I32 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 3, 1886, four eggs 

 (Webb). Latest record. Aug. 24, 1883., three eggs (L. B. B.). 



Unusual set. May 24, 1894. Stamford, eight deserted eggs 

 found, all closely resembling one another (Porter). 



Partial albino. A female with head and throat unspotted 

 white, taken in Bridgeport, May 28, 1890 (Eames, in coll. of 

 H. W. B.). 



Melospiza lincolni lincolni (Audubon). Lincoln's Sparrow. 



A rare fall and still rarer spring migrant in September and 

 May. 



Spring records. Merriam records 1 one taken in spring of 

 1875, at Saybrook, by J. N. C, three in spring of 1877, at Lyme, 

 by J. G. Ely, and three more at Suffield, by E. I. Shores ; April 24, 

 1886, East Hartford (W. E. T.) ; 2 May 18, 1890, Stamford 

 Porter) ; May 23, 1892, East Hartford, male and female shot 

 (W. E. T.) ; 3 May 15, 1900, New Haven (L. B. B.) ; May, 1901, 

 Stamford (Hoyt) ; May 12, 1907 (A. A. S.). 



Fall records. Sept. 21, 1885, East Hartford, female (W. E. 

 T.) ; Sept. 15, 1887, Sept. 27, 1888, New Haven (H. W. F.) ; 

 fall, 1 891, Stamford (O. P. Hoyt) ; Sept. 21, 1892, Portland, 

 one taken, Sept. 21, 27, 30, Oct. 3, 5, 1893, Portland, many seen, 

 eight obtained by W. E. T. (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Sept. 2, 1893, 

 Stamford (Porter) ; Sept. 14, 24, New Haven (L. B. B.) ; Sept. 

 23, New Haven (A. H. V.) ; Sept. 25, 28, Oct. 26, 1895, New 

 Haven (H. W. F.) ; Sept. 29, Oct. 13, 1903, New Haven (L. B. 

 B.) ; Oct. 13, 1906, New Haven (E. S. W.) ; Oct. 6, 1911, New 

 Haven (L. B. B.). 



Melospiza georgiana (Latham). Swamp Sparrow. 



A common spring and abundant fall migrant in April, May, 

 September, and October; a tolerably common summer resident 

 of the northern part of the state, but in the southern part known 

 to breed only in the upper section of the Quinnipiac Marshes, 

 where it is common, and near Bridgeport; very rare winter 

 resident. 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., pp. 38*9. 

 ^Auk, iii, 4, p. 487. 

 3 Auk, x. 2, p. 206. 



