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of the occurrence of this species in New England. In its claims to be 

 regarded as a bird of North America it may best be compared with the 

 Ruff {Machetes pugnax). Both are probably not infrecpaent stragglers to 

 our continent. — William Brewster. 



The Ipswich Sparrow in New Brunswick. — On April 11, 1876, 

 while collecting at Point Lepreaux, N. B., in company with Mr. William 

 Stone, we secured a fine female of the Ipswich Sparrow (Passerculus prin- 

 ceps, Maynard). It was sitting on a rock on the extreme end of the Point 

 when first seen, and was very easily secured. The yellow over the eye in 

 this specimen is more intense than in any other I have ever examined, 

 and cpiite equals in this respect the average coloring of the same area in 

 P. savanna. This is the third spring specimen that has been thus far re- 

 ported. The first, a male, was taken by Mr. Maynard at Ipswich, April 

 1, 1874 ; and the second by Mr. Willey of Portland, at Cape Elizabeth, 

 Maine, March 15, 1875. The former is now in my possession, and the 

 latter graces the collection of Mr. N. C. Brown of Portland. — William 

 Brewster. 



Passerculus princeps and Parus hudsonicus in Connecticut. — 

 On November 4, 1875, while collecting along the beach at " South End," 

 a few miles below New Haven, I was fortunate enough to secure a fine 

 specimen of the Ipswich Sparrow (Passerculus princeps, Maynard). The 

 specimen was a female, and in excellent condition. Its mate was seen, 

 but escaped capture. 



On November 13, 1875, Mr. Robert Morris, while shooting in a wooded 

 ravine a few miles from town, killed a female Hudsonian Titmouse (Parus 

 hudsonicus). The specimen is now in the collection of Mr. Thomas Osborn 

 of this city. It is, I think, the first occurrence of this species south of 

 Concord, Mass. — C. Hart Merriam, New Haven, Conn. 



Anser Rossii in Oregon. — Captain Charles Bendire, U. S. A., in a 

 recent letter to the writer, announces the capture by him of a female of 

 this rare species at Camp Harney, Oregon, " the first and only one," he 

 says, "I have seen killed about here." He states in a later letter that 

 the specimen was shot from a flock of twelve to fifteen individuals, and 

 adds that several parties have since told him that they had killed such 

 small geese before, but supposed them to be the young of the Snow Goose 

 (Anser hyperboreus). Captain Bendire, however, believes them to be very 

 rare at that locality, and has never seen any brought in by the numerous 

 hunting parties from the Post. He gives the length of the specimen taken 

 as twenty-two inches, with the body not larger than a Mallard's. The 

 only other United States record for this species that I have seen is Cali- 

 fornia (Coues). — J. A. Allen. 



