158 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



294. Choxdestes gram\lvcus (Say) Bonaparte. 

 Lark sparrow; Quailhead; Road-bird. 



FringUla grammaca Say, Long's Exped. to Rocky Mts., 1S23, vol. 

 1, p. 139. "Belle foxtaix, as well as at several other 

 POINTS ON THIS [MissouRi] RIVER." Bonap., Amer. ornith., 1825, 

 vol. 1, p. -17, pi. 0, fig. 3. 



Grassy fields; nests on the ground or in low trees and bushes. 



Mass. — Rare vishor (seven records). April 29; Aug. 12-Xov. 

 25. 



295. ZoNOTRiCHiA leucophrys (Forster) Swainson. 

 White-crowned sparrow. 



Emberiza leucophrys Forst., Phil, trans, roy. soc. London, 1772, 

 vol. 62, p. 426. "in A^ierica Boreali ad Sinu.m Hudsonis." 



FringUla leucophrys Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 3, p. 157, pi. 192. 



Edges of thickets ; nests on the ground or in low bushes. 



]Me. — Uncommon migrant; casual in summer (Androscoggin 

 Lake, June, 1898; Farmington, late Jime, 1887; Woolastook 

 Valley, Aug.). (May 2) May 5-25; (June, Aug.); Sept. 22-Oct. 

 22 (Nov. 8). 



N. H.— L^ncommon migrant. May 6-25; Sept. 21-Oct. 11. 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant ; said to have bred at Rutland ; nest 

 built and one egg laid at East Berkshire. ]May 14 (July, 1906, 

 Mt. Mansfield) ; Oct. 4-24. 



Mass. — Uncommon migrant. ^Nlay 4-27 (June 6) ; Sept. 23- 

 Nov. 5. 



R. L — Uncommon migrant; casual in summer (near Providence, 

 July 9). May; Oct. 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant; may winter rarely. (Mar. 20) 

 May 10-15; Oct. 12-Dec. 5. 



