AVES. 155 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRTXr.TT.IJDAE. 



Mass. — Uncommon Imal sunnntT rrsidcnt n«iir coast ami in 

 western valleys. (April 25) May lO-Sept. 1 (Dec. 10. 1S<>2, Arlin^r- 

 ton). 



U. I. — Common local summer resident. .\|)ril L'L'Oct. 2.'i. 

 E^'jXs, May 30-June .3. 



Co.V-V. — Common smnmer resident in .suutliern part and < 'on- 

 nccticut valley. Late Ai)ril-? 



289. Ammodka.mus HEXSLOWii (Audubon) Gray. 

 Henslow's sparrow. 



Embcriza hcnslomi Aud., Ornith. l)i<)f;r., ISil, vol. 1, j). 300, 

 pi. 77. "opposite Cincixx.\ti, i\ the state of Kentucky." 



Ammodramiis Iieuslowii (Aud.). Chapman, Handl). birds east. 

 No. Amer., 1895, p. 294. Efjg, Capen, 188(3, pi. 9, fi^s. 1, 2. 



Meadows and sedgy weed-grown bogs; nests on the ground. 



X. II. — Ran' local sununer resident north to White Mt. valU'Vs 

 (Wonalancet). April 17-Aug. 



Vt. — Rare local summer resident in southern part (Pownall). 



M.A.SS. — Uncommon local summer resident. May G-Sept. 

 (Nov. 6, Osterville). Eggs, May 25. 



R. I. — Rare migrant and summer resident: Cranston, late 

 April, 1874; Warwick, Oct. 6, 1898; Westerly. June and 8, 1900. 



Coxx. — Rare local smnmer resident (Eastford. Killingworth, 

 Woodstock, etc.). May-fall. Eggs, -Aug. (>. 



290. .VMMonitAMUS caudacutus (Gmelin) Swainson. 



Sharp-tailed sparrow. 



Chapman. Handb. birds east. No. Amer.. 18<(5, j). 295; Audu- 

 , bon, Birds of Amer.. IMl, vol. .3. p. lOS. pi. 174. Egg. CaiK-n, 

 * 188C,, pi. 9, figs. .3, 4. 



Oriolu.s caudacutus Cmel., Syst. nat., 17NS. vol. 1. |)t. 1, p. 391. 

 "in Novebok.vcg." 



