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230-54O-(234). Ammodrainus savannarum passerlnus (Wils.). Grasshopper 

 Sparrow; Yellow-winged Sparrow; Cricket Sparrow. 

 Summer resident; southern part of the state (Prof. J. A. Allen); "breeds" (Gibbs' 

 Bird of Michigan); "Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties" (A. H. Boies); "increasingly 

 abundant at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); Jerome Trombley has found it breeding in a 

 meadow in Monroe County; "is becoming very common as the forests are cleared off " 

 (Dr. M. GibbB); two of its common names come from its stridulating note. 



231-547-(236). Ammodrainus henslowii {Aud.). Henslow's Sparrow; Hens- 

 low's Bunting. 

 Rare; Northwestern Indiana, Lake County (Butler's Birds of Indiana); included 

 in the list of Michigan birds by both Boies and Covert. Mr. A. W. Butler thinks that 

 this and also Leconte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii will both be found to belong 

 to our Michigan fauna. 



232-549a-(241). Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni Allen. Nelson's Sparrow; 

 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Finch. 

 Rare; two specimens reported taken Oct. 5, 1878, in Gibbs' Michigan Birds; 

 reported from Northwestern Indiana, where perhaps it is a summer resident (But- 

 ler's Bird's of Indiana). 



Genus CHONDESTES Swain. 



Lark Sparrow, natural size. 



233-552-(281). Chondestes grammacus (Say). Lark Sparrow; Lark Finch. 



Not rare in northern part of the state; summer months; "rare and irregular at 

 Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "Sault Ste. Marie" (A. H.- Boies); "rare in Monroe 

 County, where two nests have been found" (Jerome Trombley); May to Aug.; arrives 

 in flocks; "breeds irregularly and often very locally" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "breeds in 

 the Northern Peninsula " (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); nests in June on the ground or in 

 bushes; eggs four to six, white with irregular lines of black or brown; "locally com- 

 mon, breeds" (Gibbs). Dr. Atkins makes no mention of this bird but we have taken 

 it here. 



Genus ZONOTKICHIA Swain. 



234-554-(276). Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). White-crowned Sparrow; 

 White-browed Sparrow; White-browed Crowned Sparrow. 

 Common; throughout the entire state; May and October; "Mackinac Island" (S. 

 E. White); "Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); " breeds in the Northern Peninsula" (Lud- 

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