252 Bulletin No. 7, 



Framingham, April, 1883 (Browne, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII, 

 1883, 181). 



245. Zonotrichia leucophrys. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 

 Rather rare spring and autumn migrant. 



*246. Zonotrichia albicollis. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 

 Abundant spring and autumn migrant. Breeds in Berkshire 

 County (Emmons; see also Brewster, Auk, I, 1884, 15). Recorded 

 as nesting in Framingham, in June, 1874 (Browne , Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, V, 1880, 52). Taken in winter (Jan. 7, 1882) in 

 Cambridge (Lamb, Journ. Boston Zool. Soc., I, 1882, 32). 



247. Spizella monticola. TREE SPARROW. Common winter 

 visitant. 



*248. Spizella SOCialis. CHIPPING SPARROW. Abundant 

 summer resident. 



[249.] Spizella breweri. BREWER'S SPARROW. Accidental. 

 Watertown, Dec. 15, 1873 (Brewster, Am. Nat., VIII, 1874, 366). 



*250. Spizella pusilla. FIELD SPARROW. Common summer 

 resident. 



*251. Junco hyemalis. SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. Mainly a 

 spring and autumn visitant; a few are sometimes observed in 

 winter. Breeds abundantly in the more elevated parts of Berk- 

 shire County. (See Auk, I, 1884, 14.) 



[2510.] Junco hyemalis oregonus. OREGON JUNCO. Acci- 

 dental. Watertown, March 25, 1874 (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, I, 1876, 19). 



*252. Melospiza fasciata. SONG SPARROW. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident ; a few sometimes remain in winter in sheltered 

 localities. 



253. Melospiza lincolni. LINCOLN'S FINCH. A rare or 

 casual visitor in spring. Mr. E. I. Shores considers it as not rare 

 at Sufheld, Conn., where he believes it sometimes breeds. (See 

 Merriam, Rev. Bds. Conn., 1877, 38.) It has also been reported 

 as breeding at Otter Lake, Hamilton Co., N. Y. (Bagg, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, III, 1878, 197 ; ibid., VI, 1882, 246). 



*254. Melospiza georgiana. SWAMP SPARROW. A not very 

 common summer resident, of rather local distribution. 



