122 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Latest record. New Haven, May 7, 23 (?), 1888, May 19, 

 1907 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, May 22, 1911. 



Occurrence. New Haven, Nov., 1882, Dec, 1884, Oct., 1887 

 (L. B. W.), May, Oct., 1888, Oct., 1889 (L. B. W.), March, 

 1894, Feb., April, 1896, Jan., Feb., April, 1900, Oct., 1906, Jan., 

 May, 1907, Nov., 191 1; Portland, March, 1884, Oct., 1887 — 

 May, 1888, Nov., 1889 — May, 1890, April, 1892, Dec, 1895 — 

 March, 1896, Dec, 1899 — March, 1900, March, 1902; May, 

 1904, Feb., 1907, Feb. — May, 1908, Oct., 1908 — May, 1909, 

 May, 1911, Feb. — ^April, 1912. 



Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis (Linnaeus). Snow Bunting. 



An irregular winter resident from November to March, most 

 frequent near the coast; occasionally in large flocks, but more 

 often not more than a dozen birds together. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Nov. 2, 1906, Oct. 22, 1889 

 (L. B. W.) ; Portland, Oct. 29, 1876. 



Latest record. New Haven, March 8, 1882 ; Portland, March 

 20, 1875. 



At Stamford it has been taken in September (Schaler), and 

 as late as March 19, 1892 (L. H. P.). 



Large flocks. Jan. 25, 1875, Portland, flock of 200 seen (J. 

 H. S.) ; Feb. 15, 1883, Hamden, a flock that covered acres (Os- 

 borne) ; Jan. 18, 1884, Portland, flock of 150 seen (J. H. S.) ; 

 Jan. 27, 1898, Orange, flock of 200 (L. B. B.) ; Jan., 1905, Dan- 

 bury, flock of over 200 (J. C. A. M.). 



Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus (Linnaeus) . Lapland Long- 

 spur. 



A rare and probably accidental late fall migrant. 



Connecticut records. Merriam^ recorded (1877), that one 

 was taken, Nov., 1874, at Sufiield by Shores, others at New 

 Haven (no date) by Nichols, and others at Portland by W. W. 

 C. (reported by Grinnell) ; March i, 1875 (approximately), 

 Portland, one received, caught here (W. W. C.) ; Nov. 29, 1884, 

 Saybrook, male (H. W. F., in coll. of Brewster); March 29, 

 1888, Saybrook, a male shot (W. E. T., in coll. of J. H. S.) ; 

 Dec. 12, 1891, Stratford, male and female taken (Beers) ; Nov. 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn,, p. 36, 



