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The songs of the males were so different from those of the northern 

 binl that the species was almost unrecognizable by me from its notes. 



45.t Zonotrichia albicollis Swainson. White-throated Sparrow. 

 Generally more or less common. 



46. t Melospiza melodia Baird. Song Sparrow. 

 Not numerous. At least comparatively few were seen. 



47.t Melospiza palustris Baird. Swamp Sparrow. 

 Common, frequenting the hummocks and swamps. 



48.t Passerella iliaca Swainson. Fox-colored Sparrow. 

 A single specimen was seen by Mr. G. A. Boardman at Enterprise. 

 None were seen by Mr. Maynard or myself. 



49.t Ammodromus maritimus Swainson. Seaside Finch. 

 " Abundant at Fernandina." — Boardman. 



50.t Ammodromus caudacutus Swainson. Sharp-tailed Finch. 



" Abundant, with the preceding." — Boardman. Although I have 

 marked as winter visitors both these species of Ammodromus, they may 

 be resident. 



51. t Coturniculus Henslowi Bonaparte. Henslow's Sparrow. 

 Stated by Audubon to be abundant in winter on the grassy pine 

 barrens of Florida.* 



52.* Peucsea aestivalis Baird. Pine-wood Sparrow. 



Fringilla aestivalis Lichtenstein, Verzeich. Doubleder Zool. Mus. der konigl. 



Univ. zu Berlin, 25, 1823. 

 Fringilla Bachmani Audubon, Orn. Biog., II, 366, pi. clxv, 1834. 

 Fringilla astiva Nuttall, Man. Orn., I, 2d ed., 568, 1846. 

 Peucau Bachmani Audubon, Syn. Am. Birds, 112, 1839. 

 Peuccea ccsti calls Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 132, 1850. 



Zonotrichia Cussinii Woodiiouse, Proe. Phil. Arad. Xat. Sci., 1852, 60. 

 Peucoca Cussinii Baird, Birds N. Am., 485, 1858. 



Common, but confined to the pine woods. 



The twenty-two specimens, collected by Mr. Maynard's party and 

 myself, now in the Museum, present considerable differences. Several 

 are so different in color from most of the others as to almost have the 

 appearance of being a different species, the general color of the upper 



* Birds of America, Vol. Ill, p. 76. 



