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FOOD OF BIRDS. 
as grasshoppers, crickets and spiders; but they sometimes, and this is 
especially true of the Northern Shrike, attack, kill and feed upon small 
bi n Is and mice, lhey are noted for impaling their surplus game, bird or 
grasshopper, upon thorns. 
Family Fkesgilluxe. Finches, etc. 
Hesperiphona vespertina. Evening Grosbeak. Accidental. 
Pinieola euucleator. Pine Grosbeak. Winter visitor. Not common. 
Carpodacus purpureus. Purple Finch. Migrant. Common. 
Loxia leucoptera. White-winged Crossbill. Winter visitor. Rare. 
curvirostra. Common Crossbill. Winter visitor. Not common. 
JEgiothus linaria Red-poll Linnet. Winter visitor. Common. 
Chrysomitris pinus. Pine Linnet. Winter visitor. Common. 
tristis. American Goldfinch. Yellowbird. Resident. Abundant. 
I lectiophanes nivalis. Snow Burning. Winter visitor. Common. 
lappouicus. Lapland Longspur. Winter visitor Common. 
Passerculus savanna. S> vauua Sparrow. Migrant. Abundant. 
Pooeeetes gramiueus Bay-winged Bunting. Grass Finch. Summer resident. Very 
abundant. 
Coturniculus passerinus. Yellow-winged Sparrow. Summer resident. Abundant. 
Henslowii Hen slow’s Sparrow. Summer visitor. Rare. 
Melospiza Lincolni. Lincoln’s Finch. Migrant. Not, Common, 
palustris. Swamp Sparrow. Migrant. Abundant, 
melodia. Song Sparrow. Resident. Very abundant. 
Junco hyemalis. Snow Bird. Winter resident. Very abundant. 
Spizella monticola. Tree Sparrow. Winter resident. Very abundant. 
socialis. Chippi. g Sparrow. Summer resident. Very abundant, 
pusiila. Field Sparrow. Summer resident. Very abundant, 
pallida. Clay-colored Sparrow. Summer resident. Rare. 
Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Sparrow. Migrant. Abundant. 
lencophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. Migrant. Common. 
Chondestes grammaca. Lark Finch. Summer resident. Common. 
Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. Resident. Imported. 
Passerella iliaca. Fox Sparrow. Migrant. Very common. 
Euspiza americana. Black- throated Bunting. Summer resident. Very abundant. 
Goniaphea ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Summer resident. Common. 
crerulea. Bine Grosbeak. Summer visitor. Very rare. 
Cyanospiza cyanea. Indigo Bird. Summer resident. Abundant. 
Cardinalis Virginianus. Cardinal Redbird. Resident. Very common. 
Pipilo erytbrophthalmus. Towhee Bunting ; Chewink. Summer resident. Abundant. 
This is the great grami ivorous family, and may practically be consid- 
ered as gregarious and as feeding entirely upon seeds, except during the 
breeding season. The first five species named, while with us, con- 
sume the seeds of coniferous trees, birch and alder, as well as a few ber- 
ries. Other winter residents and visitors, together with those which 
are migratory, subsist on seeds of weeds and grasses, some of the larger 
species devouring a few berries. The Fox Sparrow scratches the ground 
