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[236.] Calcarius ornatus. CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR. 

 Accidental. Magnolia, near Gloucester, July 28, 1876 (Brewer, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 78). 



*237. Poocaetes gramineus. VESPER SPARROW. Abundant 

 summer resident. 



238. Ammodramus princeps. IPSWICH SPARROW. Rather 

 rare but regular winter visitant, occurring chiefly near the coast. 

 Has been met with along the coast from Prince Edward's Island 

 to Delaware. 



*239. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna. SAVANNA 



SPARROW. Abundant summer resident along the coast; much less 

 common in the interior. 



*240. Ammodramus savannarum passerinus. GRASSHOP- 

 PER SPARROW. Common and even abundant summer resident at 

 favorable localities, especially in the Connecticut Valley and near 

 the sea coast. 



*241. Ammodramus henslowi. HENSLOW'S SPARROW. 



Rare summer resident, of rather irregular distribution. 



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*242. Ammodramus caudacutus. SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. 

 More or less common in the salt marshes along the coast, es- 

 pecially in those of Charles River. 



242tf. Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni. NELSON'S SPAR- 

 ROW. Occurs sparingly with the preceding in autumn (Henshaw, 

 Auk, III, 1886, ), 



243. Ammodramus maritimus. SEA-SIDE SPARROW. 

 Rare or accidental in the salt marshes along the coast. Only one 

 recent record of its capture in the State Nahant, Aug. 1877 

 (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, Jan. 1878, 48). Dr. Merriam 

 gives it as a common summer resident in the salt and brackish 

 water marshes of Connecticut (Rev. Bds. Conn., 1877, 38). 



[244.] Chondestes grammacus. LARK FINCH. Accidental. 

 Four recorded instances of its occurrence. Gloucester, about 

 1845 (Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., I, 1856, 224); Newtonville, Nov. 

 25, 1877 (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 1878, 44); Mag- 

 nolia, Aug. 29, 1879 (Townsend) Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, 53); 

 1886.] 



