aves. 153 



passeres. oscines. 



fringillidae. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. Mar. 31— fall. 

 Eggs, June 6. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident. (Mar. 17) 

 Mar. 27-Oct. 24 (Nov. 10; Dec. 2.5, 1889, Somerville). Eggs, 

 May 10- June 10. 



R. I. — Common migrant and summer resident. Mar. 19- 

 Oet. 17. Eggs. May 5-21. 



Co.w. — Common migrant and summer resident; rare winter 

 resident. Late Mar.-Xov. (winter). Eggs, May 22-July 5. 



286. Passerculus prixceps Maynard. 



Ipswich sparrow; Gray -bird. 



Mayn., Amer. nat., 1872, vol. 6, p. 637. "Ipswich," Mass. 

 Ammodramus princeps (Mayn.). Dwight, Mem. Nuttall ornith. 

 club, 1895, no. 2, p. 21, plate. 



Sand dunes and sea shores; nests on the ground (Sable Id., X. S.). 



Me. — Rare migrant coastwise; may winter rarely. Mar. 20- 

 April 8; Oct. 11-Nov. 17 (Jan. 23, 1886, near Pine Point). 



X. H. — Rare migrant coastwise. Mar.— April; late Oct.-early 

 Dec. (nee Lake Umbagog.) 



Mass. — Common migrant and rare winter resident among 

 coastal dunes; casual inland (Fresh Pond, Cambridge). Oct. 12- 

 April 12. 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident among coastal 

 dunes. Oct. 20-April 11. 



Coxx. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident coastwise. 

 Oct.-Mar. 24. 



287. Passekctlus sandwichensis savanna (Wilson) Ridgway. 



Savanna sparrow. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1901, pt. 1, p. 192. 

 Fringilla savanna Wils., Amer. ornith., 1811, vol. 3, p. 55, pi. 

 22, fig. 3. "Atlantic coast, from Savannah to New 



