Auk t 4 , Oct. 1887. P. 3S^> ■ 
Central New York Notes. — Henslow’s Sparrow ( Ammodramus hens- 
lovji). An adult male of this bird was taken by me near Syracuse, on 
June 30 of this year. Attention was drawn to the bird through its peculiar 
song, delivered from a tall weed in a field. 
Henslow’s Sparrow on Shelter Island, N. Y. — On November 20, 1901, 
as I was crossing a rather barren, hilly pasture field, with a somewhat 
sparse covering of grass, I was much surprised on flushing a small brown 
sparrow, on which I had almost placed my foot in taking a step, which I 
at once recognized by the peculiar corkscrew flight as Ammodramus hen- 
slowi, having observed and taken numbers of them in the Southern States. 
A snap shot at long range (my astonishment at seeing the species so un- 
expectedly having banished at first all thought of shooting) wounded, but 
failed to kill, and the bird dropped fiutteringly into another bunch of grass, 
and was out of sight in an instant. Knowing their habits, I thought the 
specimen lost to me, but rushing to the spot and stamping quickly about, 
thanks to the scanty grass, the specimen was flushed again, and finally 
secured, making the first record for eastern Long Island. The bird was a 
female, and in good condition. I took an Ipswich Sparrow on the same 
day, and another Nov. 22, and on December 18 a Lapland Longspur.— 
