Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C.B.Merriaxu, 
64 Pocecetes gramineus (G metin') Baird. Grass -Common 
in places; breeding in dry grass-covered clearings and sandy fields. 
Bull N. O.O, a, Oct, 1881, p.229 
Bird Notes from Long Id. Wm. Dutcher 
2 Pocecetes gramineus ( Gm .) Baird. Grass Finch. 
One was taken February 22, 1883, on Jones Beach. It was 
in company with the Ipswich Sparrows, taken the same day and 
in the same locality. Noted as being an eai y c a e 
Auk, I, Jan. . 1884. p. 
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2_«T 30 
Vesper Sparrow. Not common. 
E. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. 
Auk, XIX, July, 1902, p.298. 
The Vesper Sparrow on Long Island, N. Y., in Winter. On Febru- 
ary 12 I observed two or three Vesper Sparrows (. Pocecetes gramineus) at 
Bellmore, Long Island. It was very difficult to make out tire white in 
the tail against a background of snow, and I had to follow them about 
and get them against a dark background to make out this mark satis- 
factorily. Two birds seen February 10, some where between Babylon and 
Massapequa, which I was unable to identify, I now believe to have been 
this species.— John Treadwell Nichols Veil) York City. 
Auk, 24, Apr. ,1907, p. ZZo- 
The Vesper Sparrow ( Poaecetes gramineus) on Long Island, N. Y., in 
Winter.— In order to confirm Mr. J. T. Nichols’s observation published in 
‘The Auk,’ Vol. XXIV, p. 220, I wish to record four specimens in my 
collection taken on Feb. 7, 1905, near the northern part of Jamaica Bay, 
from a flock of these birds' found roaming the snow covered fields. J. A. 
Weber, New York City. , /*' 
