. Birds of North Carolina . pur usually congregates in large flocks. Itranges much farther south in the flat country west of the than it doeson the Atlantic Slope. Genus Pocecetes (Baird) 222. Pocecetes gramineus gramineus (GmeL). \espeh Description: —Upperparts l) gray, streaked with black and a little ochraceous-buff; fuscous, greater and mi<iillo coverts ti|)i)ed with white, lesser coverts bright ;tail fuscous, the outer feather white, the one much less white; white; thebreast and sides streaked with black and o
. Birds of North Carolina . pur usually congregates in large flocks. Itranges much farther south in the flat country west of the than it doeson the Atlantic Slope. Genus Pocecetes (Baird) 222. Pocecetes gramineus gramineus (GmeL). \espeh Description: —Upperparts l) gray, streaked with black and a little ochraceous-buff; fuscous, greater and mi<iillo coverts ti|)i)ed with white, lesser coverts bright ;tail fuscous, the outer feather white, the one much less white; white; thebreast and sides streaked with black and ochraceous-buff. L., ; ; T., 2.:jS; B., .41. Remarks.—The white tail-feathers and rufous lesser wing-coverts will always distinguish thisspecies from any other of our sparrows. (Chap., Hirda of E. X. A.) Range.—Eastern United States, breeding mainly north of North Carolina. Range in North Carolina.—\\inter vi-sitor in the central and eastern sections: resident in atleast portions of the mountain Fia. 184. Vespke Spaerow. The Vesper Sparrow, also known as the Bay-winged Bunting and Grass Finch,is a common winter visitor in open fields in most parts of the State. Cairns calledit a resident in Buncombe County, and further stated that it is usually found onhigh pasture land, where it conmiences to breed in April. Armfield took a set ofits eggs near Greensboro on June 1, 1893. Sherman and C. S. Brimley found itapparently settled down to breed at Blantyre, Transylvania County, in early May,1908, and Bruner reported it as fairly common at Blowing Rock in the summers of1905 and 1907. Descriptive List 235 In eastern North Carolina the Vesper Sparrow arrives near the middle of Octo-ber and leaves about April 15, though it has been once observed as late as May 11at Raleigh. The nest is built on the ground at the foot of a small bush or weed, and is com-posed of grass with a lining of hair. The eggs are commonly four in number, of apale pinkish-, greenish-, or
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