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been found nesting in the Lower Hudson Valley, at Sing Sing, 

 May 25, 1883 (Fisher, Bull. N. O. C., VIII, 1883), and at Cornwall- 

 on-Hudson, May 12, 1887 (Allen, Auk, IV, 1887, p. 284). (See 

 Group, Gallery, between Cases P and Q.) 



236. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linn.}. SNOWFLAKE; SNOW 

 BUNTING. (534.) "Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, 

 breeding in the Arctic Regions ; in North America south in winter 

 into the northern United States, irregularly to Georgia, southern 

 Illinois, and Kansas." Oh Long Island this bird is an abundant 

 winter resident on the sand-flats near the ocean (Dutcher, MS.). 

 In the Lower Hudson Valley it is much less common. 



237. Calcarius lapponicus (Linn}. LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 

 (536.) "Northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere, breeding 

 far north ; in North America, south in winter to the northern 

 United States, irregularly to the Middle States, accidentally to 

 South Carolina". In this vicinity it is a rare winter resident, and 

 is sometimes found with flocks of the preceding, but is more 

 frequently associated with Horned Larks. 



238. Calcarius ornatus (Towns.}. CHESTNUT-COLLARED 

 LONGSPUR. (538.) "Interior of North America, from the Sas- 

 katchewan Plains south to Texas". A specimen of this western 

 species was taken at Long Island City, February 16, 1889 (Hen- 

 drickson, Auk, VI, 1889, p. 190). 



*23p. Poocaetes gramineus (Gmel.\ VESPER SPARROW; 

 GRASS FINCH; BAY-WINGED BUNTING. (540.) North America; 

 breeds from southern Illinois and Virginia northward to New 

 Brunswick and Manitoba, and winters on the Atlantic coast from 

 Virginia southward. This species is here a common summer resi- 

 dent, arriving about April i, and remaining until the latter part of 

 November. 



240. Ammodramus princeps (Mayn.\ IPSWICH SPARROW. 

 (541.) Breeds probably on the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia 

 (Sable Island) northward, winters southward along the coast 

 regularly to Virginia and rarely to Georgia ( Worthington, Auk, 

 VIII, 1890, p. 21 1). This species is a common winter resident, 

 confined strictly to the immediate vicinity of the coasts, where it 

 is found from the middle of October to the first of April (Dutcher, 

 Auk, III, 1886, p. 441) 



