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of tlie occurrence of tliis species in New England. In its claims to be 
regarded as a bird of North America it may best be compared with the 
Euff {Machetes pugnax). Both are probably not infreq^uent stragglers to 
our continent. — William Brewster. 
The Ipswich Sparrow m New Brunswick. — On April 11, 1876, 
while collecting at Point Lepreaux, N. B., in company with Mr. William 
Stone, we secured a fine female of the Ipswich Sparrow {Passerculus prin- 
ceps, Maynard). It was sitting on a rock on the extreme end of the Point 
when first seen, and was very easily secured. The yellow over the eye in 
this specimen is more intense than in any other I have ever examined, 
and quite equals in this respect the average coloring of the same area in 
P. savanna. This is the third spring specimen that has been thus far re- 
ported. The first, a male, was taken by Mr. Maynard at Ipswich, April 
1, 1874 ; and the second by Mr. Willey of Portland, at Cape Elizabeth, 
Maine, March 15, 1875. The former is now in my possession, and the 
latter graces the collection of Mr. N. C. Brown of Portland. — William 
Brewster. 
Passerculus princeps and Parus hudsonicus in Connecticut. — 
On November 4, 1875, while collecting along the beach at “ South End,” 
a few miles below New Haven, I was fortunate enough to secure a fine 
specimen of the Ipswich Sparrow (Passerculus princeps, Maynard). The 
specimen was a female, and in excellent condition. Its mate was seen, 
but escaped capture. 
On November 13, 1875, Mr. Robert Morris, while shooting in a wooded 
ravine a few miles from town, killed a female Hudsonian Titmouse (Parus 
hudsonicus). The specimen is now in the collection of Mr. Thomas Osborn 
of this city. It is, I think, the first occurrence of this species south of 
Concord, Mass. — C. Hart Merriam, New Haven, Conn. 
Anser rossii in Oregon. — Captain Charles Bendire, U. S. A., in a 
recent letter to the writer, announces the capture by him of a female of 
this rare species at Camp Harney, Oregon, “ the first and only one,” he 
says, “ I have seen killed about here.” He states in a later letter that 
the specimen v^as shot from a flock of twelve to fifteen individuals, and 
adds that several parties have since told him that they had killed such 
small geese before, but supposed them to be the young of the Snow Goose 
(Anser hyperboreus). Captain Bendire, however, believes them to be very 
rare at that locality, and has never seen any brought in by the numerous 
hunting parties from the Post. He gives the length of the specimen taken 
as twenty-two inches, with the body not larger than a Mallard^s. The 
only other United States record for this species that I have seen is Cali- 
fornia (Coues). — J. A. Allen. 
