156 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



Salt marshes; nests on the ground. 



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

 5-lateOct. (?Noy.). 



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

 Spring-Oet. 14. 



Vt. — Doubtfully recorded (Lunenburg). 



Mass. — Uncommon summer resident of the coastal salt marshes 

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

 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. April 14-Xov. (winter). Eggs, May 31- 

 June 9. 



291. Ammodramus xelsoni (Allen) Norton. 

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



Ammodromus caudacutus var. nelsoni Allen, Proc. Boston soc. 

 nat. hist., 1S75, vol. 17, p. 293. "Calumet Marshes near 

 Chicago, III." 



Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni Allen. Dwight, Auk, 1896, 

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



Marshes; 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). 



Conn. — Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant on coastal 

 marshes. May; Oct. 



292. Ammodramus nelsoni sibyirgatus (Dwight) Norton. 

 Acadian sharp-tailed sparrow. 



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



