BIRDS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. 117 



In habits this sparrow does not differ essentially from 

 those of the Savannah where the latter is found in similar 

 localities. It is more frequently found on the coast ; yet 

 Mr. Brown, as recorded above, has shown that it may be 

 looked for far inland. I have never yet heard any song 

 from the Pallid Sparrow. There is no doubt, however, 

 but that it sings during the nesting season. At present 

 the breeding ground is unknown; but, previous to my 

 visit to the Magdalene Islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence, I 

 expected to find them breeding there. I was disappointed 

 in this, for I found nothing nearer to it than typical P. 

 Savannah. I am still confident, however, that Princeps is 

 an insular or coast species, nesting on desolate islands or 

 barren seaboards far to the northward. 



76. Passerculus savanna, Box. — Savannah Spar- 

 row. Common summer resident ; breeds abundantly along 

 the coast, and sometimes in the interior. Have taken it 

 from April 17th to November 12th. Frequents the fields 

 and marshes. 



77. Pooecetes gramineus, Baird. — Bay-winged Spar- 

 row, "Grass Finch." Abundant; breeds in the fields every- 

 where. Arrives from April 5th to 20th ; leaves about the 

 1 st of November. 



78. Coturniculus passerinus, Box. — Yellow-winged 

 Sparrow. Not an uncommon summer resident ; breeds 

 regularly. Arrives the first or second week in May ; leaves 

 early in September. Frequents dry sandy places, or pas- 

 tures grown up to weeds. Very numerous on Nantucket 

 Island, where it breeds abundantly. 



79. poturnicnlus Henslowii, Box. — Henslow's 

 Sparrow. Very rare summer resident. Took two males 

 in a wet meadow on May 10, 1867. Song-note like the 

 syllables " see'-wick," with the first prolongedly and the 

 second quickly given. Said to breed. Mr. J. A. Allen in- 

 forms me that the specimens that he has taken have been 



