100 Tur Witson BuLLETIN—NO. 75. 
91. (514) Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina. EEVENING GROS- 
BEAK.—Captain McDonald informed us that he has occasionally 
seen this species on the island during the winter and early spring. 
92. (515) Pinicola enucleator leucura. PINE GRosBEAK.—Captain 
McDonald informed us that during the nine winters which he has 
spent on the island this species has been seen nearly every year, 
in some years being quite common. 
93. (517) Carpedacus purpureus purpureus. PURPLE FINCH.— 
The purple finch was seen in flocks on August 20. Another flock 
of about fifty was seen on August 23 and again on August 25, but 
none were seen after the last date. It may nest on the island, as 
it was found breeding on Sand Point in 1908. 
94. (521) Loxria sp. Crosspiri.—Captain McDonald informed 
us that a crossbill winters on the island, but the species could not 
be determined from his description. 
95. (529) Astragalinus tristis tristis. GoLprrncu.—The  gold- 
finch was rare on the island and was not seen until August 26. It 
may breed on the islands. 
96. (534) Plectrophenar nivalis nivalis. SNOWFLAKE.—This 
bird was not seen on the island, but it was found on the shore near 
Caseyville (ten miles to the southeast) on October 12. The keepers 
told us that it comes to the island in large flocks in late fall and 
winter. 
97. (536) Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus. LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 
—The writer was surprised to find two of this species on the beach 
near the light-house on the morning of September 380. Again, on 
October 2, two were seen at Little Charity, and on the next day 
two more on Charity. These were all the records secured, but the 
species is no doubt abundant later in the fall and winter. 
98. (540) Pooecetes gramineus gramineus. VESPER SPARROW.— 
This sparrow was first seen on August 31, but was quite rare un- 
til the migration wave of September 20-21, when it came in some 
numbers with the Lincoln sparrow. Another wave came on the 
night of October 5-6, and it was first seen in abundance at this 
time. It was still common on the island on October 11. 
99. (542a) Passerculus sandwichensis savanna, ‘SAVANNA SPAR- 
row.—The first bird of this species was seen on August 29, on the 
west beach of the island. Only a few were seen after this date, 
until the night of September 8, when great numbers came to the 
island and were found the next morning on all the beaches and 
sand dunes, feeding on the seeds of beach grasses and the insects 
found at the water's edge. These birds were very tame and could 
be observed at close range. <All of them, with the other sparrows 
