330 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1895 
“On December 11, ’86, while, Dr. Fisher and I were riding 
along the road to Falls Church, Va., and distant from Wash- 
ington perhaps four miles, we saw a flock of 15 or 20 Horned 
Larks by the roadside. Scattered through the flock were half 
a dozen or more Longspurs, one of which was secured. Com- 
paratively little collecting has ever been done about Washington 
in winter, and to this fact, rather more than to its excessive 
rarity, is due, I am persuaded, the absence of the species from 
the local lists. Although probably not a regular migrant, the 
species occurs here in small numbers, I am inclined to believe, 
every hard winter. However, it is to be remarked that the 
records for this bird so far south are very few” (H. W. Hen- 
shaw, Auk, iv, 347). 
Poocetes gramineus (540). Vesper Sparrow. 
Resident; abundant during migrations from March 20 (’92,) 
to May 23 (’93, Wholey), and from September 22 (’95) to 
December 2 (’94). During summer they are not very com- 
mon, and only a few winter with us. On June 19 (’90, J. H. 
Fisher, Jr.) 3 slightly incubated eggs were taken. At Hagers- 
town it is given as “not common; occasionally seen in June, 
July, September and October” (Small). At Vale Summit on 
June 11, ’95, I found one pair feeding young just out of the 
nest. 
Ammodramus princeps (541). Ipswich Sparrow. 
“Breeding on Sable Island, N. 8.; in winter migrating along 
the Atlantic coast south to Virginia.” (Manual 407). “Winter 
resident along the New Jersey coast; not abundant, though prob- 
ably regular.”” 9 specimens are recorded between November 
16 (80) and April 3 (89) (Birds, E. Pa. and N. J., 112-8). 
“Those who care to visit in winter the bleak, wind-swept 
sand hillocks of our Atlantic coast will find this bird much less 
rare than it was once supposed to be” (Chapman 291). 
