268 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



A young male, shot by Geo. O. Welch at Nahant in August, 1877, was 

 recorded by Dr. Brewer,' and is now in the collection of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History. Howe and Allen ^ give a number of other records for the 

 State, chiefly from the southern coast. 



229 [552] Chondestes grammacus (Say). 

 Lark Sparrow ; Lark Finch. 



Accidental visitor from the west. 



There are three records from the County and only two others for the 

 State. The first specimen was taken at Gloucester, in 1845, by S. Jillson.^ 

 The second * record from the County, the third for the State, was of one shot at 

 Magnolia on August 27th, 1879, by my brother, Mr. W. S. Townsend. Two 

 other specimens for the State were taken as follows : Newtonville, November 

 25th, 1877, by Mr. C. J. Maynard^ ; and Framingham, April 29th, 1883, by 

 F. C. Browne.^ 



I am glad to be able to add a third record for the County, a fifth for the 

 State, not before published. On August 21st, 1904, 1 noticed in the road about 

 half a mile from the beach at Ipswich, with a few Song and Chipping Sparrows, 

 a bird I at first thought was a Vesper Sparrow, owing to the white feathers in 

 its tail. I soon saw, however, that the tail was somewhat fan-shaped, and that the 

 white was not confined to the two outer feathers, and that it contrasted strongly 

 with the dark tail. The bird's large bill was also noticeable, and the compara- 

 tively unspotted breast. As I did not get a good side view I did not notice the 

 characteristic markings on the side of the head until I had shot it. It proved to 

 be an adult male Lark Sparrow, quite fat, as was the other specimen taken at 

 Magnolia twenty-four years before. The two are now side by side in my 

 collection. 



1 T. M. Brewer: Bull. Nuttall Om. Club, vol. 3, p. 48, 1878. 



'' R. H. Howe. Jr., and G. M. Allen : Birds of Massachusetts, p. 123, 1901. 



'F. W. Putnam: Proc. Essex Inst., vol. i,p. 224, 1856. 



*C. W. Townsend: Bull. Nuttall Orn.Club, vol. 5, p. 53, 1880. 



' H. A. Purdie : Bull. Nuttall Om. Club, vol. 3, p. 44, J878. 



"F. C. Browne: Bull. Nuttall Om. Club, vol. 8, p. 181, 1883. 



