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County" (Jerome Trombley); from April to October; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); 

 nests in May, in bushes or on the ground; eggs three to five, grayish white, specked with 

 brown; more shy than the Chipping Sparrow. This delightful singer is a favorite with 

 all lovers of nature. 



Genus:;JUNCO Wag. 



240-«j67-(201 part). Junco hyemalis (Linn.). * Slate-colored Junco; Common 

 Snow Bikd; Junco; Black Snow Bird. 



Very common; flocks; winter; more common in spring; not rare in summer, north; 

 "summer resident in Montcalm County, but a migrant at Ann Arbor " (Dr. J. B. 

 Steere); "Monroe County from early spring to May" (Jerome Trombley); "com- 

 mon at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds in the northern part of the state; 

 "builds in Northern Peninsula" (H. Nehrling); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 "nests at Traverse City, in excavations under logs'' (L. W. Watkins); "in bushes 

 two to six feet high " (Gibbs); " on the ground '* (Coues); or " hole in stump " (Samuels); 

 eggs four, white with reddish specks; reported by Dr. Atkins at Locke July 8, 1879, 

 and by C. W. Gunn at Grand Bapids, a pair apparently breeding July 13, 1878 (Bull. 

 Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. IV, p. 238); Mr. S. E. White says.this bird may breed 

 in Kent County, as he has taken it in June. These Snow Birds often appear in quite 

 large flocks. 



241-567a-(263). Junco hyemalis oregonus {Towns.). * Oregon Junco; Oregon 

 Snow Bird. 



" Accidental visitor" (Dr. M. Gibts); rare; Dr. Atkins reports taking this bird twice 

 in April. This is quite probably an error. Prof. A. W. Butler thinks these notes may 

 refer to Junco hyemalis shvfeldti, which has been taken at Lafayette, Ind. 



Genus MELOSPIZA Baibd. 



242-581 -(244). Melospiza fasciata (Grhel). * Song Sparrow. 



Very common; throughout the entire State; from early spring till late fall; occa- 

 sional in February ; " a few remain through the winter in Monroe County " (Jerome 

 Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. 

 Brewster); breeds; "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "rears two or three broods a 

 season" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); nests in April and May and August, in bushes, occasion- 

 ally ten feet high, "have been found in l)oles of apple trees " (Davie), or on the ground, 

 often surrounded with snow; eggs four or five, sometimes six and very rarely seven. 

 R. H. Wolcott reports a nest at Ann Arbor, 1892. with seven sparrow eggs and one cow 

 bird's egg, grayish or bluish white, thinly, rarely thickly, dotted with varying shades 

 of brown; beautiful singer; very desirable bird. This is a great favorite with all lovers 

 of birds. I have seen these birds take the half grown bark lice clean, from the linden 

 twigs, in early spring. 



243-583-(642). Melospiza lincolni (Aud.). Lincoln's Sparrow. 



Very rare; Dr. M. Gibbs reports two specimens taken May 1875, and September 28 

 and October 9, 1879, and several specimens more recently; E. L. Moseley reports one 

 taken at Grand Rapids in 1887; " should be found breeding in Michigan " (A. W. But- 

 ler); "breeds in Northern Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). 



