, Winter of 1856. 

 No. 395, $. " " " " 1856. 



Melospiza palustris ^oivdi. — Swamp Sparrow. Com- 

 mon summer resident. Some probably winter towards 

 the southern limit. 



No. 400, ? . Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



Melospiza Lincolnii Baird. — Lincoln's Sparrow. This 

 is a most extensively distributed species, whose range 

 includes almost the whole continent of North America, 

 and yet it is everywhere of uncommon occurrence. Three 

 instances only of its capture in New England are recorded. 

 (Springfield, Mass., May of 1860, '63, '64. All., p. 73. 

 Omitted from xS'am. 0. O.) 



I^asserella iliaca Sweiins. — Fox-colored Finch. Com- 

 mon spring and autumn migrant. Not recorded as either 

 breeding or wintering in New England. 



No. 393, $ . Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



No. 100, Washington, D. C. C. Drexler. From the Chicago Acad- 

 emy of Sciences, 1864. 



If the Passerella obscura Verrill (Proc. B. S. N. H.," 

 ix, 1862, p. 143) be a valid species it undoubtedly 

 visits New England in its migrations. 



Pyrgita domestica. — European House Sparrow. In- 

 troduced, and at present only found in certain localities. 



