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wig Kumlein); "doubtful if it breeds in Northern Peninsula" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); 

 migrant in Lower Peninsula; " less common in Monroe County than the White- 

 throated Sparrow" (Jerome Trombley); solitary; " generally gregarious during migra- 

 tion " (Dr. M. Gibbs). 



White-throated Crown Sparrow, natural size. 



235-.558-(275). Konolricliia albicollis (Gmel). * White-throated Sparrow. 



Abundant; throughout the entire state; September, April and May; migrant; not 

 uncommon migrant at this place; "though a migrant at Ann Arbor, nests abundantly 

 at Petoskey as late as July" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common in Grand Traverse County" 

 (M. L. Leach); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "very abundant on 

 Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "breeds freely -in Northern Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig 

 Kumlein); " summer resident as far south as Grand Rapids " (Dr. M. Gibbs); S. E. 

 White reports this as breeding abundantly at Mackinac Island; eggs four to five; 

 beautiful singers; usually seen in flocks. 



Genus SPIZELLA Bonap. 



230-559-(268 part). Spizella monticola (Gmel.). *Tree Sparrow. 



Very common throughout the entire state; "often in flocks with the Junco Snow 

 Birds; "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 • winter resident; October to April; flocks. 



237-560- (269). Spizella socialis (Wils.). * Chipping Sparrow; Chippie; Hair 

 Bird. 

 Very common ; throughout the state; April to October; "Mackinac Island " (S. E. 

 White); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "not seen in the Northern 

 Peninsula " (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); breeds abundantly; nests in 

 May and June, in orchard trees, evergreens, thorn bushes, etc., occasionally in build- 

 ings, "sometimes on the ground" (Dr. J. B. Steere); eggs three to five, bluish green 

 with specks of black and obscure brown; migrate south in flocks; one of our best 

 known and most friendly Sparrows. 



238-561-(272). Spizella pallida (Swain.). Clay-colored Sparrow. 



" Rare in Western Indiana and Northern and Western Illinois, probably visits 

 Michigan'' (A. W*. Butler); "breeds in Upper Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); 

 "doubtful if it breeds in Northern Peninsula" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); "a very rare 

 migrant " (A. B. Covert's Birds of Washtenaw County, Michigan)^ 



239-563-(271). Spizella pnsilla (Wils.). * Field Sparrow. 



Exceedingly abundant; throughout the entire state; "not abundant at Ann Arbor" 

 (Dr. J. B. Steere); "rare in Wayne County" (B. W. Swales); "abundant in Monroe 



