164 



FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



OSCINES. 



304. Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon) Baird. 

 Lincoln's sparrow; Lincoln's finch. 



Fringilla lincolnii Aud., Ornitli. bioifr., 1834, vol. 2, ]>. 535, pi. 

 193. "Labrador." 



Pcucaea lincolnii Aud., Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 3, p. 110, 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; 6^ 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 s])ring and uncommon fall migrant (once reported 

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

 26; (? summer); Sept. 7-0 ct. 4. 



Vt. — Rare migrant. 



Mass. — Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. ^Nlay 7- 

 June 1; Se])t. 12-Oct. 14 (Nov. 1). 



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



Conn.— Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. ^lay 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 palustris 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) Ai)ril 6-Nov. 15. Eggs, May 31-June 3. 



