48 NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



198. Yellow-winged Sparrow — coturniculus passerinus. Clear crys- 

 talline-white, dashed and marked with bold markings of reddish-brown, 

 chiefly about the larger end; four or five, size .75 by .60. The eggs, in 

 their general style, resemble a warbler's. This queer little Sparrow is 

 found in summer in Eastern United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, 

 south of latitude 43°, and is resident in Florida. The nest is sunken in 

 the ground, usually concealed by an overhanging tuft of grass. It is con- 

 structed of weeds and dry grasses, and lined with horse-hair. 



Hab. Eastern United States, south to Guatemala. 



IdSa. Western Yellow- winged Sparrow — coturniculus passerinus 

 PERPALLIDUS. The eggs and nest of this variety are similar to those of 

 the Eastern species. 



Hab. Western Province of U. S., from the eastern base of the Rocky Mts. to the Pacific. 



199. Henslow's Sparrow — coturniculus henslowi. White, with a 

 greenish tinge, blotched and speckled with reddish-brown, the color be- 

 coming more confluent at the greater end; four, sometimes five, size .75 

 .57. The nest of this species is placed on the ground, usually in a tuft of 

 grass. It is neatly built of coarse grasses and lined with finer ones. 

 Breeds from Massuchetts westward. 



Hab. Eastern United States north to New Hampshire, west to the Loup Fork of Platte. 



200. Leconte's Sparrow — coturniculus lecontei. In an article on 

 Manitoban Birds in the Auk for January, 1885, Mr. Ernest E. T. Seton 

 says of this species: "It is commonly found in the willows at all seasons, 

 uttering its peculiar ventriloqual Hveete, hveetc, whence I knew it as the 

 ' Willow-tweete, ' long before I ever heard of Leconte or of any name for 

 this bird." Mr. Seton describes a nest with eggs of this bird, which were, 

 we believe, previously unknown. " The nest was by a willow bush in a 

 damp meadow; it was apparently on the ground, but really raised six 

 inches, being on the tangled grass, etc. It was composed entirely of fine 

 grass. The eggs — three in number — were of a delicate pink, with a few 

 spots of brownish and of black towards the large end. The pink was lost 

 in blowing. One measured .75 by .50 inches. Yet I must confess I did 

 not shoot the birds at the nest ; I only saw them a few yards off and heard 

 their familiar tzveete. So that there is possibility — though little prob- 

 ability — of error here." 



201. Sharp-tailed Finch — ammodromus caudacutus. Light green or 

 grayish-white, thickly sprinkled over the entire egg with fine rusty-brown 

 dots, sometimes forming a confluent ring around the greater end ; four to 

 six in number and measure .75 by.5S. In summer this bird is found 

 along the coast from Maryland to New Hampshire, and in some of the 



