AVES. 161 



PA8SKIIES. DSC I N KS. 



FRIXr.ILLIDAE. 



Mass. — Coininoii iiii^raiit and siininior rrsidcnt. (Mar. \'.i, 

 24) April .'i-Xov. 2.') (l)i'i-. 31, lS(i«). Watcrtown). K^^^s, May 

 12-.Iiiiu' 20 (2(1 hruoil ?). 



H. I. — Common migrant and .sninnuT resident. A|)ril -i-Oct. 

 17. Eggs, May 19-.Iune 1.5. 



Conn. — Conunon migrant and summer resident; rare winter 

 resident. .\|)ril-\ov. (winter). 



21)9. Si'iZELL.\ lutKw KHi Ca.ssiii. 

 Brewer's sparrow. 



Cass., Proc. aead. nat. .sci. Pliila.. 185G, vol. 8, p. 40. "We.stern 

 XouTH America, California, New Mexico." Hidgway, Bull. 

 50, U. S. nat. mus., U)01, i)t. 1. p. 326. 



Kmljrriza pallida Swains. Auduijon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 

 3. j)l. 161 {fide Ridgway). 



Prairies; nests on the ground. 



Mas.s. — Aeeidental visitor: Watertown, Dec. 15, 1873. 



300. Si'iZEi.i.A I'UsiLLA (Wilson) Bonaparte. 



Field sparrow; Ground sparrow; Huckleberry -bird. 



Ridgway, Bull. .'jO, U. S. nat. mus.. I'.IOI. pt. 1, p. :\\S. Kgg, 

 Ca|H-n, 1SS6, pi. 10. figs. 3, 4. 



Fringilla pintilla Wils., Amer. oriiitli., LSIU, vol. 2, p. 121, pi. 10, 

 fig. 2. "Pennsylvania. .. .NoKTii and South Carolina.... 

 Georgia." Auduhon, Ornitli. hiogr., 1S34, vol. 2, pi. 139. 



Bushy fields; nests on the ground or in low bushes. 



Me. — UiKommon summer resident in .southern counties, .\pril 

 7-Oet. 1. 



.\. II. — Ix)cally common summer resident north to White Mt. 

 valleys .\|)ril 3-Oct. Eggs, June 12. 



Vt. — Ix)cally conunon sununer resident. April 4-fall (Dec. 25, 

 1908, Clarendon). Eggs, July 10. 



