434 REED-WRIGHT— THE VERTEBRATES OF [October i, 



253 (501)- Sturnella magna (Linnaeus). Meadow lark. 

 Common summer resident and found regularly in small num- 

 bers in winter. The average date of the spring arrivals is March 

 17, the earliest, March 4, 1906. They remain common until the 

 last of October. 



254 (506). Icterus spurius (Linnaeus). Orchard oriole. 



Rare. On May 30, 1898, G. C. Embody took a male at Cayuga. 

 On May 27, 1899, Burdett Wright found a pair nesting at Monte- 

 zuma. A male was taken at Ithaca, May 3, 1890, by L. A. Fuertes. 

 who saw a pair at Ithaca, June 7, 1902. A male in song was found 

 May 18, 1908, in the Inlet valley just south of Ithaca and in the same 

 locality A. A. Allen and J. T. Lloyd found a nest which contained 

 four eggs and one young. 



255 (507). Icterus galbula (Linnaeus). Baltimore oriole. 

 Common summer resident. The average date of spring arrival 



is May 3, the earliest, April 30, 1900 and 1905. They nest from 

 May 10 to June i. 



256(509). Euphagus carolinus (Miiller). Rusty blackbird. 

 Common transient. It arrives usually the last days of March. The 

 earliest date is March 18, 1901. It is common from April 15 to 30 

 but small flocks are seen until May 15. 



257 (Sii&)- Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (Ridgway). Bronzed 

 grackle. 



Common summer resident and occasionally found in winter. 

 The average date of spring arrival is March 14, the earliest, IMarch 

 4, 1906. Nesting begins the last half of April and continues through- 

 out May. By May 25 large numbers of young are on the wing ; dur- 

 ing the first week in June this species begins to collect in flocks and 

 resort to common roosts. 



69. Family Fringiixid^. The Sparrows. 



258 (514)- Hesperiphona vespertina (W. Cooper). Evening gros- 

 beak. 



Accidental visitant. During the winter of 1890 when it was so 

 common in New England it appeared here in fairly large numbers 



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