GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 329 
The habits of this boreal species, discovered by Audubon in 
Labrador, are very similar to those of the Song Sparrow. Like 
it, mounted on the topmost twig of some -tree or tall shrub, it 
chants for hours together; or, diving into the thicket, it hops 
from branch to branch until it reaches the ground in quest of 
its usual fare of insects and berries. It moves off swiftly when 
watched, and if forced to take wing flies low and with rapidity 
to some considerable distance. It is met with usually near 
streams, in the sheltered valleys of that cold and desolate 
region. By the 4th of.July the young had left the nest, and in 
August they had begun their migrations to the South. Speci- 
mens have been obtained by Mr. W. Cooper near New York 
city. 
Lincoln’s Finch is now considered less “ boreal ” in its distribu- 
tion than Nuttall and his contemporaries supposed, for though it 
has been found in Labrador and in the high Arctic regions of the 
West, yet nests have been discovered in Nova Scotia, northern 
New York, and Wisconsin, as well as on the higher mountains of 
the West down nearly to the Mexican border. It isa rare bird 
near the Atlantic, but is abundant along the Mississippi valley. 
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 
YELLOW- WINGED SPARROW. YELLOW-WINGED BUNTING. 
AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM PASSERINUS. 
Cuar. Above, streaked with bay, black, buff, and ash; crown black- 
ish, with median line of buff; lines over the eye buff; bend of wing bright 
yellow; below, buff, shading to white on the belly. Length about 5 
inches. 
Nest, In a field, concealed by long grass; composed of grass, lined 
with horse-hair. 
Leggs. 4-5; white, spotted with rich brown and lilac; 0.75 X 0.60. 
This small Sparrow is a summer resident in the United 
States, in the distant territory of the Oregon, and is likewise, 
according to Sloane, a common species in the savannas or 
open glades of the island of Jamaica. From what little is 
known of it as a bird of the United States, it appears to 
