Pine Finch—fall and winter visitor 
; —sometimes seen associated with the 
goldfinches and red polls—may be more 
t common here than is supposed—resem¬ 
ble a goldfinch so much that it is not 
easy to distinguish them in a fiock. 
Yellowbird or Goldfinch—found here 
j throughout the year—common species 
—seen in flocks during the winter 
months—latest breeding bird in sum¬ 
mer—commence nesting near the mid¬ 
dle of July. 
Arctic or White Winged Snow Punt- 
I • . ° 
mg — appear in flocks during cold win¬ 
ters. 1 have seen them in immense 
flocks on the Cromwell meadows, just 
before heavy falls of snow. If the win¬ 
ter be mild but few or none will be 
seen here. This species is said to be 
common the farthest north the Arctic 
expeditions have yet been. They are 
a restless species while here staying but j 
a short time in a place. 
Lapland Longspur—rare—a few were j 
taken here in traps during the cold 
winter of 1874-0. 
Savannah Sparrow—common sum¬ 
mer resident—usually found in old bar¬ 
ren tields or pastures—have a very 
week song. 
I. Bay Winged Bunting—common sum¬ 
mer resident—nesting in old barren 
fields or pastures. 
Yellow Winged Sparrow—probably 
a common summer resident blit not 
often noticed. 
Swamp Sparrow—summer resident 
nesting about swamps. 
Song Sparrow—common well known j 
bird—very abundant—arrives early m ! 
spring—full of song—raise two or three ; 
broods during the summer. I once 
found a nest containing young birds as 
late as September 9 — sometimes seen 
in winter. 
Chipping sparrow—common well 
known summer resident — seen about 
our houses. I have several times heard 
them singing in the night. An albine 
was taken here a few years ago, it was 
mated and was seen for several days 
gathering material for a nest. 
Field sparrow — another very com¬ 
mon summer resident, nesting in briers 
and sweet fern bushes about the fields. 
White Throated Sparrow or Peabody 
Bird — one of the most beautiful of 
sparrows— seon here only during spring 
and fall migrations. 
Imported English Sparrow — a species 
that people aie trying to exterminate 
in many localities—are now a common 
species about town — several broods are 
raised during the year — are a pugna¬ 
cious species and fight and drive away 
our native birds. 
Fox Sparrow—seen here only during 
spring and fall migrations—are then 
quite abundant among the cedars and 
along the outskirts of woods—before 
leaving in spring are often heard sing¬ 
ing—have a very pretty warbling song 
—is the largest species of sparrow 
found here. 
Uliiiti (cstKCo until il cc ori) 
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY 
—BV— 
E. F. BIGELOW, Editor and Publisher, 
PORTLAND, CONN. | 
FRIDAY EVENING, MAR. 9, 1888. 
ORNITHOLOGICAL, 
A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF PORTLAND. 
CONN., AND VICINITY- 
. » 
Written by IWr. Charles Neff. wltli 
Slate Colored Snowbird—common 
winter visitor—often found associated 
with the tree or Canada sparrow. I 
have found them frozen to deatli after 
severe cold weather in winter. I once 
saw a large flock containing hundreds, 
[ on Hall hill the day before a heavy 
'snowstorm. In bright sunny days in 
spring before the snow has all disap¬ 
peared—are often heard singing very 
sweetly about the swamps. 
Tree Sparrow—common winter resi¬ 
dent—from the north—seen in small 
flocks everywhere—return in spring 
about the time the other varieties of 
sparrows begin to arrive from the 
South. 
Jottings from Hi* .Journal. 
ill. 
Rose Breasted Grosbeak — summer 
resident—adult male very handsome — 
look finely when on the wing, under 
side of wings a lovely pink—do not ap¬ 
pear to be a common species here. 
A few pair breed on "Willow island 
| every year. Said to have been almost 
unknown here thirty or forty years ago. 
Indigo Bird — summer resident — 
breed here. Sing through the hottest 
days of summer when other bird are 
still. 
Cliewiuk — summer resident. Mr. .1. 
II. Sage has a specimen taken here 
