22 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. (4094.) Bobolink; Reedbird (Dolichonyx orvzivorus). Local status: 
Locally common summer resident, apparently decreasing in numbers, abundant 
fall migrant in wild rice marshes. Szte: On the ground in pastures and mead- 
ows. Eggs: 4-6, grayish white, with numerous spots of olive-brown or umber. 
Date: May 29. 
58. (495.) Cowbird (Molothrus ater). Local status: A common summer 
resident and abundant migrant. Szte: 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 (Agelaitus pheniceus). Local status: 
Abundant summer resident. Szte: 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. (sor.) Meadowlark (Sturnella magna). socal status: Common sum- 
mer resident, rare in winter. Szte: On tie ground, in pastures and meadows. 
Eggs: 4-6, white, speckled with reddish brown. Date: May 1o. 
61. (506.) Orchard Oriole (Jcterus spurius). Local status: Locally com- 
mon summer resident. Szte: Generally in orchards, ro—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 (/cterus galbula). Local status: Common sum- 
mer resident. Szte: Generally in fruit or shade trees, near the extremity of a 
limb, 20-40 feet from the ground. Eggs: 4-6, white, scrawled with blackish 
lines and with a few spots or blotches. Date: May 25. Group, Hall No. 
308. 
63. (51r.) 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.) Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus). Local status: Rare and 
local summer resident, common in migrations and sometimes in winter. Szte: 
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 domesticus). 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-brown. 
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 (Powcetes gramineus). Local 
status: Common summer resident. Szte: On the ground, generally in dry, 
