NOTES ON BIRDS OF KENTUCKY — WETMORE 569 



specimen recorded originally as sava7ina'^^ proves now to be 

 Idbradorius.) 



Tennessee ; Rockwood, March 18, 21, and 31, 1885, taken by A. H. 

 Fox. (The birds recorded ^o as taken on April Y, 1885, by A. H. Fox 

 prove to be labradorius^ while the two reported from Bartlett, April 

 19, 1937, are oblitm. There is also a specimen of ohlitus shot at 

 Rockwood March 31, 1885, by A. H. Fox.) 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS LABRADORIUS Howe: Labrador Savannah Sparrow 



This race is marked by very dark color, with heavier and more 

 prominent black markings above, the feathers being bordered with 

 darker brown, the sides of the head darker, the edgings of the remiges 

 usually very rich dark brown, and the spots and streaks of the under 

 surface abundant and usually deep black in color. Specimens from 

 Kentucky include the following : 6 miles northwest of Brandenburg, 

 May 3; Mount Vernon, October 3 and 6; Berea, October 6; South 

 Carrollton, October 18 and 22 ; and Canton, November 1. 



From West Virgmia, in addition to the specimen taken November 

 2, 1936, at Mercers Bottom identified originally as labradorius^ it now 

 appears that another taken at this same place on October 29 belongs 

 to this same race. 



From Tennessee two skins from Rockwood collected on April 7^ 

 1885, by A. H. Fox belong here, the form labradorius being an addi- 

 tion to the list of birds in my recent report on collections from that 

 State. 



While Passerculus sandwichensis oblitus Peters and Griscom is not 

 represented in the present collection from Kentucky, it will un- 

 doubtedly be found there as a migrant. 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS NEVADENSIS Grinnell: Nevada Savannah Sparrow 



This race is much paler gray above, with the black markings re- 

 duced above and below, the sides of the head paler, the yellow over 

 the eye lighter and less in amount, and the bill usually more slender. 

 Peters and Griscom have extended the breeding range of this well- 

 marked form east to southern Wisconsin. 



An immature male taken at South Carrollton on October 22 is 

 entirely characteristic of this well-marked form. 



Two were taken in Tennessee, at Ellendale on April 17 and at 

 Bartlett on April 19, these having been recorded by me originally 

 as ohlitus. They now prove to be nevadensis. 



" Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 84, 1937, p. 436. 

 =« Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 86, 1939, p. 236. 



