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coast. It has been found wintering at Sandwich on Cape Cod, 1 

 and once at Longmeadow (1895-' 96). 2 



(March 22) April 5 to November 6; (Winter). 

 Amherst : " Rather uncommon migrant." Berkshire : " Common 

 summer resident." Bristol County: "Common transient visitant." 

 Brookline : " Common migrant." Cambridge : Abundant transient visit- 

 ant. Breeds sparingly. Cohasset: " Common in summer." Dedham : 

 "Locally common." Essex County: "Summer visitant. Rare." Ips- 

 wich: " Abundant summer resident." Martha's Vineyard: "Abundant 

 summer resident." Springfield : " Common spring and autumn visitor, 

 and a rare summer resident." Once in winter. Wellesley : " Common 

 migrant .... and locally common summer resident." 



347. Passerculus princeps Mayn. IPSWICH SPARROW. 



A common migrant, and not uncommon winter resident along 

 the coast, occurring principally among the sand dunes. 



October 17 to April 10. 



Cambridge: Casual. One instance. October. Cohasset: " Fairly com- 

 mon in winter." Ipswich : " Rather common in late fall, less so in win- 

 ter." 



348. Pocecetes gramineus (Gmel.). VESPER SPARROW. 

 A common, if not abundant summer resident. 



March 29 to October 23 (November 10). 



Amherst : " Abundant summer resident." Berkshire : " Common 

 summer resident." Bristol County: "Common summer resident." 

 Brookline : " Not uncommon summer resident." Cambridge : Very 

 common summer resident. Cohasset : " Common summer resident." 

 Dedham: "Common." Essex County: " Summer visitant. Common." 

 Ipswich : " Abundant summer resident." Martha's Vineyard : " Common 

 summer resident." Springfield: "Common summer resident." Tem- 

 pleton : "Common summer resident." Wellesley: "Common summer 

 resident." 



349. Calcarius ornatus (Towns.). CHESTNUT-COLLARED 

 LONGSPUR. 



An accidental visitant from the we^t. There is but one record : 

 Magnolia, near Gloucester, a male taken July 28, 1876, by Mr. 

 C. W. Townsend, and now in the collection of the Boston Society 

 of Natural History. 3 



1 Hoffmann ; Auk, Vol. XII, No. 2, Apr., 1895, p. 188. 



2 Morris; Auk, Vol. XIV, No. i, Jan., 1897, p. 100. 



3 Brewer ; Bull. Nutt. Orn.'Club, Vol. II, No. 3, July, 1877, p. 78. 



