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than either, with no white in the wing. Its undulating flight 

 is quite different from that of the Lark, and its notes are, of 

 course, totally different. They are also distinguishable from 

 those of the Snowflake. It has a harsh rattling chirr, much 

 less musical than the corresponding note of the Snowflake, 

 and the sweet tee of that species is a two-syllabled tyee. 



Long Island. Rare winter visitant, except at the eastern end; 

 October 18 to April 18; rare after March 15; casual August 12, 

 1881. 



ORIENT. Irregular winter visitant, October 30, 1905 to 

 April 2, 1908. 



LONG BEACH. Rare winter visitant, November 2, 1915 

 (L. N. Nichols) to March 18, 1916 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. Casual at Ossining (Fisher). 

 New Jersey. To Mr. Chas. A. Urner belongs the credit of dis- 

 covering this bird recently on the Newark Marshes; there are five 

 records; February 5 and 26, 1921, November 27, 1921, January 7, 

 1922 (all by Urner), and March 22, 1922 (W. DeW. Miller). 

 Otherwise reported only by Thurber from Morristown, but his 

 collection contains no specimens. 



CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR (Calcarius ornatus) 

 An accidental visitant from the Great Plains. Two speci- 

 mens have been collected on Long Island, February 16, 1889, 

 and September 14, 1891. 



VESPER SPARROW (Pocecetes gramineus) 

 The white outer tail-feathers of the Vesper Sparrow make 

 it one of the first of our numerous sparrows to be positively 

 identified by the beginner in bird study. It is a common 

 summer resident in the drier fields and pastures throughout 

 the area. It arrives the first week in April, occasionally the 

 very end of March. Few are seen in November, but near 

 the coast it occasionally winters, though one of the rarest 

 Sparrows at this season. 



Long Island. Common summer resident, occasional in win- 

 ter; March 24, 1918 at Queens (Crosby and J. T. Nichols) to 

 November 23. 



