f r» ,,-24$. Black-throated Bunting. — ( Spiza 
Birds, CentrtlNTX.^ ) (Gm ) Bonap . June 6th, 1879, 
i an a< ^ 1 ^ ma ^ e was taken by F. S. Wright 
near the village of Cayuga, N. Y. A 
second male was taken by Mr. Wright in 
the same locality, June 9th, 1879. Both 
_ birdstwere in full song, and were shot from 
O.&o. Vll. o ^derDuslms Overhanging a brook. 
Bird Notes from Long Island, N. Y. 
William Dutcher, 
12. Spiza americana. Dickcissel. — At the time when Mr. Giraud 
was collecting data for his list of Long Island birds, the Black-throated 
Bunting must have been a not uncommon bird. This is the only infer- 
ence that can be drawn from his statement: “About the middle of May 
the Black-throated Bunting arrives on Long Island from the South. It 
prefers the grain, grass and clover fields, where it continues its oft- 
repeated chirrup until the early part of August, then becoming silent. In 
the early part of September it migrates southward. The Lawrence col- 
lection contains a male and a female specimen from Long Island. Mr 
Helme, of Miller’s Place, was so fortunate as to secure two specimens 
this fall, both of which he considered migrants. They were also the first 
that he had ever shot on Long Island. The first one, a young male, was 
secured September 29, and the second was taken October 10. Mr. Helme 
was crossing the field in which he obtained the specimen September 29 
when he saw what he supposed were three individuals of this species. 
They, however, flew before he had a chance to secure either of them. He 
returned to the same field about noon and flushed one which was in com- 
pany with some Song Sparrows. It flew into an apple tree when he 
secured it. It proved to be a male, and the exact counterpart of the one 
first shot. The above are the only Long Island records that I am cogni- 
zant of since the Giraud and Lawrence lists were published. 
" +Birds of Long, Island, p. ioo, 1844.. 
Auk, VI. April, 1880. p. 137 - 13 $. 
Black- throated Bunting {Spiza americana ) on Long Island, N. Y. — 
A young male of this species was shot at Blithewood, Long Island, on 
Aug. 25. The bird was in bad company when it met its fate, for it had 
joined a flock of English Sparrows in their depredations upon a neighbor- 
ing oat-field. The specimen is a young male, the black throat indicated 
only by bounding streaks of that color, and a black tip here and there 
among the throat feathers. — Frank E. Johnson, Parkville , Long Island , 
y. r. i.'OK.Vm.Jan, 1891 .P. //*> • 
Dutcher, Rare Lons' Island Birds. 
Spiza americana. Dickcissel. The specimen in the collection 
taken by Col Pike at College Point, Long Island, in ,841. Mr Akhum 
fates that about that period they were very common birds, fated " 
freely all oyer Kings County, in suitable localities, especially in dot 
fields. lie has not seen.any for many years. 
Auk X, July, 1898 p 270. 
Spiza america'na *fear’ 5 nigkt<m!%dw 1 'he familiar song of this 
species attracted my attention as I was driving a few miles from Kingston 
on June 5, 1896. The bird proved to be a full-plumaged male, but I was 
unable to secure him at the time or to return later to the same spot. The 
occurrence, however, of the species in the Hudson River Valley seems 
worthy of special mention. — Jonathan Dwight, Jr., M. D., New York 
City. 
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