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BIRD iNOTES FROM LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



liV WILLIAM DUTCHEK. 



I. Passerculus princeps. Maynixrd. Ipswich Sparkow. 

 — While collecting-. Jaiuuuy i, 1SS3, on Jones Beach* ; I was for- 

 tunate enough to secure four specimens of this Sparrow. The 

 first one seen was shot while running through the short beach- 

 grass, between two sand-dunes. The others were flushed in 

 similar localities and shot while flying. Another was seen but 

 escaped. February 14, 1S83, the gunner who usually accompa- 

 nies me on my collecting trips, shot on the same beach two more 

 specimens, which he sent me. He wrote that he saw one other, 

 which he could not secure. February 33, 1883, I again visited 

 this beach and saw two more specimens, both of which I secured. 

 The following measurements were carefully taken while the birds 

 were in the flesh : 



Sex. ^Extent. Length. \ Wing. 



$ 6.12 10.00 3-00 



? 6.25 10.00 3-o6 



.? 6.25 9.50 2.88 



$ 6.25 9.75 3.00 



$ 6.50 10.25 3.06 



$ 6.00 9.50 2. 88 



? 



3.00 

 2.88 



Average 6.17 9.78 2.97 



3. Pooecetes gramineus {G/Ji.) Baird. Grass Finch. — 

 One was taken February 33, 1S83, on Jones Beach. It was not 

 in company with the Ipswich Sparrows, taken the same day and 

 in the same locality. Noted as being an earl}- date. 



3. Melospiza lincolni {Azfd.) Baird. Lincoln's Finch. 

 — Three individuals of this species were killed by striking Fire 

 Island Light the night of Mav 9, 1883. and were sent me. The 

 testes of two dissected were well developed. I have never taken 



* Jones Beach is part of the Great South Beach Of Long Island, distant about 28 

 miles east from New York City. 



