158 FArXA 01 XEW EXGL.IXD. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FEIXGILLID-\E. 



294. Choxdestes graaoiacus (Say) Bonaparte. 

 Lark sparrow; Quailliead; Road-bird. 



Fringilla gramTnaca Say, Long's Exped. to Rocky Mrs.. 1S23. vol. 

 1. p. 139. ■"■ Belle tosjais, as well as at several other 

 POENTS ox THIS 3IissorEf RIVER."' Bonap.. Anier. omith., 1S25, 

 vol. 1, p. 47, pi. 5. fig. 3. 



Grassy fields; nests on the ground or in Ic^ trees and bushes. 



IMass. — Rare visitor i seven records). April 29; Aug. 12-Xov. 

 25. 



295. ZoNOTRiCHiA LEiTCOPHBTS (Forstcr) Swainson. 



Wliite- crowned sparrow, 



Emheriza leucophrys Forst., Phil, trans, roy. soc. London, 1772, 

 vol. 62, p. 426. "rx America Boreali ad Srxra Hi-dsoxis." 



Fringilla leucophrys Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 3, p. 157, pi. 192. 



Edges of thickets; nests on the ground or in lovr bushes. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant; casual in summer CAndroscoggin 

 Lake, Jime, 1S9S; Famiington, late June, 1SS7; Woolastook 

 Valley, Aug.). (^lay 2) May 5-25; (June, Aug.); Sept. 22-Oct. 

 22 (Nov. S). 



X. H. — Uncommon migrant. May 6-25; Sept. 21-Oct. 11. 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant; said to have bred at Rutland; nest 

 built and one egg laid at East Berkshire. INIay 14 fJuly, 1906, 

 Mt. Mansfield); Oct. -4-24. 



ISIa-SS. — Uncommon migrant. May 4-27 (Jtme 6j; Sept. 23- 

 Xov. 5. 



R. I. — Unconmion migrant; casual in s umm er (near Providence, 

 July9j. May; Oct. 



CoxTX. — Uncommon migrant; may winter rarely. 'Mar. 20) 

 May 10-15; Oct. 12-Dec. 5. 



