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73. Spizella pusilla pusilla. Field Sparrow. — A rare 



winter resident around Plainfield, and rarer still in 

 the immediate vicinity of the city. More numerous 

 than usual at Plainfield (Miller), and reported from 

 several other localities. 



74. Junco hyemalis hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. — 



Present in about its usual numbers. 



75. Melospiza melodia melodia. Song Sparrow. — Oc- 



curred last winter in much greater numbers than 

 usual, and was one of the commonest birds. 



76. Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. — More nu- 



merous and more generally distributed than usual. 

 Reported from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on Christ- 

 mas Day (Vietor). 



77. Passerella iliaca iliaca. Fox Sparrow. — Reported in 



unusual numbers from many localities. 



78. Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. — Resident 



in Central Park, N. Y. C, Staten Island, the Palisades 

 near Engiewood, and the vicinity of Plainfield. 



79. Bombycilla cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. — An ir- 



regular winter resident in the hills north of Plainfield 

 (Miller). 



80. Lanius borealis. Northern Shrike. — A shrike was 



noted on January 1 near Plainfield (Miller). It was 

 probably horealis. 



81. Dendroica coronata. Myrtle Warbler. — Much com- 



moner and more generally distributed than usual. 

 By far the largest number ever noted at Plainfield in 

 winter (Miller). 



82. Dendroica vigorsi vigorsi. Pine Warbler. — A male 



was noted December 8, 1912, by Mr. Miller near 

 Plainfield. This is the first winter record for Plainfield 

 and also for the vicinity of New York City, so far 

 as the writer has been able to find. 



83. Anthus rubescens. Pipit. — A flock of 25 recorded by 



Lewis F. Bowdish and Edward Fleischer on Decem- 

 ber 26, 1912, in the marshes near Manhattan Beach. 

 (See Bird-Lore, Christmas Census for 1912). Stray 



