164 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



304. MELOSPIZA LINCOLNII (Audubon) Baird. 

 Lincoln's sparrow; Lincoln's finch. 



Fringilla lincolnii Aud., Ornith. biogr., 1834, vol. 2, p. 535, pi. 

 193. " LABRADOR." 



Peucaea lincolnii Aud., Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 3, p. 116, pi. 

 177. 



Edges of dense thickets and tangled growth; nests on the ground. 



ME. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant ; rare summer 

 resident in extreme north (Ft. Kent; & said to have been taken at 

 Boothbay, July 14, and four birds at Bobson's Id., Aug. 9). May 

 12-June 1; (summer); Sept. 8-Oct. 13. 



N. H. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant (once reported 

 in summer, Nubanusit Lake, July 28, 1900, Thayer). May 13- 

 26; (? summer); Sept. 7-Oct. 4. 



VT. Rare migrant. 



MASS. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. May 7- 

 June 1; Sept. 12-Oct. 14 (Nov. 1). 



R. I. Rare migrant, mainly in fall. (Spring) ; Sept. 27. 



CONN. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. May 23; 

 Sept. 21-Oct. 3. 



305. MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA (Latham) Ridgway. 

 Swamp sparrow. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1901, pt. 1, p. 382. 

 Fringilla georgiana Lath., Index ornith., 1790, vol. 1, p. 460. 



"CUM PRAECEDENTE," = "iN GEORGIAE AMERICANAE INTERIORI- 

 BUS." 



Fringilla palustris Wils. Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1839, vol. 5, 

 pi. 64. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 9, fig. 7-9. 



Swamps, marshes, and old fields; nests on the ground. 



ME. Uncommon migrant and local summer resident. (Mar. 

 20, Bangor) April 6-Nov. 15. Eggs, May 31- June 3. 



