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in the southeastern parts of the state by the very last of the 

 same month. A late spring specimen is preserved in the collection 

 at the Acworth Public Library, taken at Acworth on April 6, 

 1883. Mr. C. F. Goodhue also has in his collection a male in sum- 

 mer plumage, taken near his house at Webster in June, a few 

 years since. One of the bird's wings had been injured, though Mr. 

 Goodhue says it could fly quite well. Doubtless, however, it 

 was unable to continue its migration. It is now generally con- 

 ceded that the nest, described to Audubon ('60, III, p. 56) by 

 Wright Boott, as seen " on a declivity of the White Mountains 

 of New Hampshire," and stated by Audubon to have been of 

 this species, must have been that of the Slate-colored Junco, 

 also called Snowbird. 

 Dates : October 25 to April 6. 



171. Pooecaetes gramineus (Gmel.). Vesper Spar- 

 row. 



A fairly common summer resident of the grassy bottom lands 

 and dry hillside pastures throughout the Transition valleys of 

 the state. Among the White Mountains, they follow the valley 

 clearings up to about 1,500 feet. During September they gath- 

 er in small flocks in the fields preparatory to migrating, and at 

 such times are often accompanied by a few Savanna Sparrows. 

 At Intervale, I have occasionally heard individuals singing 

 with uncertain voice, so late as September 15. Here too, as 

 elsewhere, a decided falling off in point of numbers was ob- 

 served in case of this species during 1899 as an effect of a late 

 freeze which proved so disastrous to many birds. At Chocoiua 

 in 1900 I found a pair to have arrived by April 15, while the 

 melting snow still lay in places nearly a foot deep on the ground. 

 In the southern part of the state the birds appear a few days 

 earlier. 



Dates: April 7 to October. 



Note: Ammodramus princeps < Mayn.). Ipswich Sparrow. 



Although doubtless occurring among the sand dunes on the coast, this 

 bird has yet no definite claim to a place on the New Hampshire list. 

 The record by Mr. N. C. Brown ('77) of one seen by him at Lake Umba- 

 gog has since been expunged (Brown, '96). 



