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350. Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). Lapland Longspur. 

 An uncommon and irregular spring and autumn migrant along 



the coast as far south as Duxbury, occurring, however, regularly 

 and not uncommonly in the autumn at Ipswich. Mr. G. M. Allen 

 saw one at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, on March 25, 1899 and it 

 has been taken in one instance at Springfield, November 28, 1895, 

 and is also recorded from Templeton. The reason for this 

 species' scarcity in southern portions of the State is that their 

 southward migration turns inland at about Ipswich, they occur- 

 ring farther southeast of the Alleghany mountains only as strag- 

 lers. It occurs in winter at Ipswich only accidentally, a male 

 being taken on January 6, 1877. 



October 9 to December 11 ; February 22 to May i ; (Winter). 



Cambridge: [One instance]. Essex County: "October. Rare." 

 Ipswich: " Not uncommon winter visitant." Springfield: One instance. 

 Templeton: "Winter visitor." 



Note : Rhynchofhanes mccownii. (Lawr.). McCown's Longspur. 



Mr. C. J. Maynard records one taken on January 7, 1877, by Mr. E. A. 

 Bangs at Ipswich.' This specimen we learn from Mr. O. Bangs was 

 bought in the Boston Market by him and his brother when boys, they be- 

 ing told at the time that the bird came from Ipswich, but although Mr. 

 Bangs believes the specimen to probably have been taken in the State, 

 the evidence is so insufficient tliat the record is only worth this casual 

 mention. 



351. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linn.). Snow Bunting. 



A common winter visitant from the north, often abundant along 

 the coast. Audubon's reference to its breeding in Massachusetts 

 is undoubtedly an error, and the record of its breeding at Spring- 

 field in 1862 has been expunged, the bird having been Junco 

 hiemalis. 



October 15 to March 30 (May). 



Amherst: " Occasional .... in severe winters." Berkshire: " Irregu- 

 lar winter visitant, not abundant." Bristol County: "Common winter 

 visitant on the coast, less common inland." Brookline : " Rare winter 

 visitant." Cambridge: Common winter visitant. Abundant in migra- 

 tions. Cohasset : "Common in winter." Dedham : "Occasionally 

 common in winter, appearing in large flocks.'' Essex County : " Octo- 



1 Maynard ; Birds of East. No. Amer., Revised Ed., 1896, p. 516. 



