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road near Wm. Fisher’s west of Pittsburg, January 15, 1884. In January, 
1885, I saw two more near the Allen schoolhouse in Carrollton Township, 
feeding about a strawstack. The day before, my friend J. C. Trent, while 
on his way to church, saw over a hundred in a cornfield near Wheeling. 
The weather was very cold and had been so for several days. On February 
83, 1885, I saw three about two miles south of Camden, two of which I 
collected. The snow was very deep and it had been very cold for a month. 
Ten days later (February 23-24), I saw two (possibly three), others near 
the Cullom schoolhouse in Jefferson Township. Of these I secured a male 
and a female. 
135. CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS LAPPONICUS (Linneus). 
LAPLAND LONGSPUR. (536) 
The only records I haye for this species in Indiana are of a fine male 
taken by my friend, Frank Hunter, at Bloomington, February 10, 1885, and 
another taken by me two days later, also near Bloomington. The day was 
cold and stormy. There were several inches of snow covered with a slight 
crust. In the afternoon I went collecting northwest of Bloomington, and 
came upon a flock of two or three hundred shore larks feeding in a small 
meadow about a mile from town. Watching the flock a few minutes I could 
see that besides the shore larks a number of some other species were mixed 
with them. Among the several specimens secured was one Lapland Long- 
spur. 
136. PoacerTrES GRAMINEUS GRAMINEUS (Gmelin). VESPER SPARROW. (540) 
Fairly common summer resident in all the counties where I have made 
observations. From my early boyhood days I was quite familiar with this 
bird on the old home farm. In the spring. summer and early fall, as one 
passed along the road, or through pastures, or in the fields, one or more 
of these plain-colored, albeit very attractive little sparrows, would be 
flushed, the white outer tail feathers showing plainly as they flew, and 
serving as a mark for ready identification. Their nests were often found 
in the meadows, open pastures, and in other grassy places. The species 
was equally common about Camden and Delphi and all parts of Carroll 
County ; also in Monroe and Vigo counties. 
Carroll County: May 21, 1883, nest with one egg seen near Burlington. 
March 30, 1884, and March 31 and April 1, 1885, several noted. 
Vigo County: Several seen near the Five-mile Pond, April 18, 1888. 
Monroe County: May 13, 1882, nest with three eggs near Bloomington, 
incubation begun. 
137. PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS SAVANNA (Wilson). 
SAVANNAH SPARROW. (542a) 
A not very common spring and fall migrant in each county. April 12, 
1888, noted in Vigo County. April 30, 1884, noted between Camden and 
Delphi. Not often seen in Monroe County, but doubtless a common migrant, 
