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1858. Gilpin, John Bernard. Sable Island: its Past History, Present Appearance, 

 Natural History, &c., &c., a lecture, by J. Bernard Gilpin, B. A., M. D.[ 

 M. R. C. S. Also, a Description of the Shipwreck of the American 

 Schooner Arno, lost on the Island September ig, 1846. By Joseph 

 Darby, Esq., Superintendent of the Island. And a Poem on the same 

 Subject, by the Honorable Joseph Howe, M. P. P. All Delivered before 

 the AthenEum Society, February, 1858. Halifax: Printed at the Wes- 

 leyan Conference Steam Press, 1858. i2mo. pamph., p. 17. 



Hardly citable, but of interest as probably containing the first published reference to 

 the Ipswich .Sparrow, although the species was not recognized as a new one until many 

 years later. The reference reads as follows : "A little brown Sparrow, (Fringilla ), 



also summered and wmtered there." 



1869. Maynard, Charles Johnson. The Capture of the Centronyx Bairdii at 



Ipswich. — Amer. Nat. Ill, p. 554. 



The single specimen taken December 4, 186S, and here recorded, was later recognized 

 as belonging to a new species, and became the type of Atnmodramiis princeps Cf. 

 Coues, 3d instal. bibliog., Bull. U. S. Surv. Terr. V, 1S79, no. 4, p. 637, 1S80. 



1869-70. Allen, Joel Asaph. Notes on some of the Rarer Birds of Massachu- 

 setts. — Amer. Nat. Ill, pp. 513, 631, 632. 



Also, 1S69, pamphlet, repaged, pp. 9, 32-34. A more extended notice than Mr. 

 Maynard's upon the capture of the supposed Centronyx hairdii. 



1870. Maynard, Charles Johnson. The Naturalist's Guide in collecting and pre- 



serving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the Birds 

 of Eastern Massachusetts. By C. J. Maynard. With illustrations by 

 E. L. Weeks. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1870. i2mo. Part II. 

 Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts with notes relative to 

 their migration, habits, etc., etc. pp. 11 2-1 17. 



An original description with a frontispiece of the type specimen of Ammodranius 

 princcfs, the discoverer, however, supposing he was redescribing Centronyx bairdii 

 There is also a pen-picture of the Ipswich sand-hills and an account of the capture of 

 the Sparrow. 



1877, revised ecUtion, pp. 11 2-1 17. The original article is rewritten in part, explana- 

 tions are made, a hand-colored plate, facing p. 89, is substituted for the woodcut, and 

 the species is correctly named. 



1870. Samuels, Edward Augustus. The Birds of New England and Adjacent 

 States : containing Descriptions of the Birds of New England, and adjoining 

 States and Provinces, arranged by a long-approved Classification and 

 Nomenclature; together with a History of their Habits, Times of Ar- 

 rival and Departure, their Distribution, Food, Song, Time of Breeding, 

 and a careful and accurate Description of their Nests and Eggs; with 

 Illustrations of many Species of the Birds, and accurate Figures of 

 their Eggs. By Edward A. Samuels, Curator of Zoology in the Massa- 



