|00 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



Genus Pooccetes. Baird. 



174. Vesper Sparrow. (Graybird, Bay-winged 



Bunting, Grass Finch.) P. gramineus. 



(Gmel.) 



" Summer Resident," common. Breeds on the 

 Island of Montreal. Tests with eggs found from 

 May 14th to 28th. Observed here from April 7th 

 to October 8th. 



Genus Ammodramus. Swainson. 

 Subgenus " Passerculus." 



175. Savanna Sparrow. (Gray-bird.) A. sand- 



wichensis savanna. (Wils.) 



" Summer Resident," abundant. Breeds on the 

 Island of Montreal. Nests with eggs found May 

 24th. Observed here from April 7th to October 1st. 



Genus Zonotrichia. Swainson. 



176. White-crowned Sparrow. B. leucophrys. (Forst.) 

 " Transient Visitant," scarce. I shot a male 



specimen of this species May 12th, 1888, at Cote St. 

 Antoine, and have observed them there May 12th 

 and 13th, and in the autumn, October 4th, 1889, at 

 L'Acadia, P.Q. 



177. White-throated Sparrow. (Old Tom Peabocly.) 



B. albicollis. (Gmel ). 

 " Summer Resident," common. Breeds in Mount 



