544 THURSTON and BoTIiE, Long Island Birds. [ocx. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. — My first Long Island Bobo- 

 links were seen, in company with Mr. Nichols at Mastic on August 2 1. L912. 



We arose about 4. a. m. and started for a sniping trip in his canoe and it 

 did not take us long to realize that a large migratory Bight was on. The 

 air was full of bird calls, shadowy forms of Nighthawks and Whippoorwills 

 dashed by, but chiefly noticeably above all other sounds was the sparkling, 

 silvery " link, link, link " of hundreds of Rice Birds. As dawn approached 

 we could begin to see the flocks pass and most of them were very high. We 

 calculated that eight thousand birds passed over us. The flight was over 

 by S.30 a. m. (T 



*Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys. Whttb-crownbd Spabrow. — 

 In a large berry patch at Floral Park. L. I., on October 22. 1912, I saw some 

 strange looking sparrows and immediately collected one which proved to 

 be a juvenal White-crowned Sparrow. There were about thirty birds m 

 this flock and they stayed with us quite late; so late in fact that 1 collected 

 another, now in Dr. Dwight's collection, on the fifth of November! 



Dr. Braislin's latest record for Long Island seems to be October 21 and 

 he also quotes this bird as " rare." I wonder if this is not due to the fact 

 that the immature plumage is not half 30 well known as that of the adult. 



The numbers seen this fall would make the species anything but rare, 

 though of course there may have been an unusually large flight this season. 

 (T) 



*SpizelIa monticola monticola. Tree Spabrow. — I have the fol- 

 lowing late records for the Tree Sparrow on Flushing Meadows: April 13, 

 14. 20, and 21, 1012. Newtown Swamp, April 7, 1912. (B) 



*Spizella pusilla pusilla. Field Sparhow. — Several were seen at 

 Floral Park, L. I., on February l.~>, 1913. This extends either the early 

 date of arrival or, what is more probable, establishes the bird as a winter 

 resident on Long Island. I fail to see why this should not be the ease as 

 they reside in New Jersey all winter at practically the same latitude. (T) 



*Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Spabrow. — On the salt marshes at 

 Flushing, L. I., the Swamp Sparrow may be found on almost any day 

 during the winter. The short bushes that cover the higher places form ex- 

 cellent shelters for the birds. Dates as follows: December 7, S, 29, 1912, 

 and February 15. 1913. (B) 



♦Passerella iliaca iliaca. Fox Sparrow. — During the winters of 191 1 

 and 1912 the Fox Sparrow was often seen. Some records from Flushing 

 Meadows: Feb. 22 and 26, December 3, 1911, January 20. December 7 

 and 8, 1912. These sparrows were also seen at Jamaica, L. 1.. on January 

 20, 1912. (B) 



*Lanius ludovicianus migrans. Migrant Shrike. — Unusually 

 common around Floral Park during the fall migration of 1912. I collected 

 three individuals and several others were seen. The dates of collection 

 were September 13, October 1. and October 22. 1912. (T) 



*Vermivora chrysoptera. Golden-winged Warbler. — One ob- 

 served at Flushing, L. I., on May 12, 1912. It was watched for nearly a 

 half an hour. (B) 



