36 C. H. Merridni — Birds of Connecticut. 



82. ChrySOmitris tristis (Linne) Bonaparte. Common Yellowbird. 



Xn alnindant resident, breeding late. Common everywliere, and is 

 gregarious. 



83. Plectrophanes nivalis (Linne) Meyer. Snow Bunting. 



A common winter visitor, generally seen during snow-storms. 

 Linsley, in his " Catalogue of the Birds of Connecticut," so frequently 

 cited, says, " Large flocks of the Snow Bunting were repeatedly seen 

 here in the winters of 1840, 1841 and 1842. Previous to that period, 

 I had not seen o)ie here in eighteen years.'''' (p. 261, foot-note). 



84. Plectrophanes Lapponicus (Linne) SelleJ^ Lapland Longspur. 



Occurs as a winter visitant, along wnth P. nivalis., though no 

 record of its capture lias yet been published. M}^ friend, Mr. Geo. 

 B. Grinnell informs me tliat he has seen half a dozen specimens, 

 killed near the Connecticut River (Portland, Conn.), by j\Ir. W. W. 

 Coe. Mr. Walter P. Nichols has taken it near New Haven, and Mr. 

 Erwin I. Shores " obtained a male out of a flock of P. nivcdis, in Nov., 

 1874" at Suftield, Conn. Mr. Coe has taken it as late as March 16th, 

 {1S15). 



85. PasserCUlus princeps Maynard. Maynard's Sparrow. 



Probably occurs quite regularly along the coast in Nov. and Dec. 

 (and perhaps also in March) in such sparing numbers as to escape notice. 

 The only specimen of this beautiful bird yet taken in this State, so far as 

 I am aware, is the one shot by myself while collecting invertebrates, 

 at low water, with my friend, Mv. S. F. Clark. "On Nov. 4th, 1875, 

 while collecting along the beach at ' South End,' a few miles below 

 New Haven, I was fortunate enough to secure a fine sj)ecimen of the 

 Ipswich Sparrow [Passercidtts princeps Maynard). The specimen 

 was a female, and in excellent condition. Its mate was seen, but 

 escaped capture."* The day was cold and chilly, with occasional 

 flurries of snow. 



86. PasserCTllus Savanna (Wilson) Bonaparte. Savanna Sparrow. 



An abundant summer resident, breeding in open fields and pastures. 

 Arrives early in April, remaining, in large numbers, till after the 

 middle of November. 



Bull. Nutt. Ornithol. Chib, vol. i, No. 2, p. 52. July, 1876. 



