24 BIRDS OP MADISON COUNTY 



1900. Latest seasonal record, March 5th, 1900. These birds do an 

 immense amount of good in destroying great quantities of the seeds 

 of troublesome weeds. 



118. (540) Pooecetes gramineus (Gmel.). 



Vesper sparrow. 



Very common summer resident. Breeds. Earliest 

 arrivals appear about April 5th. A few remain as late as Oct. 10th. 



119. (542a) Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.). 



Savanna sparrow 



Common summer resident. Breeds. Arrives about 

 April 28. 



120. (546) Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.). 



Grasshopper sparrow. 



Not an uncommon summer resident. Breeds. This 

 species has often been considered a rare bird for this locality. Spe- 

 cial investigation by the writer during the spring of 1900, however, 

 disclosed numbers of these birds in the pastures and meadows about 

 Hamilton. 



121. (549.1) Ammodramus nelsoni. (Allen). 



Nelson's sparrow. 



A rare transient visitant. Four birds were seen in 

 a marsh just outside Hamilton, Oct. 8, 1898, two of which were in 

 song. One male captured, now in the writer's collection. Another 

 bird collected in the same marsh, Oct. 17, 1900, now in the writer's 

 collection. 



122. (549. la) Ammodramus nelsoni subvirgatus (Dwight). 



Acadian sharp-tailed sparrow. 



A rare transient visitant. One male, closely ap- 

 proaching this variety, taken Oct. 8th, 1898, now in writer's col- 

 lection. 



123. (554) Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). 



White-crowned sparrow. 



Fairly common transient visitant. Arrives about 

 May 5th. Remains until May 25th. In autumn, arrives about 

 Sept. 25 ; remains until Oct. 5th. 



