The lining is composed entirely of horsehair, and th,s is laid with 

 precision, and shaped into a prettily formed cup, the brim being 

 Turned with exquisite grace. The dimensions of the nest are, 

 outside, 2i inches high and 2| to 3 inches across the mouth; 

 inside, ij inches deep and i| inches wide. 



The eo-crs are of much the same dull white ground-color, ot a 

 slightly ashen hue, as that of the Magnolia's. The form of the 

 ei is different, however, the Cape May's being less pyriform- 

 the point less acute. The markings are of light and dark lilac, and 

 yellowish and reddish tints of brown ; the brown being on the sur- 

 face and the lilac underneath, the coatings of shell producing he 

 various shades. As a rule the spots are circular and very small- 

 many being quite minute-and are irregularly distributed, no two 

 eags bearing the same pattern, though in all four there is decided 

 tendency to concentration in a ring near the large end; bu on 

 some there are spots over the larger part of the entire shell, while 

 the small end of others is immaculate. The measurements 

 are .69 X .49/ -6? X -49' -66 X -49, -66 X .48. 



Auk, 2. Jaai., 1885. p. 33- 



BIRD NOTES FROM LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



BY WILLIAM DUTCHER. 



I. Passerculus princeps Maynard. Ipswich SPARROjjK^lWish.ng to 

 a;^5nain whether this species is as rare as it has beei^nerally supposed 

 to beT>^oyerlooked from the inaccessibility its winter habitat, I 

 arranged witiTW^f mj correspondents to s^me all the '"dmduals o 

 this species that th^y^ld secure. of them spend the win te. 



months on the beach, or^^^^^^Is^^^ Inlet and the other at Shinne- 

 cock Bay, which is some fort7^<further east That they might be 

 perfectly familiar with these^s, llS^tHhem early in the autumn a skin 

 of one as a sample. Dec^^er 29, 1883, I^S^ved from my Fn^e Island 

 correspondent twenty^e specimens which h^Wbetween December 

 17 and 29. He infe^edme that he had looked car^Rl^ut ""-'^'^'^^ " 

 fLy for ?hem uZr>ecember 17, when he found six and ^^^^^^/^^^ 

 Subsequent^ that time and prior to the 29th he secured t^^"*"^^^ 

 addition^Zpecimens. He also added that he "^"^'l^ o^^ser^ed^ them in 

 pairs^hough sometimes there would be three or four t°ge'he.. They 

 wJfalways found feeding on the seeds of tall grasses and weeds that 



