THE BIRDS OF SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 29 



546. Ammodramus savannarum passerinus ( Wils. ) . 



GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. Common summer resident. 



547. Ammodramus henslowii (Aud.) HENSLOW'S 

 SPARROW. Dr. J. A. Allen reports the capture of one in 

 Springfield, and Mr. William Brewster states that it breeds 

 quite numerously near Amherst. (See foot note, page 200, 

 Minot's Land Birds and Game Birds of New England, 2d 

 edition. ) 



554. ^onotrichia leucophrys (Forst.)- WHITE- 

 CROWNED SPARROW. Rare spring and autumn visitor. 



558. ^onotrichia albicollis (Gmel.) WHITE - 

 THROATED SPARROW. Very common spring and autumn 

 visitor ; breeds occasionally in Granville, Blandford, and I 

 presume in Chester. The late Mr. R. B. Hildreth was con- 

 fident that a pair once bred in Ingersoll dell in Springfield. 

 Under date of August 13, 1867, he wrote that he had seen and 

 heard a pair there more than forty times during the summer, 

 always near the same spot, and though he did not find the 

 nest, he believed it to be at no great distance. 



559. Spisella monticola (Gmel.) TREE SPARROW. 

 Common winter resident, and abundant in spring and autumn. 



560. Spisella socialis (Wils.). CHIPPING SPARROW. 



Abundant summer resident. 



563. Spisella pusilla (Wils.) FIELD SPARROW. 

 Common summer resident. 



567. Junco hyemalis (I/inn.). SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. 

 An abundant migrant, both in the spring and the autumn, and 

 a few winter here ; it occasionally breeds on the mountain 

 tops, including Holyoke, Nonotuck, and Tom. A pair were 

 seen near the pavilion on Mt. Tom the 2ist of June, 1900. 



581. Melospisa fasciata (Gmel.). SONG SPARROW. 

 Abundant summer resident, and often winters here ; it is more 

 common during the latter season than is generally supposed. 



