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Connecticut records. Nov. 4, 1875, New Haven, female taken 

 (Merriam) ;^ March 24, 1883, Madison, one taken (L. B. B.) ; 

 Nov. 26, 1884, West Haven, one taken (L. B. B.) ; Nov. 12, 14, 

 Dec. 31, 1887, West Haven, three males (A. H. V.) ; Jan. 2, 1888, 

 Woodbridg-e [?], female (A. H. V.); Oct. 19, two, Oct. 22, 

 one, 23, one, 30, one, 1889, West Haven (L. B. W.) ; Jan. 5, 

 1892, Bridgeport, male (Eames) ; Nov. i, one, Nov. 3, two, 1892, 

 West Haven (H. W. F.) ; Nov. 25, 1905, New Haven, male (E. 

 S. W.) ; Oct. 22, 1906, New Haven (E. S, W.) ; Jan. 3, 1910, 

 W^est Haven (A. A. S., in coll. of L. B. B.) ; Nov. 8, 191 1, West 

 Haven, one (L. B. B.). 



Passerculus sandwichensis savanna (Wilson). Savannah 

 Sparrow. 



An abundant fall migrant in September and October through- 

 out the state ; a tolerably common spring migrant in April on the 

 coast, rarer inland ; a few breed at the borders of the larger salt 

 marshes and on inland meadows ; they very rarely winter. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, March 29, 

 1901, March 24, 1906 (E. S. W.), March 24, 1883 (L. C. S.) ; 

 Portland, April 6, 1890; Hartford, IMarch 31, 1888.^ Latest 

 record. New Haven, May 22, 1909; Portland, May 27, 1881. 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Aug. 27, 1897 ; 

 Portland, Sept. 21, 1892, 1893. Latest record. New Haven, 

 Nov. 21, 1904; Portland, Oct. 26, 1892; Hartford, Nov. 29, 1888.- 



Winter records. Jan. 19, 1895, West Haven, male taken, 

 Dec. 26, 1911, East Haven, male taken (L. B. B.). 



Nest. In the grass of a meadow bordering the large salt 

 marshes, as those at Hammonasset Point, the Stratford Marshes, 

 and formerly the Quinnipiac Marshes. 



Eggs. 4-5 ; early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 30, 1887, four eggs 

 (Watrous). Latest record. June 11, 1888, four eggs (H. W. F.). 



This species is found as a tolerably common summer resident 

 in Litchfield by L. B. W. 



Ammodramus savannarum australis ^laynard. Grass- 

 hopper Sparrow. 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 36. 

 ^Bird-Lore, xiii, 3, p. 144. 



