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must have been an escaped prisoner. This species is reported to have 

 occurred in Massachusetts (Allen, Am. Nat. iii., p. 635), but the same 

 explanation doubtless applies. 



Sub-family SPIZELLIN^. 

 Genus Passerculus, Bp. 



45. Passerculus savanna, (Wils.) Bj). Savanna Sparrow. 



Fringilla savanna, Wils., Nutt., Aud. 



Linaria savanna, Rich. 



Emhtriza savanna, And., Gir. 



Passerculus savanna, Bp., Cab., Bd., and later writers generally. 



Ammodromus savanna, Gray. 



Passerculus alaudinus, Bp., Bd., Heerm., Coues, Dress., Elliot, &o. 



Zonoirichia alaudina, Fiiisch. 



Length, 5.50; wing, 2.70; tail, 2.10. 



Hab. — Eastern North America to the Missouri plains, and northwest 

 to Alaska; Cuba (winter). (B. B. & R.) Mexico. (Coues.) 



Only two on record. Colonel Wedderburn killed one in Pembroke 

 Marsh, April 11, 1850; I shot one at Shelly Bay Marsh on January 29, 



1875. 



Genus Pooc-^tes, Bd. 



46. Pooccetes gramineus, (Gm.) Bd. Bay-winged Bunting. 



FringiUa gramhiea, Gm., Bp., Aud., Nutt. 



Emheriza ffvaminea, Wils., Aud., Maxim., Trippe. 



Zonoirichla (jraminea, Bp., Newb., Heerm. 



Poocates gramineus, Bd., Hayd., B. B. & R. 



Pooecetes gramineus, Coues, and later authors generally. 



Length, G.25; wing, 3.10; tail, 2.50. 



Hab. — United States, from Atlantic to Pacific, north to the Saskatch- 

 ewan at least ; winters in countless multitudes in the Southern States. 

 (Coues.) 



One shot by Captain JM'Leod at St. George's, October 25, 1849. Lieu- 

 tenant Denison fell in with a small party of these birds, and shot one of 

 them at Whale Bay on the 9th of September, 1876. 



Genus Coturniculus, Bp. 



47. Coturniculus henslowi, (Aud.) Bp. Henslow's Bunting. 



Emheriza hcnsloici. And., Gir. 



Fringilla henslowi, Nutt. 



Cofurniculus henslowi, Bp., Bd., aud late U. S. authors. 



Ammodromus henslowi, Gray. 



Length, 5.25; wing, 2.15; tail, 2.15. 



Hab. — Eastern United States as far north as Massachusetts; west- 

 ward to the Loup Fork of Platte. (B. B. & R.) 



