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eral olivaceous color, the back usually without any distinct ashy edor- 

 ings; under parts with the ground color more graj^ish, especially on 

 chest and sides, with the darker streaks more extensively diffused, 

 usuall}' occupying the lower throat and sometimes nearly the whole 

 throat; wing averaging decidedly shorter and bill and feet smaller. 



Adult //^«/^.— Length (skins), 135.89-151.38 (141.48); wing, 54.36- 

 62.23 (58.93); tail, 48.51-58.17 (53.85); exposed culmen, 12.95-14.73 

 (13.97); depth of bill at ])ase, 6.60-6.86 (6.73); tarsus, 21.84-23.37 

 (22.61); middle toe, 15.24-17.27 (16.26).' 



Aflult female.— \jQ\\gt\\ (skins). 120.6.5-143.26 (133.86); wing, 53.59- 

 61.47 (56.90); tail. 50.04-58.42 (52.83); exposed culmen. 12.45-14.22 

 (13.46); depth of bill at base, 5.84-6.86 (6.10); tarsus. 20.83-23.11 

 (21.84); middle toe, 14.73-17.02 (15.75).~ 



West coast of Florida (Tarpon Springs. Cedar Keys, Anclote. etc.). 



Ammodramn>i marltimufi j^eninsulx Allex, Auk, v, July, 1888, 284:, part (type 

 from Tarpon Springs, av. Florida; coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.), 426, part 

 (Cedar Keys, w. Florida). — American Ornithologists' Union, Suppl. to 

 Check List, 1889, 13, part; Check List, abridged, 1889, and 2d ed., 1895, no. 

 550o, part. — Chapman, Auk, xvi, 1899, 5 (crit.). — Ridgway, Man. N. Am. 

 Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 602. 



Ammodramus peninsulie Scott, Auk, vi, Oct., 1889, 322 (mouth of Anclote and 

 AVithlacoochee rivei's, w. Florida, Dec. to Feb.). 



AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS FISHERI Chapman. 

 FISHERS SEASIDE SPARROW. 



Similar to A. m. macgillivran. but much darker, the upper parts 

 with much more black (often with black prevailing), and the ground 

 color of the chest, sides, and flanks deep bufly.^ 



Adult male.— Length (skin.s). 124.46-139.70 (131.83); wing, 56.13- 

 60.96 (58.93); tail, 50.80-59.18 (54.61); exposed culmen, 13.46-14.99 

 (14.48); depth of bill at base, 6.10-6.60 (6.35); tarsus. 22.35-23.37 

 (23.11); middle toe, 15.75-17.53 (16.51).* 



Adidt female.— Length (skins), 124.46-143.51 (134.11); wing, 55.88- 

 58.42 (57.15): tail, 4H.02-55.37 (52.58); expo.sed culmen, 13.21-14.73 

 (13.97); depth of bill at base, 5.84-6.86 (6.35); tarsus, 21.59-22.61 

 (22.10); middle toe, 15.75-17.27 (16.51).'^ 



Coast of Louisiana, etc. (breeding-); in winter south along coast of 

 Texas to Corpus Christi, on west coast of Florida to Tarpon Springs, 

 and occasionally eastward to vicinit}' of Charleston, South Carolina. 



' Six specimens. 

 ^Thirteen specimens. 



^ This deep buff coloring of the under parts becomes quite Avorn away in midsum- 

 mer specimens, the black of the upper parts likewise disappearing. 

 * Seven specimens. 

 ^ Nine specimens. 



