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Ornithology. 
sp. C. pinns, Bon. Pine Finch. 
Common. Habits same as the last species. 
Gen. Curvirostris, Scopoli. 
sp. C. americana, Wilson. Red Crossbill. 
Rather common in winter. Some years plenty. 
sp. C. leucoptera, Wilson. White-winged Crossbill. 
Less common, yet not rare. 
Gen. Aegiothus, Cab. 
sp. A. linaria, Cab. Lesser Red Poll. 
Abundant winter resident, and exceedingly domestic; feeds about our 
doors in large flocks. 
Gen. Plectrophanes, Meyer. 
sp. P. nivalis, Meyer. Snow Bunting. 
Very.abundant from November ist to March 25th. 
sp. P. lapponicus, Selby. Lapland Longspnr. 
Very abundant in occasional winters, but not as constant aS nivalis. Mi¬ 
grations about the same. 
Gen. Passerculus, Sav. 
sp. P. savanna, Bon. Savanna Sparrow. 
Common. Arrives first of May; breeds here, retires early in September. 
Gen. Pooc.-etes, Bd. 
sp. P. gramineus, Bd. Grass Finch. 
Common. Breeds here. Their characteristic shyness has delayed the de¬ 
termination of their migrations. 
Gen. Chondestes, Sw. 
sp. C. grammaca, Bon. Lark Finch. 
Rather common. Arrives about the 20th of April, and, after breeding here, 
departs about the 15th of October. 
Gen. Zonotrichia, Sw. 
sp. Z. albicollis, Bon. White-throated Sparrow. 
Another common sparrow which nests about our yards. Arriving about 
the 20th of April, and retiring about the 15th of October. 
sp. Z. leucophrys, Sw. White-crowned Sparrow. 
Rarely met with. 
Gen. Junco, Wagler. 
sp. J. liyemalis. Sclat. Snowbird. 
Abundant in both migrations, the first of which begins about the 25th of 
March and lasts into May, and the latter commencing about the middle of 
September, ends first of November. 
Gen. Spizella, Bon. 
sp. S. monticola,_B<L Tree Sparrow. 
Common. Arrives about the first of April, and after three or four weeks 
disappears to reappear from its more northern breeding place about the 15th 
of September, quitting again in October. 
sp. S. pusilla, Bon. Field Sparrow. 
Arrives some years by the 25th of March and remains till into October or 
even November. Common. ' 
sp. S. socialis, Bon. Chipping Sparrow. 
About same as last species. 
