134 Grundtvig—On the Birds of Shiocton, Wisconsin. 
1882 a dozen pairs bred in the vicinity of the house. June 9, 
1 found two nests in an alder grove, one 10 and the other 8 feet 
from the ground. The first was plundered, but the egg shells 
lay in the nest. The other contained 4 eggs nearly ready to 
hatch. M. L. 22. B. 16. In 1883 only a few bred. The 
alder grove near the German Farms was one of their breeding 
places. There the first male was seen in 1882, May 9. Several 
the day after. First female the 15th. Most about the 24th. In 
1883, first male near the German Farms May 16. 18th, several of 
both sexes. That year, at no time common in the Daily Beat. 
In the Great Wood south of the railway a very large flock was 
seen May 22, mostly females. M. of one of these. L. 207. W. 101. 
T. 75. B. 17. 
124. Passerina cyanea (Linn.), xx M. (N) $ L. 132. E. 
210. W. 67. T. 50. ? L. 129. E. 201. W. 66. T. 47. 
Not many breed at Shiocton. It is never seen in flocks. King 
writes that in Waupaca county it is “one of the most abundant 
species. ” In 1882 the first male seen near the German Farms 
May 18. June 12, two males on the road between the house and 
Shiocton, where there is a piece of open wood with many hazel 
bushes. Had the birds not been present in the meantime? I 
got an answer a few days after. I found a little nest June 8 
in a hazel north of the German Farms. It was placed in a fork 
2 feet from the ground and appeared to be finished. On June 
14 I looked at it and found a female of this species sitting on 
much incubated eggs. On the road between the house and 
Shiocton there must have been at least three nests. June 19, 
first egg laid in a nest near Wolf River. It was placed in a 
hazel bush 3 feet from the ground. M. of eggs from two nests. 
L. 18-19. B. 14-15. In autumn not seen after Aug. 9. In 
1883 the first male, May 22, south of the railway. Not seen 
again before July 9. After that day two males were seen con¬ 
stantly for a while on the road between the house and Shiocton. 
Spiza americana (Gmeh) belongs especially to the Carolinian 
fauna, but appears also in the Alleghanian. I have not seen it 
stated that it is found in Wisconsin further north than in 
Green Lake county (King). At any rate it is not seen at Shi¬ 
octon. 
