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winged Sparrow. Summer visitant, breeding abundantly 

 in open sandy fields and dry pastures. Arrives about 

 April 1st, and remains till the first week in November. 

 Breeds two or three times in a season, first young leaving 

 the nest the last week of May. 



114. Coturniculus passerinus Bonap. Yellow-winged 

 Sparrow. Abundant summer visitant. Arrives about the 

 first week in May, and leaves in autumn the earliest of the 

 Sparrows, generally about the middle of September. 

 Breeds in dry fields and pastures, raising two broods in 

 the season. 



115. Coturniculus (?) Henslowi Bonap. Henslow's Spar- 

 row. Yery rare summer visitant. Took a male May 18th, 

 1863, and heard another in June. It probably occasionally 

 breeds, as it has been found to do in other parts of the 

 State. (Berlin, Mass.— E. S. Wheeler. Proc. B. S. N. H. 

 vii, p. 137. — Near Lynn, Mass. — E. A. Samuels. Agr. Mass., 

 1863, Secy's Rep., A pp. p. xxiv.) 



116. Zonotrickia leucoplirys Swain. White-crowned 

 Sparrow. Rare spring and autumn visitant, possibly 

 breeds here. Have taken it May 22d, and October 1st to 

 15th 1860 ; May 7th to June 6th 1861 ; and May 14th 1863. 

 In 1861 were not very rare in May, and remained latest 

 in spring of all those migratory Finches that do not breed 

 here. Arrives in autumn with the White-throated Sparrow. 



117. Zonotrichia albicollis Bonap. White-throated 

 Sparrow. Common spring and autumn visitant. Seen in 

 spring from the last week in April till May 20th: in fall 

 from last week in September till the last week in October. 

 Its favorite haunts, while here, are moist thickets, but is 

 found much elsewhere. The males do not attain their mature 

 Colors till the second spring. The young males sing equal- 

 ly well with the adults, and probably breed in this plumage. 

 Observing many birds singing in the garb of the female 

 drew my attention to the subject, and dissection showed 

 them invariably to be males. This accounts for the great 

 proportion of birds in the livery of the female, both in 

 spring and fall, often observed. 



118. Junco hyemalis Sclater. Snow Bird. Spring and 

 autumn visitant; a few are occasionally seen in winter. 

 Arrives from the north about October 1st, and is abundant 



