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1883. W. A. Winter Birds. — Forest and Stream, XX, March 15, p. 124. 



An Ipswich Sparrow shot near Boston, Feb. 22, 1883. 



1884. CouES, Elliott. Key to Nortli American Birds. Containing a concise 



account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known 

 from the Continent north of the Mexican and United Slates boundary, 

 inclusive of Greenland. Second Edition, revised to date and entirely 

 rewritten : with which are incorporated General Ornithology : an out- 

 line of the structure and classification of birds, and Field Ornithology : 

 a Manual of collecting, preparing and preserving birds. By Elliott 

 Coues, M. A., M. D., Ph. D., Member of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences, etc., etc. Profusely illustrated. [Monogram] Boston : Estes and 

 Lauriat, 1884. Large 8vo. pp. 361, 362. 



1884. DuTCHER, William. Bird Notes from Long Island, N. Y. — Auk, I, p. 31. 

 For original record vide 1883, Dutcher. 



1884. Langille, J. HiBBERT. Our Birds in their Haunts : a popular treatise on 

 the birds of Eastern North America. By Rev. J. Hibbert Langille, 

 M. A. [Verse]. Boston: S. E. Cassino & Company. 1884. 121110. p. 199. 



Brief mention of the Ipswicli Sparrow. 



1884. Merriam, Clinton Hart. Breeding of Passerculus princeps on Sable 

 Island. — Auk, I, p. 390. 



First record for Nova Scotia; a specimen of the bird obtained during the summer. 

 Cf. Zoologischer Anzeiger, VIII, p. 229, 1885; Zoological Record for 1S84, p. 47, 1885; 

 Zoologischer Jahresbericht fiir 1S84, IV Abtheilung, p. 323, 1886. 



1884. RiDGWAY, Robert. The Probable Breeding-place of Passerculus princeps. — 



Auk, I, pp. 292, 293. 



Attention is directed to the large size of eggs from Sable Island, N. S., supposed to 

 be of A. s. savanna. Cf. Zoological record for 1884, p. 47, 1S85 ; Smithsonian report for 

 1884, pt. II, p. 357, 1885. 



1885. Bishop, Louis Bennett. Ipswich Sparrow. — Ornithologist and Oologist, X, 



p. 30. 



Two sjjecimens shot, presumably near New Haven. 



1885. Dutcher, William. Bird Notes from Long Island, N. Y. — Auk, II, pp. 

 36,37- 



Many specimens in winter at Fire Island Inlet and Shinnecock Bay. 



18S5. DwiGHT, Jonathan, Jr. The Ipswich Sparrow {Fasserciilns princeps) in 

 Delaware. — Auk, II, p. 105. 



First record for Delaware. Cf. Zoologischer Jahresbericht fiir 1885, IV Abtheilung, 

 pp. 187, 233, 1887. 



1885. [Jencks, Fred T.] The Ipswich Sparrow in Rhode Island. — Random 

 Notes on Nat. Hist. II, p. 17. 



First record for Rhode Island. Cf. Auk, III, p. 272, 1S86. 



1885. RiDGWAY, Robert. Some Emended Names of North American Birds. — 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, p. 354. 

 The name Ammodramtis princeps is adopted. 



