2 2 LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 



Central Park in 1890 and now a common permanent resident. Site: Holes in 

 buildings or in trees. Eggs: 4-6, pale bluish. 



57. (494.) Bobolink; Reedbird {Dolichonyx oryzivorus). Local status: 

 Locally common summer resident, apparently decreasing in numbers, abundant 

 fall migrant in wild rice marshes. Site: On the ground in pastures and mead- 

 ows. Eggs: 4-6, grayish white, with numerous spots of olive-brown or umber. 

 Dale: May 29. 



58. (493-) Cowbird {Molothrus atcr). Local status: A common summer 

 resident and abundant migrant. Site: Parasitic, laying eggs in the nests of 

 other species. Eggs: white, evenly speckled with cinnamon-brown or umber. 

 Date: May 5. 



59. (498.) Red-winged Blackbird (Agclaius phoiniceus). Local status: 

 Abtmdant summer resident. Site: In grassy or bushy borders of pond, 3-6 

 feet from the ground, in reeds, bushes or tussock of grass. Eggs: 3-6, pale 

 blue, streaked, spotted or scrawled with dark purple or black. Date: May 18. 

 Group, Hall No. 304. 



60. (501.) Meadowlark {Sturnella magna). Local status: Common sum- 

 mer resident, rare in winter. Site: On tiie ground, in pastures and meadows. 

 Eggs: 4-6, white, speckled with reddish brown. Date: May 10. 



61. (506.) Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius). Local status: Locally com- 

 mon summer resident. Site: Generally' in orchards, 10-15 feet from the ground, 

 near the extremity of a limb. Eggs: 3-5, bluish white, spotted, blotched and 

 scrawled with blackish. Date: May 30. Group, Hall No. 308. 



62. (507.) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula). Local status: Common sum- 

 mer resident. Site: Generally in fruit or shade trees, near the extremity of a 

 limb, 20-40 feet from tlie ground. Eggs: 4-6, white, scrawled with blackish 

 lines and with a few spots or blotches. Date: May 25. Group, Hall No. 

 308. 



63. (511.) Purple Grackle; Crow Blackbird (Quiscalus quiscula). Local 

 status: Abundant migrant, locally common summer resident, nesting in colonies. 

 Site: In colonies, generally in coniferous trees, about 30 feet from the ground. 

 Eggs: 3-6, very variable, generally pale bluish or bluish green, spotted, blotched 

 or scrawled with brown or black, but sometimes evenly speckled with brownish 

 and rarely almost solid cinnamon- or rufous-brown. Date: April 25. Group, 

 Hall No. 305. 



64. (517-) 'PMT-ple 'Finch (Car podacus pur pureus). Local status: Rare and 

 local summer resident, common in migrations and sometimes in winter. Site: 

 Generally in a coniferous tree, 5-30 feet from the ground. Eggs: 4-6, blue, 

 spotted about the larger end with blackish. Date: May 24. 



65. House Sparrow; English Sparrow (Passer domcsticus). Local 



status: Introduced from Europe in 1851 and later dates and now an abundant 

 permanent resident. Site: About buildings or in trees. Eggs: 4-7, generally 

 white, finely and evenly marked with olive, sometimes plain white or almost 

 uniform olive-bro^vn. 



66. (529.) Goldfinch (Astragalinus tristis). Local status: Common per- 

 manent resident. Site: In a bush or tree. 5-30 feet from the ground. Eggs: 

 4—6, pale bluish white. Date: June 20. 



67. (540.) Grass Finch; Vesper Sparrow (Poaecetes gramtneus). Local 

 status: Common summer resident. Site: On the ground, generally in dry. 



