221 June 27- 1874 Nantucket Chip of both sexes is quite dif- ferent from that of any other Sparrow that I am acquainted with; it is quite sharp & easier from one to three syllables some- what ended like the chirping of one of the crickets. The bird when first flushed flies rather swiftly & vigorously twisting a little, though not so much as (P. savanna); it then changes it flight to a long regular undulating sweep quivering the wing like a Bristothorus. While singing it sits quite upright with the back bunch hunched. On the ground they both run & hop, but they seem I think lie close like C. Henlowi. I saw two broods of young both willow way & found the nest of one brood; the young chirp (for food) almost precisely like the great adult bird. Besides, Juniperus (et canus ?) Poecetes gramineus, As phoeniceus, Sturnus migratorius & Mel. mulotica are the characteristic land birds here. Have also observed a few each of Par. savanna Dol. rizzivens [1 0] G. trichas [1 0] Chachra palasgia [pair] Rhi' sonorum & H. Victor (both rather common) Simoella verspa