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on the morning of April 12. Afterwards daily. Most abundant 
about April 24. 
Spizella pusilla (Wils.). Not known to have been seen at 
Shiocton. King calls it “not a very common summer resident.” 
Willard writes from Brown Co., “Taken only a few times in 
1882.” Cooke writes from Jefferson Co., “Seems to be quite un¬ 
common about here.” S. pallida (Swains.) is possibly found at 
Shiocton. King has shot 13 specimens in Waushara, Green 
Lake and Jefferson Co’s. 
117. Junco hyemalis (Linn.). XXX. In 1882, first flock 
seen March 29. Afterwards almost daily. Probably most abund¬ 
ant 13th to 20th of April. Not many after May 10. A few 
the 15th. The last two the 19th. In autumn the first were 
seen Sept. 16. A few the 24th. Flocks the day after. Most 
about Oct. 11. Few after the 27th. In the Daily Beat not later 
than Nov. 7; but in the Great Wood south of the railway, very 
large flocks Nov. 17. None the 21st. In 1883, a few near the 
house April 7. Abundant the 9th and next following days. Very 
few the 19th to 24th. Flocks again the 26th. Last flock May 4. 
This sparrow is extremely abundant in migration time. Junco 
hyemalis oregonus (Towns.) is a western bird. Shot by Willard 
in Brown Co. Oct. 6, 1883. A pair were shot in Illinois (Coale). 
118. Melospiza fasciata (Gmel.). XX M. of 10. L. 151- 
163. E. 213-219. W. 63-68. T. 63-68. The most abundant 
breeding sparrow at Shiocton. I can hardly name a place 
where one would not expect to find its nest. Of 20 nests one 
was in a hollow in the ground in a field where the grass was 
cut. No trace of shelter. Nine were without any kind of cover, 
partly in the ground. Of these, 3 were in tussocks (of grass, 
moss and ferns), 1 at the side of a tussock, 5 under open 
bushes, 1 was completely concealed in a grass tussock, 2 were 
in the ground under a natural roof of dried grass that lay over 
a branch of a bush. May 23, 1883, I found a nest in the end 
of a rotten log. The hole had been tolerably large but was 
stopped up by the bird so that there was just room enough 
left for her to enter. The nest was one foot from ground. Six 
times I found the nest placed in bushes or trees, mostly over 
water. In all these cases it was the second or third time the 
