Xo. 20.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. I25 



A common summer resident from May to July, chiefly of the 

 dry upper meadows, but breeding also to the borders of the salt 

 marshes of the coast. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 22, 1888; Portland, 



May 5, 1879, 1902, 1904. 



Latest record. New Haven, Aug. 6, 1896; Litchfield, Sept. 

 18, 1891 (E. S. W.) ; East Hartford, Oct. 21, 1885 (W. E. T.). 



Nest. On the ground in a meadow. 



Eggs. 4-6; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 23, 1897, six eggs (J. 

 C. A. M.). Latest record. Aug. 22, 1895, four eggs (H. W. B.). 



This species has never been found at Stamford by either Hoyt 

 or Porter. 



Passerherbulus henslowi henslowi (Audubon). Henslow's 



Sparrow. 



A summer resident ; common locally in Litchfield County, rare 



elsewhere in Connecticut. 



Earliest record. April 27, 1905, Litchfield (E. S. W.). 



Latest record. Oct. 8, 1901, Litchfield (E. S. W.). 



Records outside of Litchfield County. Danbury (Fairfield 

 Co.) : May 14, 1905, two seen; June I, 1905, set of five eggs; 

 May 6 1906, and later, seen; 1908, a number seen (J. C. A. M.). 

 Bridgeport (Fairfield Co.): April 30, i^- 1 West Haven 

 (New Haven Co.) : Oct. 27, 1888, one found dead (L. B. W.). 

 Northford (New Haven Co.) : 1890, two pairs breeding there 

 (A. M. Linsley). 2 Killingworth (Middlesex Co.): July 18, 

 1873 one killed (Hall). 3 Norwich (New London Co.): July 

 3, 1882, set of eggs found ("Hawk"). 4 Eastford (Windham 

 Co.) : May, 1881, C. M. Jones records 5 that Henslow's Sparrows 

 have been on the increase there during the past five or six years. 

 Pomfret (Windham Co.) : June 1, 1906, heard singing (L. B. B.) . 

 Windsor (Hartford Co.) : May 24, 1906, male shot (E. S. W.). 



Nest. On the ground among the ferns and grasses, composed 

 of dry grass, loosely woven together. 



1 Bird-Lore, xii, i, p. 14- 



2 Oologist, viii, Q, p. 180. 



3 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 37. 

 * Young Oologist, i, 11, p. 154- 

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