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350. Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). LapLanp Loncspur. 
An uncommon and irregular spring and autumn migrant along 
the coast as far south as Duxbury, occurring, however, regularly 
and not uncommonly in the autumn at Ipswich. Mr. G. M. Allen 
saw one at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, on March 25, 1899 and it 
has been taken in one instance at Springfield, November 28, 1895, 
and is also recorded from Templeton. ‘The reason for this 
species’ scarcity in southern portions of the State is that their 
southward migration turns inland at about Ipswich, they occur- 
ring farther southeast of the Alleghany mountains only as strag- 
lers. It occurs in winter at Ipswich only accidentally, a male 
being taken on January 6, 1877. 
October 9 to December 11; February 22 ‘to May t; (Winter). 
Cambridge: [One instance]. Essex County: “October. Rare.”’ 
Ipswich: ‘* Not uncommon winter visitant.’? Springfield: One instance. 
Templeton: ‘‘ Winter visitor.” 
Note: /?hynchophanes mccownrt?. (Lawr.). McCown’s LoNGSPuR. 
Mr. C. J. Maynard records one taken on January 7, 1877, by Mr. E. A. 
Bangs at Ipswich.! This specimen we learn from Mr. O. Bangs was 
bought in the Boston Market by him and his brother when boys, they be- 
ing told at the time that the bird came from Ipswich, but although Mr. 
Bangs believes the specimen to probably have been taken in the State, 
the evidence is so insufficient that the record is only worth this casual 
mention. 
351. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linn.). SNow BuNrTING. 
A common winter visitant from the north, often abundant along 
the coast. Audubon’s reference to its breeding in Massachusetts 
is undoubtedly an error, and the record of its breeding at Spring- 
field in 1862 has been expunged, the bird having been /uzco 
hiemalis. 
October 15 to March 30 (May). 
Amherst: ‘“ Occasional....in severe winters.’? Berkshire: “ Irregu- 
lar winter visitant, not abundant.’’ Bristol County: ‘‘ Common winter 
visitant on the coast, less common inland.” Brookline: ‘‘ Rare winter - 
visitant.’? Cambridge: Common winter visitant. Abundant in migra- 
tions. Cohasset: “Common in winter.” Dedham: ‘ Occasionally 
common in winter, appearing in large flocks.” Essex County: “ Octo- 
1 Maynard; Birds of East. No. Amer., Revised Ed., 1896, p. 516. 
