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April 24 was the day of its recorded arrival in 1900, when it was 

 already common and in full song. Through September it was very 

 numerous, and the last was noted October 6. Additional dates of in- 

 terest relating to its migration are April 20, 1902 (Bacon), and Oc- 

 tober 6, 1888 (Sennett). 



167. Passerella iliaca. Fox Sparrow. 



A rather uncommon transient visitant, inhabiting the densest shrub- 

 bery and tangle, usually with other small birds of kindred tastes, and 

 very retiring in its disposition. The only spring records in 1900 are 

 of single specimens secured respectively on April 13 and 18. Mr. 

 Bacon has noted it on the following dates : April 18, 1893, April 

 11, 1895, and April 25, 1901 — the last being the latest spring record, 

 while a specimen in Mr. Sennett's collection marked April 4, 1874, 

 is the earliest date for that season. In the fall of 1900 October 5 and 

 November 5 were extreme dates. Mr. Simpson reports a specimen 

 taken as late' as November 12 in 1903. 



168. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towhee. 



A summer resident, apparently only tolerably common during the 

 breeding season — at least on the Peninsula — but much more numer- 

 ous during the migration, frequenting the woodland thickets. " March 

 10, 1894, I saw a pair, which date I consider very early. A more 

 usual date of arrival is March 31, 1899." (Bacon.) In 1900 none 

 were noted until April 18, when it was present in some numbers. In 

 the fall the last was noted October 11. 



169. Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal Grosbeak. 



A rare species so far north. Mr. Bacon is the only observer who 

 has met with it here. " A single pair of this species is all that I have 

 seen or heard. This pair raised a brood of young in the summer of 

 1892, in a thicket bordering the lake bluff, about five miles west of 

 Erie. On August 18 I was shown the nest, containing at that time 

 three young birds, and both parents were seen in the trees near by. ' ' 

 It would be interesting to know where these particular birds spent the 

 winter. 



170. Zamelodia ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



A summer resident, not very common, at least on the Peninsula, 

 where, in 1900, it was first observed May 10 in the spring, and last 

 on September 19 in the fall. Mr. Bacon thinks it is more common 

 away from the lake. May 4, 1892, is his earliest date. The latest 



