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when my friend, Dr. James Trudeau, sent me a specimen pro- 

 cured by himself while in company with our mutual friend, 

 Edward Harris, Esq." It is probable that this specimen was 

 taken in Harris's hunting grounds on the southern coast of the 

 state. Audubon further states that this species is found in 

 ploughed fields in New Jersey, an assertion I am much inclined 

 to doubt, as such places would be entirely unsuited to this 

 sparrow's strong desire of concealment at all times. 



Subsequent to Prof. Brown's capture above referred to, 

 Henslow's sparrow was observed by him and his brothers 

 in the same locality for several summers. It was recognized 

 by them as a fairly numerous summer resident in grassy fields 

 a short distance from the beach near Point Pleasant. 



A few years afterward Mr. Witmer Stone, when visiting the 

 place, observed individuals which he thought to be of this 

 species. No means of securing specimens then being at hand, 

 and years elapsing without further record, an expedition was 

 planned by five members of the D. V. 0. C, viz.: Messrs. 

 Stone, Hughes, McCadden, Baily and Hammersley, with Point 

 Pleasant as the objective point. This was on Decoration Day, 

 1895. A large tract of salt marsh and sand-dune country along 

 the south shore of the Manasquan River from Manasquan 

 toward the inlet, was thoroughly beaten over without success. 

 Late in the day, however, the object of the search was dis- 

 covered in the drier grounds bordering the salt marsh and bogs, 

 and in an old briery grass field several were flushed and four 

 brought to bag. I quote from Mr. Stone's notes: " While the 

 sun remained well up the birds seemed to stick to the grass, 

 and were flushed with difficulty, but about 4 o'clock the males 

 mounted the dead twigs on top of the bushes and uttered their 

 weak insect-like song. It sounded somewhat like that of the 

 yellow-wing sparrow, but with a more distinct single note at 

 the start. Further than this we could discover nothing of their 

 history. The female secured seemed to have been setting, but 

 we could find no nests. ' ' 



On May 30, 1896, the place was revisited with no better suc- 

 cess, and in spite of beating about and dragging the ground with 

 a long rope, no nests were discovered. The birds appeared less 



