1858. 
1869. 
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GivPin, Jon Bernarp. 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 19, 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 Athenzeum Society, February, 1858. Halifax: Printed at the Wes- 
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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 dy 
also summered and wintered there.” 
MayNARD, CHARLES JoHNSON. The Capture of the Centronyx Bairdii at 
Ipswich. — Amer. Nat. III, p. 554. 
The single specimen taken December 4, 1868, and here recorded, was later recognized 
as belonging to a new species, and became the type of Ammodramus princeps. Cf. 
Coues, 3d instal. bibliog., Bull. U. S. Surv. Terr. V, 1879, no. 4, p. 637, 1880. 
1869-70. ALLEN, JOEL AsapH. Notes on some of the Rarer Birds of Massachu- 
1870. 
1870. 
setts. — Amer. Nat. III, pp. 513, 631, 632. 
Also, 1869, pamphlet, repaged, pp. 9, 32-34. A more extended notice than Mr. 
Maynard’s upon the capture of the supposed Cenxtronyx bairdii. 
Maynarb, 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 
EK. L. Weeks. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1870. 12mo. Part II. 
Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts with notes relative to 
their migration, habits, etc., etc. pp. 112-117. 
An original description with a frontispiece of the type specimen of Ammodramus 
princeps, the discoverer, however, supposing he was redescribing Centronyx bairdit. 
There is also a pen-picture of the Ipswich sand-hills and an account of the capture of 
the Sparrow. 
1877, revised edition, pp. 112-117. 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. 
SAMUELS, Epwarp Aucustus. 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- 
