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fall birds were taken at Engelhard on October 20, Mansfield on 

 November 16, and Morehead City on November 24. 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS SAVANNA (Wilson) : Eastern Savannah Sparrow 



This common wintering bird from the north was taken in spring 

 near Weeksville on April 27. There are also two in the National 

 Museum that I collected near Manteo on Roanoke Island on 

 April 21, 1935. 



In fall Perrygo found this race common, mainly in the coastal 

 area, specimens being taken as follows: Engelhard, October 23; 

 Stumpy Point, October 20, 21, 23 and 27; Lake Landing, near Lake 

 Mattamuskeet, October 28; Fairfield, October 28; Greenville, No- 

 vember 6 ; near Beaufort, November 14 and 15 ; Williston, November 

 16 and 17; Morehead City, November 22; Marshallberg, November 

 23; and Atlantic, November 25. There is some variation toward 

 Idbradorms in occasional specimens in this series. 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS LABRADORIUS Howe: Labrador Savannah Sparrow 



Tliis very darkly colored northern subspecies does not seem to 

 have been reported previously from North Carolina, but its 

 occurrence as a migrant is to be expected. The present collection 

 contains seven specimens taken as follows: Engelhard, October 13; 

 Stumpy Point, October 27; Greenville, November 6; about 6 miles 

 northeast of Beaufort, November 14 and 15; and near Atlantic, 

 November 25. Some of these are somewhat intermediate toward 

 P. s. savanna. It will be interesting to learn more of the occurrence 

 of this race whose characters have not until recently been fully 

 understood. 



There is still another form, Passerculus sandwichensis oblituSj 

 that has been recorded from the State, a race marked by gray color 

 with a reduction of brown, of which Perrygo did not obtain samples. 



AMMOSPIZA CAUDACUTA CAUDACUTA (Gmelin) : Sharp-taUed Sparrow 



Specimens were obtained at Beaufort on November 14 and 15. 



AMMOSPIZA CAUDACUTA DIVERSA (Bishop) : Southern Sharp-tailed Sparrow 



One was collected near Beaufort on November 17. This race, 

 described by Bishop ^^ from Roanoke Island though not recogTiized 

 in the fourth edition of the A. O. U. Check-list, is easily told from 

 other races by its definitely darker coloration above. Below the sides 

 and breast are heavily streaked. It breeds from North Carolina 

 north to Maryland. 



^ Ammodramus caudacutus diversus Bishop, Auk, 1901, p. 269 (Wanchese, Roanokfr 

 Island, N. C). 



