412 NATURAL HISTORY. 



121. Passerculus savanna, (Wils.,) Bon. — Savanna Sparrow. Chiefly 

 spring and autumn visitant; a few doubtless winter in secluded 

 situations; none breed. Very numerous on low, moist meadows and 

 watery savannas from March 15 to first week in May, and from Oc- 

 tober 10 to November 10. Shy and retiring: associate in companies; 

 keep always on the ground. Are in full song before they depart. 



122. Fooecetes gramineiis, (Gm.,) Bd. — Bay-winged Bunting. Grass 

 Finch. Resident all the year; very numerous in spring and autumn, 

 less so in summer and winter. Frequent high dry fields, road 

 sides, &c. 



123. Cotnniiculus passerinus, (Wils.,) Bon. — Yellow-winged Spar- 

 row. Summer resident; abundant. Arrives April 25; remains until 

 October 15. Inhabits exclusively meadows and fields, keeping closely 

 concealed in the grass. Usually solitary. 



124. Coturniculus henshtvi, (Aud.,) Bon. — Henslow's Bunting. 

 Summer resident; exceedingly rare. (But one specimen known to 

 have been obtained.) 



125. Zonotrichia leitcophrys, (Forst.,) Sw. — White-crowned Spar- 

 row. Winter resident. Usually rare, but more plenty at irregular 

 intervals; (e, g., in spring of 1861.) Remains until second week in 

 May.) 



126. Zonotrichia albicollis, (Gm.,) Bon.i — White-throated Sparrow. 

 Chiefly spring and autumn visitants, but numbers spend the winter 

 in sheltered localities. Arrives early in October, and is exceedingly 

 abundant during that month; becomes ver}'- numerous again the 1st 

 of April and continues so until May 12. Mostly gregarious; frequent 

 chiefly briar patches, hedges, roadsides, &c., in fall and winter, but 

 in spring found on the ground in open woods. Sings both in fall and 

 spring. 



127. Junco Jiyemalis, (Linn.,) Sclat. — Snow Bird. Winter resident. 

 Arrive in fall, October 10 or 12; soon become very numerous, and 

 continue so until 15th of April. Stragglers seen till May. Found 

 everywhere; in pleasant weather keep close in thickets, ravines, &c., 

 but in severe weather approach farm-houses and scatter through the 

 cit3^ Gregarious; in full song before they leave. 



128. S)jizella monticola, (Gm.,) Bd. — Tree Sparrow. The most 

 abundant winter sparrow except dielospiza melodia. Arrives 1st of 

 November and leaves 1st of April; shy and retiring; chiefly grega- 

 rious. Found in thickets, briar patches, &c. Sings all through the 

 winter. 



129. Sp>izella socialis, (Wils.,) Bon. — Chipping Sparrow. Summer 

 resident. Semi-domesticated, like Troglodytes aedon; breeds in or- 

 chards, gardens, shrubbery, about porches, &c. Especially fond of 

 building the nest in small cedar bushes. March 10 to October 10. 



130. Sjnzella pusilla, (Wils.,) Bon. — Field Sparrow. Resident all 

 the year; especially abundant in spring; less so in summer and 

 autumn; only found in secluded situations in winter. In full song in 

 spring and occasionally sings in fall. Gregarious, except during the 

 breeding season. Breeds in small, isolated bushes in fields, near the 

 ground. {Albino obtained.) 



131. Melospiza melodia^ (Wils.,) Bd. — Song Sparrow. Permanent 



