CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 
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297 (598) *Indigo bunting 
Cyanospiza cyanea (Linn.) 
298 (601) Painted bunting! 
Cyanospiza ciris (Linn.) 
299 (604) *Dickcissel? 
Spiza americana (Gmel.) 
300 (605) Lark bunting? 
Calamospiza melanocorys Stejn. 
1See Bul. Nutt. orn. club, 3:132; Forest and stream, 1884, p. 424. 
’Formerly not uncommon on Long Island where it nested. See Giraud’s Birds of 
Long Island, 1844, p. 100. Now rare, but few recent records. 
’This western species has twice been taken on Long Island. See Auk, 6:192. Mr A. H. 
Helme reports a second specimen taken at Millerplace, Sep. 11, 1896, 
