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Warbler eggs in their general style. They are of crys- 

 talline whiteness, flecked with various shades of red- 

 dish-brown sometimes pretty uniformly so marked, 

 sometimes the markings being larger and darker 

 brown blotches, crowning the greater end. The eggs 

 are decidedly rounder, or more nearly spherical than 

 those of most Sparrows, measuring scarcely three- 

 fourths of an inch in length by nearly two-thirds in 

 breadth. 



The Yellow-winged Sparrow is a rather late arrival, 

 not coming until May, and apparently leaving in Sep- 

 tember. It is fairly to be called abundant in Connec- 

 ticut ; and in Massachusetts, Allen says, it is a "com- 

 mon and even abundant summer resident at favorable 

 localities, especially in the Connecticut valley and 

 near the sea-coast." As the bird has been the subject 

 of some controversy bet\v r een Dr. Brewer and other 

 people, I present the following late records, which are 

 self-explanatory: Putnam, Pr. Essex Inst., i, 1856, 

 p. 210; Essex Co., Mass.; common summer visitant. 

 Boardman, Pr. Bost. Soc., ix, 1862, p. 126; Calais, 

 Me. ; rare summer visitant. Allen, Pr. Essex Inst., 

 iv, 1864, p. 71 ; Springfield, Mass. ; abundant sum- 

 mer visitant. Coues, Pr. Essex Inst., v, 1868, p. 282 ; 

 New England, in summer, abundant, becoming less so 

 northward. Maynard, Nat. Guide, 1870, p. 117; east- 

 ern Mass., common, breeding regularly. Brewer, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc., xvii, 1875, P- 44 1 > rare ' m southern 

 New England ! Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 

 73 ; breeding numerously in southern New England. 

 Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 92 ; controver- 

 sial ; maintains his ground. Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Club, 

 ii, 1877, p. 17 ; confirms his above observations, and 



