164 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



304. Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon) Baird. 

 Lincoln's sparrow; Lincoln's finch. 



Fringilla lincolnii Aud., Ornith. biogr., 1834, vol. 2, p. 535, pi. 

 193. "Labrador." 



Pcucaea lincolnii And., Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 3, p. 116, pi. 

 177. 



Edges of dense thickets and tangled growth; nests on the ground. 



Me. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant; rare summer 

 resident in extreme north (Ft. Kent; c? said to have been taken at 

 Boothbay, July 14, and four birds at Bobson's Id., Aug. 9). May 

 12 June 1; (summer); Sept. 8-Oct. 13. 



N. H. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant (once reported 

 in summer, Nubanusit Lake, July 28, 1900, Thayer). May 13- 

 26; (? summer); Sept. 7-Oct. 4. 



Vt. Rare migrant. 



Mass. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. May 7- 

 June 1; Sept. 12-Oct. 14 (Nov. 1). 



R. I. Rare migrant, mainly in fall. (Spring); Sept. 27. 



Conn. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. May 23; 

 Sept. 21-Oct. 3. 



305. Melospiza georgiana (Latham) Ridgway. 



Swamp sparrow. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1901, pt. 1, p. 382. 

 Fringilla georgiana Lath., Index ornith., 1790, vol. 1, p. 460. 

 "cum praecedente," = "in Georgiae americanae interiori- 



BUS." 



Fringilla palusiris Wils. Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1839, vol. 5, 

 pi. 64. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 9, fig. 7-9. 



Swamps, marshes, and old fields; nests on the ground. 



Me. Uncommon migrant and local summer resident. (Mar. 

 20, Bangor) April 6-Nov. 15. Eggs, May 31-June 3. 



