30 RIDGWAY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



32. Agelaius phceniceus (Linn.). (Red-winged Blackbird). 

 Abundant in suitable places. 



33. Sturnella magna (Linn.). (Meadow I ark). Abundant. 



34. Icterus spurius (Linn.). (Orchard Oriole). More 

 numerous than the Baltimore, but almost entirely confined, as its 

 name indicates, to apple orchards. 



35. Icterus galbula (Linn.). (Baltimore Oriole). Com- 

 mon. 



36. Quiscalus quiscula ^eneus (Ridgw.). (Bronzed 

 Grackle). Abundant, but most of their former breeding places 

 (large elm trees containing cavities) are now destroyed. 



37. Spinus tristis (Linn.). (American Goldfinch). Breed- 

 ! ng sparingly in small trees, especially along the roadside in out- 

 skirts of the town. 



38. Pooc^etes gramineus (Gmel.). ( Vesper Sparrow). 

 Less rare than the following, though still by no means common. 



39. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.). (Sa- 

 vanna Sparraw). Very rare in summer. Two or three have been 

 positively identified. Nests found in damp meadows. 



40. Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.). 

 (Grasshopper Sparrozv). Abundant in dry meadows. 



4 1 . Ammodramus henslowii (Aud.). (Henslow 's Sparrow). 

 Common in damjo, weedy meadows. 



42. Chondestes grammacus (Say). (Lark Sparrow). 

 Abundant in the outlots. 



43. Spizella socialis (Wils.). (Chipping Sparrow). 

 Abundant everywhere. 



44. Spizella pusilla (Wils.). (Field Sparrow). Abun- 

 dant in bushy places in the outskirts. 



45. Peuc^ea aestivalis bachmanii (Aud.). (Bachman's 

 Sparrow). Rather rare and confined to a few particular localities, 

 but originally discovered and undoubtedly breeding within the town 

 limits. 



46. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.). (Towhee). Com- 

 mon in bushy places in the outskirts. 



47. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). (Cardinal). Com- 

 mon in all suitable places. Several pairs breeding in cedar trees in 

 the middle of the town. 



48. Passerina cyanea (Linn.). (Indigo Bunting). Abun- 

 dant in suitable places. 



49. Spiza Americana (Gmel.). (Dickcissel). Probably the 



