Chestnut-collared and Lapland Longspurs on Long Island, N. Y. 
—While huntingfor Lapland Longspurs on February 16, my brother, J. H. 
Hen.dnckson, saw a bird which, on account of white feathers in its tail 
and generally dingy appearance, he thought was a Bay-winged Sparrow. 
He approached within five or six feet and hit it with a small stone, when 
it flew a short distance and he shot it. Upon examination I found it to be 
a Chestnut-collared Longspur ( Calcarius ornatus ). It was found near 
the end of a filled-in, sandy road extending about six hundred feet into a 
salt marsh, and was entirely alone, no other birds being found within 
some distance of it. Upon skinning the bird I found it to be in good 
condition, slightly fat. I could not determine the sex. Upon reporting 
the above to Mr. William Dutcher, he informed me that it was not only a 
new record for Long Island (as I had supposed), but was the second 
record for the Eastern United States, the other being one taken in Massa- 
chusetts in July, 1876 {vide Brewer, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, Vol. II, 
p. 7^)1 an d as such it \^ill no doubt prove interesting. 
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