Birds observed in Naval Hospital 
Grounds. Brooklyn, G. H.Oouas 
41. Melospiza palustris. Swamp Sparrow Once seen. 
BIOLN.O.C. 4, Jan. 1 1879, p.32 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C.H.Mewam. 
72. Melospiza palustris {Wilson) Baird. Swamp Sparrow. Bieeds, 
but rather rare. 
Bull. N. O.O. 0,Oct, 1881, p, 230 
4 ^ ^ 3 
2 2(4 o. 4 ^ t 
74. • Cl £ . 
165. Melospiza palustris. Shot June 2, 1884. 
£ IJaaA , 
Auk, I, July, 1884. p. X^S' *C«*~*^ , 24. 
Notts *n Some W inter Residents of 
Hud«oa Volley. B. A. M earns. 
9. Melospiza palustris. Swamp Sparrow. — I have an impression 
that a few sometimes remain, even in the Highlands, throughout the 
milder winters. I remember one bird that seemed to be permanently 
established in a pile of lumber and debris on Consook Island, in the Hud- 
son River; but it was unfortunately shot on the 19th of November, 1874. 
Mr. Bicknell writes me : “ The only instance which has come to my knowl- 
edge of M. palustris wintering was in the severe winter of 1874 - 75, when 
a single individual remained during the winter about a roadside drain, 
which, owing to a continual inflow of water, was not often frozen. The 
water was supplied through a small passageway passing beneath the 
road, in which the bird doubtless found a desirable and effectual retreat in 
severe weather, as I several times started it from within the opening of 
this passageway, where the water was quite shallow. Other than the above, 
the latest record I have is November 30, 1876, when two were noted. 
Baa N. 0.0. 4, Jan., 1876, p. 36 
