154 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



York." Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1839, vol. 5, p. 516, pi. 109. 

 Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 8, fig. 5-8. 



Grassy fields and marshes ; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common summer resident, accidental in winter. (Jan. 

 24, 1897, Seguin Id.) April 6-early Nov. (Nov. 28). Eggs, May 

 31-Junel8; July (2d brood). 



N. H. — Common summer resident at lower elevations, • un- 

 common on barren summits of White Mts. (Mar. 31) April 15- 

 Oct. 27. Eggs, June 16-late July. 



Vt. — Common summer resident. April 7-fall. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident; rare winter 

 resident near coast (Ipswich, Longmeadow, Sandwich). (Mar. 

 22) April 5-Nov. 12 (winter). Eggs, May 21- June 20. 



R. I. — Common migrant, less common summer and rare win- 

 ter resident. April 4-Oct. 23 (winter). Eggs, May 17-29. 



Conn. — Common migrant and summer resident. April-Nov. 



288. CoTURNicuLus SAVANNARUM AUSTRALis (Maynard) A. O. U. 

 comm. 



Grasshopper sparrow; Yellow-winged sparrow. 



Ammodromiis australis Mayn., Amer. exch. and mart, 1887, 

 vol. 3, p. 33. "Bahamas .... Florida." 



Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.). Chapman, 

 Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 293. 



Emberiza passerina (Wils.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 3, pi. 162. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 8, fig. 13-15. 



Grassy fields and meadows; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Rare summer visitor ( ? or resident) east to Calais. May 

 24-June 29. 



N. H. — Rare summer resident in lowlands south of Lake Winne- 

 pesaukee. May 13-? 



Vt. — Rare summer resident of southern and western valleys. 

 Eggs, July 17. 



