152 • FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



Vt. — Rare or accidental migrant: Brandon, Feb. 21, 1879; 

 ? Townshend. 



Mass. — Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant and winter 

 resident mainly coastwise. Feb. 22-May 1; Oct. 9-Dec. 11; 

 winter. 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant and rare winter resident. (Jan. 6, 

 Feb. 16). 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant; may winter. (Jan. 26, 1883, 

 Portland) Feb. 11-Mar. 16; Nov. 



284. Calcarius ornatus (Townsend) Stejneger. 

 Chestnut-collared longspur. 



Plectrophanes ornata To'otis., Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1837, 

 vol. 7, pt. 2, p. 189. "prairies of the Platte river." Audubon, 

 Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 3, p. 53, pi. 154. 



Open plains; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: Scarborough, Aug. 13, 1886. 

 Mass. — Accidental visitor: Magnolia, July 28, 1876. 



285. Pooecetes gramineus (Gmelin) Baird. 



Vesper sparrow; Bay -winged bunting; Grass finch; Gray-bird; 

 Ground sparrow; White -tailed field sparrow. 



FringiUa graminea Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 922. 

 "in Noveboraco." 



Emberiza graminea (Gmel.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 3, p. 65, pi. 159. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 8, fig. 9-12. 



Grassy fields and uplands; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. (Mar. 30) April 

 9-Oct. 28. Eggs, late May- June 24; late July-Aug. (2d brood). 



N. H. — Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. Mar. 29-Oct. (Nov. 14). 



