ORDER PASSERES. 269 



[B 341, C 166, R 201, C 240.] 



HAB. Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, from Prince Edward 

 Island and Nova Scotia to the Gulf States. 



5-1'Jtf. Ammodramus caTidacutus nelson! ALLEN. 



Nelson's Sparrow. 



Ammodromus candacutits var. nelsoni ALLEN, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. XVII. March, 1875, 93 



[B , C R 201 tf, C 241.] 



HAB. Fresh marshes of the Mississippi Valley region (Illinois, 

 Kansas, etc.), and the Atlantic coast in its migrations (Lower Hudson 

 Valley to Charleston, S. C.). 



550. Ammodramus maritimus (WILS.). 



Seaside Sparrow. 



Fringilla maritima WILS. Am Orn. VII. iSir, 68, pi. 24, fig. 2. 

 Ammodramus maritima SWAINS. Classif. B. II. 1837, 289. 



[6342, C 165, R 202, C 238.] 



HAB. Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, from Massachusetts south- 

 ward, and along the Gulf coast to the Rio Grande. 



551. Ammodraxnns nigrescens RIDGW. 



Dusky Seaside Sparrow. 



Ammodromus maritimus var. nigrescens RIDGW Bull. Essex Tnst. V. 



o 



Dec. 1873, 198. 



Ammodramus nigrescens RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 

 1880, 178. 



[B , C 165 , R 203, C 239.] 

 HAB. Salt Lake, Southern Florida. 



GENUS CHONDESTES SWAINSON. 



Chondestes SWAINS. Phil. Mag. I. 1827, 435. Type, C. strigatus 

 SWAINS. 



