158 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



21)4. CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS (Say) Bonaparte. 



Lark sparrow; Quailhead; Road-bird. 



Fringilla grammaca Say, Long's Exped. to Rocky Mts., 1823, vol. 

 1, p. 139. "Belle foxtain, as well as at several other 

 points on this [Missouri] river." Bonap., Amer. ornith., 1S25, 

 vol. 1, ]). 47, pi. 5, fig. 3. 



Grassy fields; nests on the ground or in low trees and bushes. 



Mass. — Rare visitor (seven records). April 29; Aug. 12-Nov. 

 25. 



295. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster) Swainson. 



White-crowned sparrow. 



Emberiza leucophrys Forst., Phil, trans, roy. soe. London, 1772, 

 vol. 62, p. 426. "in America Boreali ad Sinum Hudsonis." 



Fringilla leucophrys Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 3, p. 157, pi. 192. 



Edges of thickets; nests on the ground or in low bushes. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant; casual in summer (Androscoggin 

 Lake, June, 1898; Farmington, late June, 1887; "YYoolastook 

 Valley, Aug.). (May 2) May 5-25; (June, Aug.); Sept. 22-Oct. 

 22 (Nov. 8). 



N. H. — Uncommon migrant. May 6-25; Sept. 21-Oct. 11. 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant ; said to have bred at Rutland ; nest 

 built and one egg laid at East Berkshire. May 14 (July, 1906, 

 Mt. Mansfield); Oct. 4-24. 



Mass. — Uncommon migrant. May 4-27 (June 6); Sept. 23- 

 Nov. 5. 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant; casual in summer (near Providence, 

 July 9). May; Oct. 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant; may winter rarely. (Mar. 20) 

 May 10-15; Oct. 12-Dec. 5. 



