1878.] 305 [Brewer. 



Collurio exenbitoroides Bd. Mr. Purdie reports the capture 

 of a typical example of this species, taken at Cranston, R. L, by- 

 Mr. Jencks, the first instance on record (Nutt. Bull., II, p. 21). 



Pleetrophanes ornatus Towns. The capture of a male speci- 

 men of the western species is already recorded in our Proceedings, 

 and the specimen itself is in the Society's collection. It was taken 

 near Gloucester, Mass., July 28, 1876, by Mr. Chas. W. Townsend. 



Passerculus princeps Maynard. The gradual accumulation 

 of observations in reference to this new and rare species, point to its 

 regular migratory appearance along the Atlantic coast of New Eng- 

 land in considerable numbers. It has been taken at Point Lepreaux, 

 "N. B., by Mr. Brewster, April 11, 187G, and by Mr. C. Hart Merriam, 

 near New Haven, Nov. 13, 1875 (Nutt. Bull., i, p. 52). Mr. C. N. 

 Brown (Nutt. Bull,, n, p. 27) claims to have met with this species Oct. 

 9, 1876, at Lake Umbagog, Me., but as he did not secure the evi- 

 dence of the correctness of his determination, he may very easily 

 have been mistaken. 



Coturnieulus Henslowi Bon. Mr. Charles F. Goodhue, of 

 Webster, N. H., has found this species in several instances in that 

 portion of New Hampshire, and in one instance secured its nest in 

 Salisbury (Nutt. Bull., in, p. 39). 



Ammodromus maritimus Sw. The area of this species has 

 been ascertained to extend along the Massachusetts coast at least as 

 far as Nahant. 



Ammodromus eaudacutus Sw. This species has been shown 

 by recent testimony to extend, with irregular intervals, along the 

 entire New England coast to the St. Croix, and northward as far as 

 Prince Edward Island. 



Clioxidestes grammaca Bon. The capture of a second speci- 

 men of this species in Ma«sachusetts is recorded by Mr. Purdie (Nutt. 

 Bull., nr, p. 44), and is now in his collection. It was taken at New. 

 tonville. 



Jimeo oregonus Towns. Mr. Brewster records the capture of 

 a single specimen of this far-western form in AVatertown, Mass., 

 March 25, 1874 (Nutt. Bull., r, p. 69). This is a very remarkable 

 occurrence, and leads one to doubt as to what we may not now look 

 for, in these regions. 



Calamospiza bicolor Bon. The occurrence of the Lark Bun- 

 ting in Massachusetts, as recorded by Mr. Allen (Nutt. Bull., in, p. 

 48), is one of the latest, as it is also one of the most extraordinary 



