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Zonotfichia leucophrys. White -crowned Sparrow. A 

 few observed in January. 



Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow. Very abundant in 

 November. 



Junco hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. Abundant. 



Melospiza melodia. Song Sparrow. Abundant. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towhee. Common. 



Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. Common. 



Lanius ludovicianus. Loggerhead Shrike. Common. 



Dendroica coronata. Myrtle Warbler. Very abun- 

 dant all of November. 



Mitnus polyglottos. Mockingbird. Common, more so 

 in November than in January. 



Parus bicolor. Tufted Titmouse. Common in heavy 

 woods about Bayou Meto. 



Hylocichla aonalaschkae pallasii. Hermit Thrush. A 

 few in November and also in January. 



Merula migratoria. American Robin. Common in ro- 

 ving flocks. Sometimes abundant and again not to be 

 found at all. 



Sialia sialis. Bluebird. A few. 



A SONG SPARROW'S NEST. 



BY BENJ. T. GAULT. 



The following recorded happenings to a Song Sparrow's 

 nest found on our place, during the season of 1900, may be 

 of interest and perhaps worthy of repetition here. 



June 17. — I discovered a Song Sparrow's nest in one of 

 our gooseberry bushes ; it contained four young sparrows 

 and one young Cowbird — all but a few days old. 



June 19. — Examined the nest again and found one of the 

 young sparrows hanging to the bush, just below the nest, 

 dead. It had been crowded out. 



