112 THE NATURALIST'S GUIDE. 



shot on an apple-tree in Newtonville ; it was filled with 

 canker-worms. 



72. Plectrophanes nivalis, Meyer. — Snow-Bunt- 

 ing. Abundant winter visitor, especially on the sea-shore. 

 I have seen thousands rise at the report of my gun, on the 

 Ipswich Sand-hills, where it feeds upon the seeds of the 

 beach-grass. This species, with the preceding four and 

 P. Canadensis, are, while with us, always gregarious. Ar- 

 rives in November ; remains until April. 



73. Plectrophanes Lapponicus, Selbt. — Lapland 

 Longspur, Lapland hunting. Generally rare, but common 

 on the Ipswich Sand-hills, where it associates with the 

 preceding; its note is different, being more shrill, but 

 it- has much the same habits. I have seen it with the 

 Shore Larks, but have never met with it alone. Its pro- 

 portion to the Snow-Bunting was about one in every 

 hundred. 



74. Chondestes gramma cus, Swain. — Lark Finch. 

 Exceedingly rare or accidental in autumn. One taken in 

 Gloucester, in 1 845, by S. Jillson. 



75. Passerculus Princeps. — Pallid Sparrow (Baird's 

 Sparrow). It is with pleasure that I add this unique 

 sparrow to the Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachu- 

 setts. In former editions this was put down as Centronyx 

 Bairdii, but, in justice to myself, will say through no fault 

 of mine, I being misled by others, not having an oppor- 

 tunity for comparing the specimens taken with the typical 

 Centronyx. At the time of the capture of my first Princeps, 

 there was but a single specimen of Baird's Sparrow ex- 

 tant. Since then a large number have been taken by 

 various parties in the West. I give a description of P. 

 Princeps, based on both spring and autumnal specimens, 

 of which I have seen a quantity. 



Sp. Ch. — Back grayish ; the middle of the feathers hav- 

 ing a black centre edged with rufous. Top of head streaked 



