40 
1874, 
Passerculus princeps. 
Nov, 20< 
20 . 
1875. 
Nov. 8. 
One of the specimens killed to-day had the crop 
crammed v/ith large black spiders. 
Started three among the sand hills at the mouth of 
Ipswich River. Their flight was irregular and precise¬ 
ly like that of Pas_sere ulus savanna ^ from which they 
could be readily distinguished, • hovmver, by their larger 
size and much lighter coloring. They lay closely but 
I did not see any of them on the ground. They uttered 
tv/o notes, a faint lisp, and a low chuck, both identi¬ 
cal with those of Passerculus savanna. 
Two on the Sand hills at the mouth of Ipswich Rivor 
both exceedingly shy. Their lisp is precisely like that 
sajjra^na^, Messrs, Warren and Towno killed 
seven specimens at Brant Rock during the latter part of 
October. 
1876. 
Mar. 30. 
Made a thorough search at the sand hills at the 
mouth of Ipswich River but failed to start any of these 
Sparrovrs. 
Shot a female on the extremity of Point LepreauX-N.B, 
Mar, 19. 
Nov. 5. 
14, 
Shot two at Marblehead Neck. The first started 
from a little patch of beech grass and alighted on a 
roch iij a pasture. 
Saw about a dozen at Philips Beach. The first two 
v/ere tamo and disinclined to fly, running over the bare 
spots of sand, and squatting behind scattered bunches 
of beech grass. Afterwards a flock of seven or eight 
came in from the northward, and scattering, alighted 
among the thicker beds of grass. After these birds had 
been shot at a few times they became very wild, often ri¬ 
sing out of range and always flying long distances. 
We drove them o^it of the sand hills and across an 
upland field, v/here several took refuge in a cabbage 
patch'and one or two alighted in bushes and small sumac 
trees. When perched they sat perfectly still and \jor© 
quite fearless. They looked very light-colored in the 
bushes and could be readily distinguished from a Savanna 
Sparrow which accompanied it. They chirped freely and 
occasionally uttered a soft low tsup , both notes closely 
resembling the corresponding-onesodf JP. savanna . Their 
flight rese mbles that oil’^. savanna but yras even swifter 
and more irregular They wore hard to kill and two woun¬ 
ded ones led us a long mateh chase before they could be 
secured. When running on the sand they match it nearly 
as closely as does the Piping Plover and are very hard 
to see. 
Started throe at Philips Beach, and shot a female; 
they were all extremely wild. 
