2911 1~‘1.\'e111:s, smauows, 1:"1'.

white; haek and rump streaked with lrlaek and oehrueeous-hutl'; lesser wing— eorerts hluek, lmuully tipped with white; tail t'useons. the two outer feathe1s mostly white; nape and under parts oeliraecmlssl1111f. .1111. 9 in summer:— Upper parts l1lzlt‘l(,1l1e feathers margined and tipped with pale er tam-hutl'; two outer tail—t'eatlwrs mostly white; under parts pale e1'::1111-l.1uli'; breast and sides sometimes lightly streaked with hlaekish. 63 1'11 11‘1'1/t11'.—Si111ila1‘ t0 9 in summer hut with the lesser \1'i11g—ee1‘erts black7 tipped with white. L.. em; 11'. .. a; 75:1. 2-130; 11., ‘42.

[Wills/1".gIIItL‘I'lUl‘ ot' aretie \1110111-1tel1iefl1‘ \Iaekenzie River \ alley) in summer. breedingr north to the arctic eoast and uppei 1 ukon \ alley' . south, in winter. over the Great I’lains and prairies to Illinois. Texas, etc.

dish/1g. similar to that ol' the preceding.

“ Their habits are quite similar to those of 1’. Inpponicus while upon the ground. . . . When flushed they invariably uttered a sharp clicking note,‘ apidly 1'10pe 1th several times. \Vhen driven from their feeding:r place by 111‘ approach they would rise in a loose flock, and, after wheeling about a few times, start off in a direct line, gradually rising higher until they disappeared. After a short time their pecul- iar note would he heard. and. darting,r down from a considerable height, they would alight near the place from which they were driven” (Nelson).

The (‘Imsrxrr— (:(11 LARFI) Loxosrru (5.398 ('ult-m'ins 0]')Illtz(e) :1 species of the Gre1 1t 1’] ains, has been iceordcd from \11 issaehusetts and Lonv Island.

Mt‘Cowx‘s LUNGFPUR (.739. Iflz‘z/m'lmplumcs mm-ow/u’il. a species of the Great Plains of the interior, is of casual oeeurrenee in Illinois.

540. Poocmtes gramineus (CI/NM. Vim-1:1: Smimow; BAY- wrxcx—m IilTN’l'INHZ (Muss 1911111. 111/.~l.'pper parts brownish gray, streaked with black and a little ochraceous—hutl': wings t'nseous. greater and middle eoverts tipped with white7 lesser corerts brig/M ru'f'oux; tail t'useous. the outer feather mostly 'Zl‘lll'té’, the next one with mueh less white; under parts white' the hre 1st and sides streaked with black and oehraeeous- hull I1... 6'12; \\ ., 3'06: T.. " ‘11 '41

Remarks—The white tail- f’eathers and rufnus lesser

Fm. 82,—Tail-feathers of Vesper Sparrow.

wingwoverts will always distinguish this species from any nt'nur Sparrows. It'll/HMn—XOI‘KII Ameri ‘11; hreeds from southern Illinois and Virginia northward to New Brunswiek and Manitoba; winters on the Atlantie coast

from Virginia southward. Washington. 1’. It, very 00111111011 in 111igmtions. less so in summer 11nd