1889. | DutcHer, Bird Notes Jrom Long Island, N. Y. 137 
the flesh are sent to them from the surrounding country, of which they 
keep no record. Mr. Lucas was very positive, however, that it had been 
received in the flesh, from Long Island, during the winter of 1887-88. 
His reasons for his belief were that he knew from the make-up of the skin 
and the material used in its preparation, that it was his own handiwork. 
Furthermore, he said, his firm never received any birds or skins other 
than from Long Island. He was almost certain that they had had _ this 
species of Woodpecker before. The specimen is now in my collection, No. 
1028. This record adds a new member of the order Pici to the Long 
Island list, it not being included in the lists of either Messrs. Giraud or 
Lawrence. 
to. Contopus borealis. OLIve-sIpED FLycarcHer. — During the 
night of August 19, 1888, an individual of this species struck Fire Island 
Light and was sent to me by Mr. John G. Skipworth, 1st Asst. Keeper, 
with forty-two other birds of various kincs. Wind west, rather squally, 
with rain and fog. This makes the third specimen to be recorded from 
Long Island, the prior records having been made by Mr. N. T. Lawrence* 
and Mr. Del. Berier:} 
My correspondent, Mr. A. H. Helme, of Miller’s Place, Suffolk Co 
who is well known to very many members of the Union, tells me that he 
has seen this Flycatcher on Long Island but has never taken a specimen. 
11. Calcarius lapponicus. LAPLAND LonGspur.—Mr. John Hendrick- 
on shot one October 18, 1888, at Long Island City. He informs me that 
it was alone, and was secured as it flew up from among some weeds 
growing on the edge of a drain. From the fact that Horned Larks (Ofo- 
coris alpestris) were first seen that day, he thinks it not unlikely that the 
Longspur had migrated southward in their company. This is the earli- 
est autumn date of which I have any record. 
12. Spiza americana. DickcisseL.— At the time when Mr. Giraud 
was collecting data for his list of Long Island birds, the Black-throated 
Bunting must have been a not uncommon bird. This is the only infer- 
ence that can be drawn from his statement: ‘‘About the middle of May 
the Black-throated Bunting arrives on Long Island from the South. It 
prefers the grain, grass and clover fields, where it continues its oft- 
repeated chirrup until the early part of August, then becoming silent. In 
the early part of September it migrates southward.”t The Lawrence col- 
lection contains a male anda female specimen from Long Island. Mr 
Helme, of Miller’s Place, was so fortunate as to secure two specimens 
this fall, both of which he considered migrants. They were also the first 
that he had ever shot on Long Island. The first one, a young male, was 
secured September 29, and the second was taken October 10. Mr. Helme 
* Forest and Stream, Vol. X, p. 235. 
t Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. V, p. 46. The specimen recorded by Mr.N. T. Law- 
rence in ‘Forest and Stream’ was subsequently recorded by Mr. Robert Lawrence 
in Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. V, p. 116. 
{Birds of Long Island, p. Ioo, 1844. 
