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Fig. 26. Junco. 

 ern Illinois and Massachusetts, to the Gulf. This species is here 

 an abundant summer and common winter resident. (See Group, 

 Gallery, between Cases O and P.) 



256. Melospiza lincolni (And.). Lincoln's Sparrow. (583.) 

 — Eastern North America, breeding from northern Illinois and 

 northern New York northward, and wintering from southern 

 Illinois to Mexico ; rare east of the Alleghanies. In this vicinity 

 Lincoln's Sparrow is a rare but regular migrant, passing north- 

 ward in May and southward in September and October (Dutcher, 

 MS.). 



*257. Melospiza georgiana (Lath). Swamp Sparrow. (584.) 

 — Eastern North America, breeding from northern Illinois and 

 Pennsylvania northward to Labrador ; winters from southern 

 Illinois and northern New Jersey to the Gulf. This bird is an 

 abundant summer resident, especially in the great marshes of the 

 Hackensack, and a rare winter resident. (See Group, Gallery, 

 between Cases O and P.) 



*258. Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox Sparrow. (585 ) — 

 Breeds from the Magdalen Islands and Manitoba to Alaska, and 

 winters from Virginia southward. This Sparrow occurs as a 

 common spring and fall migrant, passing northward in March and 

 April and southward in October and November. 



