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NATURAL HISTORY. 
121. P asser cuius savanna, ( Wils.,) Bon. — Savanna Sparrow. Chiefly 
spring and autumn visitant; a few doubtless winter in secluded 
situations; none breed. Very numerous on low, moist meadows and 
watery savannas from March 15 to first week in May, and from Oc- 
tober 10 to November 10. Shy and retiring; associate in companies; 
keep always on the ground. Are in full song before they depart. 
122. Pooecetes gramineus , (Gm.,) Bd. — Bay-winged Bunting. Grass 
Finch. Resident all the year; very numerous in spring and autumn, 
less so. in summer and winter. Frequent high dry fields, road 
sides, Ac. 
123. Coturniculus passerinus, (Wils.,) Bon. — Yellow-winged Spar- 
row. Summer resident; abundant. Arrives April 25; remains until 
October 15. Inhabits exclusively meadows and fields, keeping closely 
concealed in the grass. Usually solitary. 
124. Coturniculus henslowi , (Aud.,) Bon. — Henslow’s Bunting. 
Summer resident; exceedingly rare. (But one specimen known to 
have been obtained.) 
125. Zonotrichia leucophrys , (Forst.,) Sw. — White-crowned Spar- 
row. Winter resident. Usually rare, but more plenty at" irregular 
intervals; (e. g.,‘in spring of 1861.) Remains until second week in 
May.) 
126. Zonotrichia albicollis, (Gm.,) Bon. — White-throated Sparrow. . 
Chiefly spring and autumn visitants, but numbers spend the winter 
in sheltered localities. Arrives early in October, and is exceedingly 
abundant during that month; becomes very numerous again the 1st 
of April and continues so until May 12. Mostly gregarious; frequent 
chiefly briar patches, hedges, roadsides, Ac., in fall and winter, but 
in spring found on the ground in open woods. Sings both in fall and 
spring. 
127. Junco hyemalis, (Linn.,) Sclat. — Snow Bird. Winter resident. 
Arrive in fail, October 10 or 12; soon become very numerous, and 
continue so until 15th of April. Stragglers seen till May. Found 
everywhere; in pleasant weather keep close in thickets, ravines, Ac.*, 
but in severe weather approach farm-houses and scatter through the 
city. Gregarious; in full song before they leave. 
128. Spizella monticola, (Gm.,) Bd. — Tree Sparrow. The most 
abundant winter sparrow except Melospiza melodia. Arrives 1st of 
November and leaves 1st of April; shy and retiring; chiefly grega- 
rious. Found in thickets, briar patches, Ac. Sings all through the 
winter. 
129. Spizella socialis, (Wils.,) Bon. — Chipping Sparrow. Summer 
resident. Semi-domesticated, like Troglodytes aedon; breeds in or- 
chards, gardens, shrubbery, about porches, Ac. Especially fond of 
building the nest in small cedar bushes. March 10 to October 10. 
130. Spizella pusilla, (Wils.,) Bon. — Field Sparrow. Resident all 
the year; especially abundant in 'spring; less so in summer and 
autumn; only found in secluded situations in winter. In full song in 
spring and occasionally sings in fall. Gregarious, except during the 
breeding season. Breeds in small, isolated bushes in fields, near the 
ground. ( Albino obtained.) 
131. Melospiza melodia , (Wils.,) Bd. — Song Sparrow. Permanent 
