SUMMER GROUP NEUTRAL LIST 23 



6. VESPER SPARROW: GRASS FINCH. 



Grayish-brown, dark-streaked White, streaked. 



6. No median crown-line ; whitish superciliary line and 

 eye-ring ; patch on wing, chestnut ; outer tail-feathers ^ 

 ivhite ; below, white, often buffy ; breast and sides, dark- 

 streaked. 



Nest, on ground ; eggs, latter part of May, 4-5, diversely colored ; 

 in open fields, by roadsides, etc. ; a pleasing singer ; winters rarely in 

 S. Pa. and N. J. 



7. SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. 



Olive-brown, streaked Brownish-white, streaked. 



5^. Light median crown-line; long superciliary line, 



rich buff or orange-brown ; breast, strongly dark-streaked. 



In salt marshes of sea-coast ; nest, in tussock of grass by water ; 

 eggs, grayish white, evenly spotted ; abundant species. 



8. LINCOLN'S SPARROW. 



Grayish-brown, streaked Whitish, streaked. 



5^. Crown darker, with median and lateral ashy stripes; 



below, white, with distinct brownish-yellow band across 



breast, sides tinged with same ; entire under side, except 



abdomen, dark-streaked. 



From Conn, northward ; rather rare ; nest, on ground ; eggs, about 

 May 1st, 4-5, color variable ; sings freely. 



9. HENSLOW'S SPARROW. 



Buff-brown, dark-streaked Buff-whitish, streaked. 



5. 5^^ 105, 



* * Nos. 10-20 : Above, brownish or variegated ; below {ex- 

 cept Nos, 12 and 13), not spotted. 



