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genital organs of some of the males were quite sensibly increased 

 in size, and of some received March 19 they were quite marked- 

 ly so. Some of these last specimens were in the midst of the 

 moult. April i, I received from Mr. Carter two specimens, the 

 stomachs of which were filled with small black insects. This 

 was the first instance where I had found anything but vegetable 

 matter used for food. All of the stomachs examined before con- 

 tained, so far as I could determine, seeds. Mr. N. T. Lawrence 

 kindly permits me to record one shot at Far Rockaway Beach, 

 April 3, 18S5. He thinks he saw another the same day. Here- 

 after this species will have to be relegated to the commonplace, 

 and not wortliy of special record on Long Island. 



20. Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow. — Mr. S. B. Strong, 

 of Setauket, Suffolk Co., N. Y., brought me a fine specimen, 

 which he had shot on his farm Jamiary 31, 1885. It is worthy of 

 record, as its stay must have been voluntary, there being no 

 evidence on the bird itself to lead me to believe that it had been 

 hurt or disabled in any manner. 



21. Piranga rubra. Summer Tanager. — While at Sag 

 Harbor recently I found among some mounted birds in the shop 

 of Lucas & Buck, an adult specimen of this species which was 

 shot some time in May, 1S85, near the village of Bridghampton. 

 Mr. Ivan C. Byram, of Sag Harbor, wrote me that on April 7, 

 1886, a friend shot a strange bird. It was unfortunately eaten by 

 a cat, which did not know its value as a specimen. From the 

 description given of the bird I have no doubt but that it was 

 correctly identified by Mr. Byram as a Summer Tanager. Mr. 

 Albert Lott, of Merrick, Qiieens Co., sent one to me for 

 identification. He wrote that it was shot by a neighbor. May 14, 

 r886. At the time it was killed it was near his hives catching 

 the bees. It did not eat any portion of them except the head. 

 It had been about the place for three or four days. 



22. Thryothorus ludovicianus. Carolina Wren. — 

 Giraud says of this bird : "Occasionally during the summer 

 months, this large and musical Wren is seen on Long Island."* 

 The later publisiied records for the coimtry lying east and north 

 of Long Island are for the summer months, with the notable 

 exceptions of the record made by Mr. H. A. Purdief, of Boston, 



* Birds of Long Island, p, 75. 



* RuII. N'litt. Orn. Club, Vol. \\ , p. 6i. 



