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but not abundantly. The nest is built, like the two preced 
ing species, on the ground, in the same localities, and of the 
same materials; but the eggs are different, being pure-white 
in color, with thinly scattered spots of reddish-brown: they 
are usually five in number, and their dimensions vary from 
.78 by .60 to .74 by .58 inch. Two broods are often reared 
in the same season. Its habits are similar to those of the 
Savannah Sparrow. | 
COTURNICULUS HENSLOWI. — Bonaparte. 
Henslow’s Bunting. 
Emberiza Henslowi, Audubon. Orn. Biog., I. (1831) 860. Nutt. Man., I. (1882) 
App. 
Coturniculus Henslowi, Bonaparte. List (1838). b., Consp. (1850), 481. 
Fringilla Henslowi, Nuttall. Man., I. (2d ed., 1840) 571. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Upper parts yellowish-brown; the head, neck, and upper parts of back tinged 
with greenish-yellow; interscapular feathers dark-brown, suffused externally with 
bright brownish-red; each feather with grayish borders; tertiaries, rump, and tail 
feathers abruptly dark-brown centrally, the color obscurely margined with dark-red ; 
crown with a broad black spotted stripe on each side, these spots continued down 
to the back; two narrow black maxillary stripes on each side the head, and an 
obscure black crescent behind the auriculars; under parts light brownish-yellow, 
paler on the throat and abdomen; the upper part of the breast, and the sides of the 
body, conspicuously streaked with black; edge of wing yellow; a strong tinge of 
pale-chestnut on the wings and tail. 
Length, five and twenty-five one-hundredths inches; wing, two and fifteen one- 
hundredths inches; tail, two and fifteen one-hundredths inches. 
This bird is a rare summer resident in New England as 
far north as Massachusetts, in which state it probably breeds 
regularly in certain localities. A nest found in Berlin, 
Mass., by Mr. E. S. Wheeler, contained four eggs. Mr. 
Allen says that “‘ this species must still be considered a rare 
summer visitor, though it proves more common than was 
supposed a few years since.” 
Individuals are occasionally found in the eastern part of 
the state, and their nests discovered. Mr. Maynard con- 
jectures that it may have been confounded with the yellow- 
winged sparrow by some collectors. 
