50 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



1885. [Smithsonian report for 1883], pp. 221 and 331. 



Gift to the National Museum of twelve specimens in the flesh and one skin of the 

 Ipswich Sparrow by Mr. William Dutcher. 



1S85. [Smithsonian report for 1884], pt. II, p. 145. 



Gift of the twelve specimens mentioned in previous report, again recorded. 



1886. Allen, Joel Asaph. A Revised List of the Birds of Massachusetts. — Bull. 



Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. I, no. 7, p. 251. 



By some slip of the pen it is stated that the Ipswich Sparrow "has been met with 

 along the coast from Prince Edward's Island to Delaware." It has never been taken 

 on Prince Edward Island. 



i.S^'G. American Ornithologists' Union. The Code of Nomenclature and Check- 

 List of North American Birds Adopted by the American Ornithologists' 

 Union being the report of the Committee of the Union on Classification 

 and Nomenclature [Quotation] New York American Ornithologists' 

 Union 18S6. 8vo. p. 265. 



Atnmodranius princeps is given, with its habitat " Atlantic coast, from Nova Scotia 

 south, in winter, to Virginia." 



1886. Dutcher, William. Bird Notes from Long Island. — Auk, III, pp. 441, 442. 



An account of A. princeps, which is " relegated to the commonplace " on Long Island. 



1886. Goodale, Joseph Lincoln. Wintering of the White-throated and Ipswich 

 Sparrows in Maine. — Auk, III, p. 277. 



Two taken, January 23, between Pine Point and Old Orchard. 



1886. Jones, T. [r: John] Matthew. Occurrence of the Ipswich Sparrow (Ammo- 

 dramits p>i/iieps)\n Nova Scotia. — Auk, III, p. 135, 136. 



One shot at Laurencetown, near Halifa.x, about the end of March, 1S7S; first record 

 for the mainland. Cf. Zoologischer Anzeiger, IX, p. 511, 1SS6. 



1886. Sennett, George Burritt. Ipswich Sparrow in Te.xas. — Auk, III, pp. 135, 



136. 

 The improbability of this specimen having really come from Te.\as has been discussed 

 in the foregoing pages (pp. 28, 29). 



1887. Chamberlain, Montague. A Catalogue of Canadian Birds, with Notes on the 



Distribution of the Species. By Montague Chamberlain. Saint John, 

 N. B. J. & A. McMillan, 98 Prince William Street. 1S87. 8vo. p. 85. 



" This species has been taken in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island during 

 the spring migration, and has been found breeding on Sable Island, off the Atlantic 

 coast of Nova Scotia." As before stated, the species has never been taken on Prince 

 Edward Island. 



1887. Ridgway, Robert. A Manual of North American Birds. By Robert Ridg- 



way. Illustrated by 464 outline drawings of the generic characters. Phil- 

 adelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company. 1887. Large 8vo. p. 407. 



1888. Chamberlain, Montague. A Systematic Table of Canadian Birds. By Mon- 



tague Chamberlain Saint John, N. B. Published for the Author. 1888. 

 Royal quarto, p. lo. 



