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* Chipping Sparrow ; Chippy iSpiaclUi :sociiilis) . An ahundaiit summer resi- 

 dent, arriving from the south about April i and remaining until November. 



* Field Sparrow ■ (Spicclla pttsilla). An abundant summer resident, appear- 

 ing in the spring about April i and not departing southward until November or 

 even December. Of rare but regular occurrence in winter at Plainfield, N. J. 

 (Miller, MS). (See group, third floor). 



*Junco ; Snowbird (Junco Iiycinalis). The Junco is one of our most abundant 

 winter birds. It comes to us from the north late in September and remains until 

 May. 



Fig. 28. Junco. 



* Song Sparrow (Mclospica ciiierca inelodia). An abundant summer and 

 common winter resident. (See group, third floor). 



Lincoln Sparrow t Mclospica liiicoini). In this vicinity the Lincoln Sparrow 

 is a rare but regular migrant, passing northward in May and southward in Sep- 

 tember and October. 



* Swamp Sparrow (Mclospiza gcoi\s:iana) . An abundant summer resident, 

 especially in the great marshes of the Hackensack, and a rare winter resident. 

 (See group, third floor). 



*Fox Sparrow {Passerella iliaca) . A common spring and fall migrant, pass- 

 ing northward in March and April and southward in October and November. 

 There are several winter records for Princeton, N. J. ( Scott, Bull, N. O. C, IV, 

 1879, P- 82). 



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