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been found nesting in the Lower Hudson Valley, at Sing Sing, 

 May 25, 1883 {Fisher, Bull N. O. C, VIII, [S83), and at Cornwall- 

 on-Hudson, May 12, [887 {Allen, Auk, IV, 1887, p. 284). (See 

 Group, Gallery, between Cases P and Q.) 



236. Plectrophenax nivalis {Linn.). Snowflake; Snow 

 Bunting. (534) — "Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, 

 breeding in the Arctic Regions; in North America south in winter 

 into the northern United States, irregularly to Georgia, southern 

 Illinois, and Kansas." On Long Island this bird is an abundant 

 winter resident on the sand-flats near the ocean {Dutcher y MS.). 

 In the Lower Hudson Valley it is much less common. 



237. Calcarius lapponicus {Linn.). Lapland Longspur. 

 (536.) — "Northern portions of the Northern Hemisphere, breeding 

 far north ; in North America, south in winter to the northern 

 United States, irregularly to the Middle States, accidentally to- 

 South Carolina". In this vicinity it is a rare winter resident, and 

 is sometimes found with flocks of the preceding, but is more, 

 frequently associated with Horned Larks. 



238. Calcarius ornatus {Towns.). Chestnut-collared 

 Longspur. (538.) — "Interior of North America, from the Sas- 

 katchewan Plains south to Texas". A specimen of this western 

 species was taken at Long Island City, February 16, 1889 {Hen- 

 drickson, Auk, VI, 1889, p. 190). 



*23Q. Poocaetes gramineus {Gmel.). Vesper Sparrow; 

 Grass Finch; Bay-winged Bunting. (540.) — North America; 

 breeds from southern Illinois and Virginia northward to New 

 Brunswick and Manitoba, and winters on the Atlantic coast from 

 Virginia southward. This species is here a common summer resi- 

 dent, arriving about April 1, and remaining until the latter part of 

 November. 



240. Ammodramus princeps (Mayn. \. Ipswich Sparrow. 

 (541.) — Breeds probably on the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia 

 3 ible Island) northward, winters southward along the coast 

 regularly to Virginia and rarely to Georgia 1 Worthington y Auk, 

 VIII, 1890, p. 211). This species is a common winter resident, 

 confined strictly to the immediate vicinity of the coasts, where it 

 is found from the middle of October to the first of April {Dutchcr, 

 Auk, III, 1886, p. 441) 



