128 COXXECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 19, 1893, 1900, Oct. 30, 

 1889 (L. B. W.). 



Winter records. Dec. 30, 1882, Dec. 12, 1889, Guilford (L» 

 B. B.) ; Jan. 18, 1888 (A. H. V.), Jan. 17, 1888, Nov. 17, 1892 

 (H. W. F.), New Haven; Dec. 17, 1884, West Haven (Webb). 



Nest. In the salt grass. 



Eggs. 3-5 ; last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 16, 1894, four eggs 

 (L. B. B.). Latest record. July 12, 1883, four eggs (J. N. C). 



Partial albinos. Oct. 30, 1889. New Haven (L. B. W.) ; Dec. 

 12, 1889, Guilford, male, the entire interscapular region, most of 

 the scapulars, the entire lower parts, and scattered contour 

 feathers in the rest of the plumage, white (L. B. B.) ; Nov. 17, 

 1892, Quinnipiac Marshes, female with many white feathers 

 (H. W. F.). 



Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys (J. R. Forster). White- 

 crowned Sparrow. 



A rather rare and irregular spring and fall migrant in May 

 and October ; more common in the fall. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, May 4, 

 1896; Portland, May 12, 1889, 1905. Latest record. New Haven, 

 May 19, 1902; Portland, May 22, 1888. 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Sept. 29, 1903 ; 

 Portland, Oct. 2, 1893. Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 26, 

 1905 ; Portland, Oct. 16, 1893. 



Winter records. Nov. 28, Dec. 5, 1874 (Merriam) ;^ March 

 20, 1875, Portland (J. H. S.). 



During the fall of 1893 this species was frequently noted in 

 the vicinity of Portland by J. H. S., and in the fall of 1903 near 

 New Haven by L. B. B. Near New Haven it has been noted 

 19 times in 11 different years since 1881 by L. B. B. Other 

 records outside of Portland and New Haven include the follow- 

 ing: Stamford, May 12, 1890 (Hoyt), Oct. 8, 1892 (Porter); 

 Litchfield, Oct. 10, 1891 (L. B. W.), Oct. 10, 1905 (Sanford) ; 

 East Hartford, May 6, 1893, Oct. 16, 19. 1895 (W. E. T.) ; Dan- 

 bury, May 21, 1905 (J. C. A. M.) ; Stratford, Oct. 14, 1891, 

 1892 (Fames). 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 40. 



