156 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGTLLID.\E. 



Salt marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Rare summer resident locally in Cumberland Co. June 

 5-lateOct. (?Nov.). 



X. H. — Rare summer resident of the coastal salt marshes. 

 Si)ring-Oct. 14. 



\t. — Doubtfully recorded (Lunenburg). 



Mass. — Uncommon summer resident of the coastal salt marshes 

 (Ipswich); rare winter resident (West Barnstable). May 19-Xov. 

 8 (winter). Eggs, June 8- July 12. 



R. I. — Common summer resident of the coastal salt marshes. 

 May 15-Oct. 2. Eggs, May 24-July 14. 



Conn. — Common summer and rare winter resident of the 

 coastal salt marshes. Aj)ril 14-Xov. (winter). Eggs, ^lay 31- 

 June 9. 



291. Ammodramus xelsoni (Allen) Norton. 

 Nelson's sparrow; Nelson's sharp-tailed finch. 



Ammodromus caudaciiius var. nehoni Allen, Proc. Boston soc. 

 nat. hist., 1875, vol. 17, p. 293. "Calumet Marshes near 

 Chicago, III." 



Ammodramus caudaciiius nelson i Allen. Dwight, Auk, 1896, 

 vol. 13, p. 273-274, pi. 4, lower fig. 



^larshes; nests on the ground. 



]Me. — Uncommon migrant. May 22-June 5; Oct. 9-25. 



Mass. — Uncommon fall migrant; rare winter resident on south 

 coast. Sept. 25-Oct. 15 (winter). 



CoxN. — Rare spring and unconunon fall migrant on coastal 

 marshes. INIay; Oct. 



292. Am:modramus nelsoni subvirgatus (Dwight) Norton. 

 Acadian sharp-tailed sparrow. 



Ammodramus caudacutus subvirgatus Dwight, Auk, 1887, vol. 4 



