. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . has been recorded from Massachusetts and Long Island. McCowns Longspur {539. RhyncTiovhanes mccownii), a species of theGreat Plains of the interior, is of casual occurrence in Illinois. 540. Poocsetes gramineus {Gmel.). Vesper Sparrow; Bay-winged Bunting ; Grass Finch. .4</.—Upper parts brownish gray, streakedwith black and a little ochraceous-buff; wings fuscous, greater and middle coverts tipped with white,lesser coverts bright rufous;tail fuscous, the outer feathermostly white., the next onewith much less white ; underparts white; the breast
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . has been recorded from Massachusetts and Long Island. McCowns Longspur {539. RhyncTiovhanes mccownii), a species of theGreat Plains of the interior, is of casual occurrence in Illinois. 540. Poocsetes gramineus {Gmel.). Vesper Sparrow; Bay-winged Bunting ; Grass Finch. .4</.—Upper parts brownish gray, streakedwith black and a little ochraceous-buff; wings fuscous, greater and middle coverts tipped with white,lesser coverts bright rufous;tail fuscous, the outer feathermostly white., the next onewith much less white ; underparts white; the breast andsides streaked with black andochraceous-buff. L.,6-12; W.,3-06: T., 2-38; B., -41. Remarks.—The Avhite tail-feathers and rufous lesserwing-coverts will always distinguish this species from any of our Sparrows. ~^ort\i America; breeds from southern Illinois and Virginianorthward to New Brunswick and Manitoba; winters on the Atlantic coastfrom Virginia southward. Washington, P. R., very common in migrations, less so in summer and. Fig. 82.—Tail-feathers of Vesper Sparrow. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 291 winter. Sing Sing, tolerably common S. K., Apl. 2 to Nov. 4. Cambridge,very common S. K., Apl. 5 to Oct. 15. A^6^, of rather coarse grass, lined with finer grasses, rootlets, and longhairs, on the ground. Eggs^ four to five, bluish white or pinkish white,speckled and spotted with rufous-brown or umber, 183 x Gl. In walking through dry upland fields or along dusty roadsides arather pale, streaked Sparrow will sometimes run rapidly ahead ofyou, wait for you to catch up, then run ahead again. It is best to becontent with what measure of his confidence and society he voluntarilygrants you, for, if you quicken your steps and try to overtake him, hewill rise and bound on before you or swing off to one side, showing, ashe flies, the white feathers on either side of his tail. Frequently he will alight on a fence rail or even the higher branchof a tree, for, although a field S
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