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but not abundantly. The nest is built, like the two preced 

 ing species, on the ground, in the saine 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. 



COTUBNICULUS HENSLOWI. Bonaparte. 

 Henslow's Bunting. 



Emberiza Henslawi, Audubon. Orn. Biog., I. (1831) 360. Nutt. Man., I. (1832) 

 App. 



Coturniculus Henslowi, Bonaparte. List (1838). Ib., Consp. (1850), 481. 

 FringiUa Henslvwi, Nuttull. 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. 



