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Henslow's Sparrow in Indiana

James O. Dunn

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General Notes.39 I x895 no indications of breeding upon dissection.June 19, the flock of Crossbills suddenly disappeared.XVhile at Jack,nan, Maine, from August •6-23, •895, I found American Crossbills to be very common in that vicinity.They were usually in sinall flocks of five to seven individuals and were very evidently parents and young of the year.A number of timeslobserved the parents in the act of feeding the young.What is very odd is the fact that I observed a nnmber of the birds flying about in pairs.These were probably still nesting.Some of the Crossbills probably nest much later than is generally supposed.--V•r.K.N-IGItT, J•an•or, J]•aine.Junco phaeonotus Waglet, not J. cinereus (Swainson).--Frina;•illacinerea Sw^i•,'soN, I827 ( Junco clnereusAvcxo•tz.x•)being preoccupied by Frln•illa cinerea G•mni•4, x788 ( = 3œelos•œza clnerea Atyc•'o•u½•), it becomes necessary to change the nanms of the Mexican Jnnco and its subspecies, as follows:--Junco phaeonotus W^6n• (Isis, I83x, 526).Junco phaeonotus palliatus RiDC, WA¾ (A.O. U. No. ,•7o).Junco phaeonotus dorsalis ([IENR¾) (A.O. U. No. 57 ø a).--Rm3vm•r R11)GWAY, Smt'thsonian Jrnslilulio•, l•Vashz•ton, 29. C.

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General Notes.39 I x895 no indications of breeding upon dissection.June 19, the flock of Crossbills suddenly disappeared.XVhile at Jack,nan, Maine, from August •6-23, •895, I found American Crossbills to be very common in that vicinity.They were usually in sinall flocks of five to seven individuals and were very evidently parents and young of the year.A number of timeslobserved the parents in the act of feeding the young.What is very odd is the fact that I observed a nnmber of the birds flying about in pairs.These were probably still nesting.Some of the Crossbills probably nest much later than is generally supposed.--V•r.K.N-IGItT, J•an•or, J]•aine.Junco phaeonotus Waglet, not J. cinereus (Swainson).--Frina;•illacinerea Sw^i•,'soN, I827 ( Junco clnereusAvcxo•tz.x•)being preoccupied by Frln•illa cinerea G•mni•4, x788 ( = 3œelos•œza clnerea Atyc•'o•u½•), it becomes necessary to change the nanms of the Mexican Jnnco and its subspecies, as follows:--Junco phaeonotus W^6n• (Isis, I83x, 526).Junco phaeonotus palliatus RiDC, WA¾ (A.O. U. No. ,•7o).Junco phaeonotus dorsalis ([IENR¾) (A.O. U. No. 57 ø a).--Rm3vm•r R11)GWAY, Smt'thsonian Jrnslilulio•, l•Vashz•ton, 29. C.

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General Notes.39 I x895 no indications of breeding upon dissection.June 19, the flock of Crossbills suddenly disappeared.XVhile at Jack,nan, Maine, from August •6-23, •895, I found American Crossbills to be very common in that vicinity.They were usually in sinall flocks of five to seven individuals and were very evidently parents and young of the year.A number of timeslobserved the parents in the act of feeding the young.What is very odd is the fact that I observed a nnmber of the birds flying about in pairs.These were probably still nesting.Some of the Crossbills probably nest much later than is generally supposed.--V•r.K.N-IGItT, J•an•or, J]•aine.Junco phaeonotus Waglet, not J. cinereus (Swainson).--Frina;•illacinerea Sw^i•,'soN, I827 ( Junco clnereusAvcxo•tz.x•)being preoccupied by Frln•illa cinerea G•mni•4, x788 ( = 3œelos•œza clnerea Atyc•'o•u½•), it becomes necessary to change the nanms of the Mexican Jnnco and its subspecies, as follows:--Junco phaeonotus W^6n• (Isis, I83x, 526).Junco phaeonotus palliatus RiDC, WA¾ (A.O. U. No. ,•7o).Junco phaeonotus dorsalis ([IENR¾) (A.O. U. No. 57 ø a).--Rm3vm•r R11)GWAY, Smt'thsonian Jrnslilulio•, l•Vashz•ton, 29. C.

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