100 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. 



244^584-(243). Melospiza georgiana {Lath.). Swamp Sparrow. 



Not rare; probably throughout the State; April and August; ''common at Ann 

 Arbor, nesting in the open swamps'' (Dr. J. B. Steere); "nests freely about swampy 

 lakes at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); "Southern Michigan and Upper Peninsula" (A. H. 

 Boies); "very common in Kent County, have taken the eggs and seen thousands of the 

 birds" (S. E. White); nests on ground usually in swamps; F. M. Falconer reports 

 taking a nest at Hillsdale, three feet from the ground; eg js four to five, bluish or gray- 

 ish white, specked with brown. 



Genus PASSERELLA Swain. 



Fox Sparrow, natural size. 



245-585-(282). Passerella iliaca (Merr.). *Fox Sparrow. 



Common; throughout the state; migrant; " common migrant at Iron Mountain " 



(E. E. Brewster); "taken at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "an abundant transient" 

 (Dr. M. Gibbs); March and April, and October and November; " Mackinac Island " 

 (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); a very beautiful singer. 



Genus PIPILO Vieill. 



246-587-(301). Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.). *Towhbe; Towhee Bunting; 

 Chewink; Marsh Robin; Ground Robin; Jewee; Joe-wink. 



Very common; throughout the state; March to October; reported at Ann Arbor by 

 F. L. Washburn in December (The Auk, Vol. VI, p. 279); Prof. James Satterlee saw it 

 at Greenville the last of November, 1892; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); breeds; 

 " very common at Iron Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); nests in June and July, in bushes, 

 low trees, on grass tufts, near the ground, or on the ground. Dr. Atkins once found a 

 nest on a beech knot, one foot from the ground; eggs three to five, very variable , 

 usually grayish or pinkish white, specked with reddish brown. 



Genus CARDINALIS Bonap. 



247-593-(299). Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). * Cardinal; Cardinal Grosbeak; 

 Virginia Red Bird. 



Very rare; " never seen at Ann Arbor " (Dr. J. B. Steere); " have taken a few speci- 

 mens in Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties " (A. H. Boies); " a few are seen in Monroe 

 County every spring " (Jerome Trombley); " a pair taken in Kent County " (S. E. 

 White); set of eggs taken at Detroit, June 19, 1892 (W. A. Davidson in O. and O., Vol. 

 XVII, 1892, p. Ill); Dudley E. Waters took a female in Kent County Aug. 10, 1883, 

 and a male Oct. 24, of the same year. He thinks he saw a j oung bird. Mr. Jerome 

 Trombley writes me that a pair have nested in Monroe for two years past. 



