1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 333 



Ammodramus caudacutus subvirgatus (5496). Acadian 

 Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



" Was found associated with the other two races at Atlantic 

 City on October 2, '92, and a number of specimens shot. It 

 appeared to be more numerous than nelsoni but less so than true 

 caudacutus. This species apparently winters further south, for 

 all the winter specimens so far taken by us in New Jersey were 

 caudacutus. Doubtless more careful search will show the nelsoni 

 and subvirgatus to be of regular occurence in both migrations" 

 (Witmer Stone, Auk, x, 85). " Regular transcient visitor on the 

 New Jersey coast marshes" (Birds, E. Pa. and N. J., 114). 



Ammodramus maritimus (550). Seaside Sparrow. 



"Abundant summer resident on the New Jersey coast marshes 

 and on the shores of Delaware Bay, arrives at Atlantic City 

 about April 20 and departs October 15. In Cape May County, 

 Mr. W. L. Baily secured several specimens February 22/ '92, 

 which would indicate that a few of these birds winter there oc- 

 casionally" (Birds, E. Pa. and N. J., 115). Between, May 14 

 and 28, '94, at Smith's Island, Va., they were "breeding and 

 quite numerous, we secured 43 specimens of this bird." (E. J^ 

 Brown, Aide, xi, 259). " On Smith's Island I found 3 nests 

 May 18, '94, with 4, 5, and 5 eggs and on May 23, '94, another 

 with 4 eggs" (Richmond). 



On May 27, '93, I came accross a pair of these birds, one of 

 which I secured, but careful search failed to find the nest. They 

 were in a marsh on Start's Point, between Chester River and 

 Langford's Bay, in Kent County. On June 6, '94, I found a 

 nest with 5 eggs nearly hatched, on our ocean front quite close 

 to the Virginia line, where they were rather common. 



Chondestes grammacus (552). Lark Sparrow. 



This bird of the Mississippi Valley occasionally strays to the 

 Atlantic coast. "Up to date, our knowledge of the occurrence 

 of the Lark Finch in the neighborhood of Washington is limited 



