58 Birds of Canada. 



Pooccetes gramineiis. The Bay- winged Bunting. 



The Bay-winged Bunting is six and a-quarter 

 inches long ; above, yellowish-brown ; the fea- 

 thers streaked abruptly with dark brown ; be- 

 neath, yellowish-white ; the breast and belly 

 streaked with brown ; the wings, light chestnut- 

 brown. Nests, on the ground ; eggs, four to six, 

 bluish-white, with reddish-brown blotches. It 

 arrives the first week in April, and leaves for the 

 south the last of September. The Bay-winged 

 Bunting sings, for an hour at a time, in a sweet, 

 tender strain. 



Coturniculus passerinus. The Yellow- winged 

 Sparrow. 



This sparrow arrives in Ontario about the first 

 week in May, and leaves early in September. 

 It is about five inches long ; the feathers above, 

 brownish-rufous ; the crown, black, with a yel- 

 lowish-brown stripe ; the end of the wing, bright 

 yellow ; the lower parts are brownish-yellow. 

 Nests, on the ground ; eggs, six, dull white, 

 sprinkled with brown. Two broods are raised 

 in the same season. 



ZonotricJda leucopJirys. The White-crowned 

 Sparrow. 



This bird visits us during the spring and 

 autumn migrations. It arrives here from the 



