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written professedly against the naturalizing of the house sparrow in the United 

 States, and, falling into the hands of the editors of agricultural papers, has pretty 

 generally biased them against :he bird. The agricultural districts are yet to be 

 heard from, and so far the opposition comes from dwellers in cities rather than 

 from the farming population. 



The European tree sparrow, passer montatius, distinguished by the chestnut crown 

 and the similarity of both sexes and the young, was introduced with the house 

 sparrow, and is abundant at St. Louis {Dr. J. C. Me^-rill), and perhaps other places 



9. PASSERCULUS. Bonaparte. 



93. P. SAVANNA. Bon. Savanna Sparrmv. Sharply streaked ; streaks on 

 back blackish ; line over eye and edge of wing yellowish; L. 5j5^ ; \V. 2^^ ; T. 2. 

 Abundant migrant, and north a summer resident. 



10. POCECETES. Baird. 



94. P. GRAMINEUS. Bd. Bay- Winged Bunting, Grass Fittch, Ground Bird, 

 Thickly streaked all over ; slightly buffy below. L. 6; W. 3; T. 2^. Known at 

 once by the chestnut bend of wing and white outer tail feathers. His habit of 

 singing after sundown has suggested the name of Vesper Sparrow ; the song is 

 charmingly described by John Burroughs in the " Wake Robin." 



II. AMMODROMUS. SwainLon. Shore Sparrows. 



95. A. PASSERINUS. Baird. Yelloio-Winged Sparrow. Streaked above; 

 feathers edged with bay ; breast buffy ; wings and tail short ; edge and bend of 

 wing and line over eye yellow; L. 5 ; W. 27^ ; T. 2. A timid little bird, running 

 like a mouse among the weeds and grass ; notes sharp, grasshopper-like. A sum- 

 mer resident, from May to September, everywhere in fields and on prairies north ; 

 not so common in Central and Southern Indiana. 



96. P. HENSLOWI. Baird. Bensioiv^s Bunting. Smaller and more yellow 

 above ; breast, etc., with some sharp black streaks. Common summer resident on. 

 the prairies from May to September. " Has a weak, squeaky song, consisting of 

 several sharp notes." {Nelson.) 



97. A. LECONTEI. Baird. LeConte's Sparrow. This rare migrant has been 

 taken by Nelson at Riverdale, Illinois, near the Lake county line. It is interme- 

 diate between the preceding and the next; back with rufous; tail feathers sharp 

 and slender; breast unspotted. As in those described above, there is a light me- 

 dium stripe in the crown and the tail feathers, acute but not rigid. 



98. A. COUDACUTUS. Var. Nelsotii. Nelson's Sharp- Tailed Finch. BiU 

 slender; tail feathers sharp and rather stiff; back sharply streaked; L. 5 j W. 2^/3 r 

 T. I^. It is with pleasure that 1 record this pretty finch, not uncommon in the 

 marshes about Lake Michigan, where it was first discovered by my friend, E. W. 

 Nelson, with whom I first collected and studied birds, and to whose list of Birds of 

 Northeastern Illinois I am mainly indebted for the notes on distribution in North. 

 ern Indiana. 



12. CHONDESTES. Ssvainson. 



99. C. GRAMMACA. Bonap. Lark Finch. Streaked above, ashy below; 

 crown and ear coverts chestnut, blackening on forehead, with whiiish median and 



