AVES. 159 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



296. ZoNOTRiCHiA ALBicoLLis (Gmelin) Swainson. 

 White -throated sparrow; Mountain lark; Peabody-bird. 



Fringilla albicollis Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 921. 

 "in Pensilvania." 



Fringilla jpennsylvanica Latham. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1841, vol. 3, p. 153, pi. 191. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 10, figs. 5, 6. 



Thickets; nests on the ground, rarely in bushes. 



Me. — Common migrant, and from Cumberland Co. north, a 

 common summer resident; accidental in winter (Falmouth, winter, 

 1904; Lewiston, Mar. 30, 1904; Lubec, Mar. 24, 1906; Saco 

 Jan. 20, 1886). April 18-Nov. 9 (Nov. 20) (winter). Eggs, May 

 24-June 13. 



N. H. — Common migrant, and a common summer resident to 

 5000 ft. in northern half, local in southern. April 23-May 14; 

 summer; Sept.-Oct. 



Vt. — Common migrant, and except at lower elevations, a less 

 common summer resident; accidental in winter (Brattleboro, Dec. 

 25, 1904, Mar. 31, 1907). April 29-Oct. 24 (winter). Eggs, June 

 21- July 3. 



Mass. — Common migrant and at higher elevations of western 

 part, a less common summer resident, sporadic in eastern (Box- 

 ford, Framingham, Wakefield); rare winter resident near coast. 

 April 15-May 26; summer; Sept. 1-Nov. 24; winter. Eggs, June. 



R. I. — Common migrant and rare winter resident. April 28- 

 May 10; Oct. 1-Nov. 1; winter. 



Conn. — Common migrant and uncommon winter resident ; 

 may breed at higher elevations (Litchfield, June 26, 1906). iVpril 

 15-May 20 (June); Sept. 22-Nov.; winter. 



297. Spizella monticola (Gmelin) Baird. 



Tree sparrow; Winter chip-bird; Winter chippy. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 301; Bird- 

 life, 1898, pi. 49. 



