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*Pine Siskin ; Pine Finch {Splnus pinits). A more or less comnion fall 

 and winter visitant. On two occasions it has been found nesting in the Lower 

 Hudson Valley, at Sing Sing, May 25, 1&83 (Fisher, Bull. N. O. C, VIII, 

 1883), and at Cornwall-on-Hudson, May 12, 1887 (Allen, Auk, IV, 1887, p. 

 284). (See group, third floor). 



*Snowflake ; Snow Bunting (Passcriiia nnvlis). On Long Island this bird 

 is an abundant winter resident on the sand-flats near the ocean (Butcher, 

 MS). In the Lower Hudson Valley it is much less common. 



Lapland Longspur (Calcarins lappoiiicus) . A rare winter resident; some- 

 times found with flocks of the preceding, but more frequently associated with 

 Horned Larks. 



Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calciirius ontatus). "Interior of North 

 America, from the Saskatchewan Plains south to Texas." A specimen of this 

 western species was taken at Long Island City, February 16, 1889 (Hendrick- 

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





Fig. 24. Vesper Sparrow. 



*Vesper Sparrow ; Grass Finch: Bay-winged Bunting { Pooccctcs gram- 

 incus). A common summer resident, arriving about April i, and remaining 

 until the latter part of November. 



Ipswich Sparrow (Passcrciilus priiiccps). 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 (Butcher, Auk, III, 1886, p. 

 441)- 



*Savanna Sparrow (Passerculus saiidtviclieiisis savanna). This species is 

 here a rare summer resident and abundant migrant, arriving about April i 

 and departing in November and Beccmber. It breeds at Morristown, N. J. 

 (Thurber) and is said to remain throughout the winter in the salt-marshes 

 at Bridgeport, Conn. (Averill) Braislin, ( .\uk, XVT, 1899. p. 192) records it 

 from Garden City, L. I., July 17, 1897. and Flatbush, L. I., Jan. 30, 1895. 



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