26 BIRDS OF NELSON COUNTY. 



with more dexterity than any other sparrow that I know 

 of. Their note is about on a par with that of an able- 

 bodied Kansas grasshopper. 



80. Coturniculus henslom (Aud.). Henslow's Sparrow. 



On October 30th, 1884, while out quail shooting one of 

 my dogs, a green pointer puppy whose field education 

 was just beginning, "came down" in a wet clover field. 

 Going up to the spot I flushed the bird, which turned out 

 to be Henslow's Sparrow, and a new one to this locality. 

 Of course the dog escaped the threshing he deserved for 

 not distinguishing the difference between a "jack-spar- 

 row" and a Bob White. The bird flew a few yards before 

 alighting, and then scurried through the short tangled 

 clover like a mouse, which it did so dexterously that I had 

 great difiiculty in getting a shot. The only other Ken- 

 tucky record of this sparrow that I am aware of, is that 

 given by Audubon (Birds of America, 1841, iii, p. 75), 

 who took the type of the species near the Ohio river, oppo- 

 site Cincinnati. 



Genus Chondestes. 



81. * Chondestes grammacus {iiAY). Lark Finch. 



An abundant summer resident ; arrives about April 22d. 

 They hatch two broods ; the young of the first brood are 

 fully fledged and able to fly about June 25th. A most 

 accomijlished musician. In California, according to Mr. 

 Ridgway, they are in great demand as cage birds. Wal- 

 lace, in his ' ' Geographical Distribution of Animals ' ' (vol. 

 1, p. 24), mentions two species of North American birds, 

 TTiryothorus ludovicianus, and PetrocTieliclon lunifrons, 

 that have greatly extended their range since the time of 

 Alexander Wilson (the beginning of the century), and he 



