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272. Passerella iliaca. Fox Sparrow. 



Common transient visitant. March 7 (Prospect Park) to 

 April 18 (Parkville, and Oct. 14 (Prospect Park) to December 

 25 (Flatbush). 



273. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towhee; Che wink. 



Common summer resident. x\pril 23 (Parkville) to Oct. 

 23 (Flatlands). It occasionally winters (Floyd, Auk, xv, 1898, 

 p. 190 and Hendrickson, Auk, xx, 1903, p. 216). Nests are 

 sometimes found with eggs late in the season. At Lake Grove, 

 Mr. Howell found two nests, each with four eggs on Aug. 4. 



274. Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. 



Rare summer resident. This bird like the Carolina Wren, 

 is probably now much rarer than before the thorough clear- 

 ing off of the extensive woodlands and undergrowth of the 

 island, especially at the western end, where it was formerly 

 common. Even in 1884 a nest was found in Prospect Park 

 (Adney, Auk, i, 1884, p. 390). Several other recent records 

 are. Far Rockaway Sept. 7, 1884 (R. B. Lawrence, Forest and 

 Stream, xxiii, p. 144); Seaford, Dec. 1, 1890 (Dutcher, Abstr. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Y., 1892, p. 1). Two were seen at Prospect 

 Park, April 11, 1902, by Mr. C. G. Abbott and on March 26, 

 same year and place, a male was seen by the writer. On Long 

 Island it seems, at present, to be extremely rare, though common 

 in the lower Hudson River valley and found in Central Park, 

 New York city. 



275. Zamelodia ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



This species is apparently only an uncommon migrant. May 

 3 (Miller's Place, A. H. Helme) to May 12 (Jamaica South); 

 Sept. 25 (Parkville). Though this territory lies within its 

 breeding range, we have been unable to establish any data 

 concerning its nesting here or its presence during the breeding 

 season. 



