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Spizella monticola Baird. — Tree Sparrow. Abundant. 

 Chiefly spring and autnmn migrant; but breeds, rarely 

 at least, as far south as Massachusetts, where many re- 

 main through the winter. 



Nos 394, $ ; 399, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1858. 

 No. 105, Anderson River, north of Great Bear Lake, Arctic America. 

 R. McFarlane. From the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1864. 



Spizella socialis Bon. — Chipping Sparrow. Abundant. 



Summer resident. 



No. 401, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, Spring of 1856. 

 No. 423, ?. " " " ■' Autumn of 1856. 



8pizeTla pusilla Bon. — Field Sparrow. Abundant. 

 Summer resident. 



No. 402, 9 . Essex Co. S. .TlUson, 1858. 



Melospiza melodia Baird. — Song Sparrow. Abundant. 



Summer resident. I think it will be found to winter in 



the more southern portions. 



No. 391, ^. E.ssex Co. S. Jillson, Winter of 1856. 

 ■ No. 895, $. " " " " lfc56. 



Melospiza pahcstris Ji'Aivd. — Swamp Sparrow. Com- 

 mon summer resident. Some probably winter towards 

 the southern limit. 



No. 400, ? . Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



Melospiza Lincolnii Baird. — Lincoln's Sparrow. This 

 is a most extensively distributed species, whose range 

 includes almost the whole continent of North America, 

 and yet it is everywhere of uncommon occurrence. Three 

 instances only of its capture in New England are recorded . 

 (Springfield, Mass., May of 1860, '63^ '64. All., p. 73. 

 Omitted from Sam. 0. 0.) 



Passerella iliaca Swains. — Fox-colored Finch. Com- 

 mon spring and autumn migrant. Not recorded as either 

 breeding or wintering in New England. 



No. 393, ? . Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



No. 100, Washington, D. C. C. Drexler. From the Chicago Acad- 

 emy of Sciences, 1864. 



If the jPasse7-ella ohscura Verrill (Proc. B. S. N. H., 

 ix, 1862, p. 143) be a valid species it undoubtedly 

 visits New England in its migrations. 



Pyrgita domestica. — European House Sparrow. In- 

 troduced, and at present only found in certain localities, 



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