198 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



" Mr. Hurdis shot one specimen out of a small flock of these birds in 

 Pembroke Marsh, on December 2, 1850. They had frequented the 

 dense reeds and rushes for a fortnight previously." (Nat. in B., p. 30.) 



Genus Melospiza, Bd. 



48. Melospiza palustris, (Wils.) Bd. Swamp Sparrow. 



Fringilla georgiana, (Lath., ?), Nutt. 



Fringilla palustris, Wile., Bp., Aud. 



Fringilla (Spiza) palustris, Bp. 



Passerculus palustris, Bp. 



Ammodrovms palustris, Aud., Gir., Putn., Trippe, 



Melospiza palustris, Bd., and later authors. 



Melospiza palustris, Bd., Allen. 



Length, 5.75; wing, 2.40; tail, 



Sab. — Eastern North America, from the Atlantic to the Missouri; 

 north to Fort Simpson. (B. B. & R.) 



A solitary example was obtained in Pembroke Marsh on December 3, 

 1849. I saw a bird in the Shelley Bay marshes in January, 1875, which 

 I am almost certain belonged to this species, but I could not get a shot. 



Genus Junco, Wagler. 



49. Junco hyemalis, (Linn.) Sclater. Eastern Snow-bird. 



Fringilla hyemalis, Linn., Bp., Lw. & Rich., Aud., Maxim. 



Emberiza hyemalis, Linn., Lath. 



Struthus hyemalis, Bp., Woodh. 



Niphcea hyemalis, Aud., Gir., Putn., Trippe. 



Junco hyemalis, ScL, Bd., and later writers. 



Fringilla hudsonia, Forster, Gm., Wils. 



Fringilla nivalis, Wils., Nutt. 



Length, 6.25 ; wing, about 3.00. 



Hab. — Eastern United States to the Missouri, and as far west as 

 Black Hills ; stragglers at Fort Whipple, Arizona, and mountains of 

 Colorado. (B. B. & E.) 



Two in the collection of Mr. Bartram were shot by him at Stocks 



Point. 



Sub-family PASSERELLIN.E. 



Genus Passerella, Sw. 



60. Fasserella iliaca, (Merr.) Sw. Fox Sparrow. 



Fringilla iliaca, Merr., Gm., Bp., Nutt., Aud., Putn., Trippe. 

 Fringilla (Zonotrichia) iliaca, Sw. & Rich. 

 Passei-ella iliaca, Sw., Bp., Bd., and late writers. 

 Fi'ingilla rufa, Wils., Licht. 

 Fringilla fcrruginca, Wils. 

 Passerella ohscura, Vcrr. 



Length, 7.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.90. 



