_Melospiza lincolni lincolni. Case 7, Fig. 15_
A broad band of buff across the streaked breast.
_Range._ Chiefly western United States; in the
East, nests from northern New York and northern
Minnesota into Canada; winters from Mississippi to
Central America; rare east of the Alleghanies.
Washington, rare T.V., May 8-21; Sept. 30-Oct. 1.
Ossining, rare T.V., Sept. 29-Oct. 16. Cambridge,
not uncommon T.V., May 15-May 25; Sept. 14-Oct.
10. N. Ohio, tolerably common T.V., Apl. 25-May
25. Glen Ellyn, not common T.V., fall records
only, Sept. 11-Oct. 9. SE. Minn., common T.V.,
Apl. 17-; Sept. 10-Oct. 30.
We know the species only as a rare, retiring migrant, frequenting
hedgerows, and undergrowth. I have never heard its song while migrating.