30 THE WILSON QUARTERLY. 



54:9b. Ai)iinuclraniys cai(<Ji(ciifi(s snhriry(itii,'<. Acadian 

 Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



Like tlie last, the one record is from Mr. Sage, Portland, 

 Conn. It is a rare migrant, found onl}'^ in Sept. and Oct. 



550. Ainmoilranms maritimus . Seaside Sparrow. 



Mr. Smithwick is the only observer to record this mari- 

 time species. He finds it rarely at Sans Souci, N. C in 

 winter. 



552. ChoiuJe.stes gi-((iinii(icus. Lark Sparrow. 



It is interesting to notice the eastern limit of this species. 

 At Waynesburgh, Penn., it is rare; at Oberlin, O., not 

 common; at Rockford, Ills., and Milwaukee, Wis., com- 

 mon ; and at Grinnell, Iowa, and Decatur, Texas, abundant. 

 Messrs. Clark, Carpenter, and Howe consider it rare in 

 Wis. ; doubtless they are in an unfavorable position to study 

 it. We thus see that the true home of the Lark Sparrow is 

 the Miss . Valley, breeding everywhere . 



553. Zonotinchia querula . Harris's Sparrow. 



It is unfortunate that there are not fuller notes upon this, 

 the largest of our sparrows. It would be interesting to 

 trace its range from east to west. Unlike the last, this bird 

 does not breed within our limits. At Meridian, AVis., Mr. 

 Clark says it is a "straggling T. V.'' In central Iowa it 

 is a common T. V., while at Decatur, Texas, it is an abun- 

 dant W. V. 



55-1^. Zonotii cilia leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. 



This species is also more common west and north than in 

 the extrenie east and south . Mr . Sage says that it is a rare 

 migrant at Portland, Conn., and Mr. Donald does not con- 

 sider it common at Decatur, Texas . Messrs . Strong and 

 Clark report it as a common migrant in W^is., and Mr. 

 Stone as the same at Lansing, N. Y. In Iowa it is com- 

 mon both in spring and fall, but much less common in Ohio. 



558. Zonotrichia albicoUis. White-throated Sparrow. 



This is one of the well known sparrows throughout nearly 

 the whole range of our observers . It is a true migrant 

 except in its extreme southern range, where it remains all 

 winter. Strong and Carpenter report it abundant in Wis., 



