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Aiiimodromus caudacutus (not Oriolus caudaculus Gmelin) Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 12 (Gulf coast and Galveston Bay, s. e. Texas; "douljt- 

 less breeds").— RiDG\VAY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 253 (Washing- 

 ton, District of Columbia, Sept.). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 

 685, part. — Hatch, Birds ^Minnesota, 1892, 318 (breeding in Red Eiver 

 Valley). 



Ammodrnmux caudacutus Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888,192 (coast s. e. 

 Texas) .^Drcry and Kellogc;, Journ. Cine. Soc. N. H., xiv, 1891, 43 (Ross 

 Lake, near Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr. and May, 1890, 1891) . 



(^) Ammodramus caudacutus heckl ^iT>Gyv \Y , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, no. 872, 

 Oct. 22, 1891,483 (Milpitas, Santa Clara Co., California; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS SUBVIRGATUS Dwight. 

 ACADIAN SHARP-TAILEB SPARROW. 



Much more plainly colored than either A. c. ca^idacutus ov A. c. nel- 

 so)ii, with small bill of the latter combined with other measurements 

 equaling or exceeding those of the former; back and scapulars with- 

 out conspicuous lighter streaks, or these not strongly contrasted with 

 the light olive or grayish olive general color, the superciliar}' and 

 malar stripes paler l)ufl'. the first often tinged posteriorly- with olive- 

 gra3nsh, the former sometimes tinged anteriorly with light yellow; 

 chest, sides, and tianks paler bull', streaked with olive-grayish. 



Adult mcde.—Ijength (skins), 119.38-129.54 (125.48); wing, 55.88- 

 58.93 (57. HM): tail, 48.26-52.07 (50.04); exposed culmen, 10.41-10.92 

 (10.67): depth of bill at base, 5.59-6.10 (5.84); tarsus, 20.83-22.86 

 (21.59); middle toe, 15.75-17.53 (16.26).' 



Adult fe/nale.— 'Length {skinti), 119.38-129.54 (123.70); wing, 53.34- 

 59.69 (55.88); tail, 45.97-50.80 (48.51); exposed culmen, 10.16-11.18 

 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 5.33-5.59 (5.46); tarsus, 20.32-21.84 

 (20.83); middle toe, 15.2^16.51 (16.00).- 



Salt-water marshes of Atlantic coast of United States and adjacent 

 British provinces, breeding from Massachusetts {() north to southern 

 New Brunswick, migrating south to South Carolina. 



Ammodromus caudacutus (not Oriolus caudacutus Gmelin) Samuels, Birds Mas- 

 sachusetts, 1864, 9.— Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 27 (Scarboro, 

 Maine); v, 1880, 52 (do., breeding). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 557, part.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Clul), ii, 1877, 

 28 (Tignish, Prince Edwards I., Aug. 2, 3); iii, 1878, 119 (Rye Beach, New 

 Hampshire; descr. young). — Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1878, 48 (St. 

 Andrews Bay, Maine, abundant). — Smith (G. S.), Oologist, iv, 1879, 66 (near 

 Boston, Massachusetts, breeding; nesting habits). — PrROiE, Bull. Nutt. Orn., 

 vii, 1882, 122 (Kenebecasis R., near Hampton, New Brunswick, breeding). — 

 Chamberlain, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 104 (near Hampton, New 

 Brunswick); Bull. no. i, Nat. Hist. Soc. N. B., 1882, 39 (do.). 



[Ammodromus] caudacutus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 138, part. 



^ Eight specimens. ^ Seven specimens. 



