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1883 (New York); Auk, I, 31, 1884 (= previous record); ibid. II, 36, 1885 (many 

 specimens from Long Island, N. Y.). — Griffing, O. and O. VIII, 22, 1883 (New 

 York).— Smith, F. and S. XIX, 466, 1883 (Maine, rare in spring).— Langille, Bds. 

 E. N. Am., 199, 1884 (mere mention).— Bishop, O. and O. X, 30, 1885 (Connecticut). 



— DwiGHT, Auk, II, 105, 1885 (Delaware). 



Passerculus maynardi, Baird, Brew, and Ridgw., Hist. N. Am. Bds. I,. 541, 

 1874 {lapsus peniice in text). 



Zonotrichia princeps, Giebel, Thes. Orn. Ill, 38, 772, 1877 {Passerculus a 

 synonym of Zonotrichia'). 



Ammodramus princeps, Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, 354, 1885 

 (placed in genus Ammodramus); Man. N. Am. Bds., 407, 1887. — Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus., I, no. 7, 251, 1886 ; Auk, X, 126, 1893 (faunal relations).— A. O. U., Check- List, 

 265, 1886; ibid, abridged ed.,48, 1889.— Butcher, Auk, III, 441, 1886 (distribution, 

 food); F. and S., XXXIV, 206, 1890.— Jones, Auk, 111,135,1886 (Nova Scotia 

 mainland in spring).— Sennett, Auk, III, 135, 1886 (Texas, probable error in label). 



— Chamberlain, Cat. Canad. Bds., 85, 1887 (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia); Table 

 Canad. Bds., 10, 1888; Ornith. U. S. and Can. (revis. Nuttall's Man.) I, 326, 1891 

 (brief mention).— Cooke, Migrat. Miss. Valley, 188,1888 (occurrence in Texas 

 doubted).— Jordan, Man. Verteb. 5th ed. 286, 1888.— Sharpe, Cat. Passerif. pt. Ill, 

 679, 1888 (synonymy, description). — Bishop, Auk, VI, 199, 1889.— Brown, Proc. 

 Portl. Soc. 39, 1S89.— Davie, Nests and Eggs, 3d ed. 298,1889 (=, practically, 

 Ridgw. Auk, 1884).— Mavnard, Eggs N. Am. Bds. 104, 1890 (authenticated eggs 

 unknown).— J. Nelson, Geol. Surv. N. J. II, 541, 1890.— Rives, Proc. Newport Soc. 

 N. H., Doc. VII, 73, 1890 (Virginia). — Worthington, Auk, VII, 211, 1890 (Georgia). 



— Averill, Bridgeport Sci. Soc. 14, 1892 (Connecticut, rare).— Laurent, O. and O. 

 XVII, 88, 1892 (New Jersey).— Stone, Auk, IX, 204, 1892 ; Bds. E. Penn. and N. J. 

 112, 1894 (New Jersey, winter resident).— Apgar, Key, 28, 1893.— Brewster, Auk, 

 X, 302, 1893 (= Worthington, 1890); //;/V/., X, 365.— Chapman, Bds. Vicin. N. Y. 

 City, 59, 1894 (winter resident); Handb. Bds. East. N. A. 291, 1895.— Wright, Bird- 

 craft, 146, 1895. 



Large Barren Ground Sparrow, Ipswich Sparrow, Pallid Sparrow, Maynard's 

 Sparrow, Ipswich Savanna Sparrow, of authors. 



Habitat. 



Sable Island, Nova Scotia, partly resident. In migration confined closely 

 to the seacoast southward, wintering casually in New England, more abun- 

 dantly from New York to Virginia, and occasionally reaching Georgia. 



Descriptions. 



Alale and female in breeding plumage.— Top of head sepia browni with darker 

 streaking and a median ashy white line; rest of upper parts ashy or smoke gray, 

 most pronounced on the nape, obscurely streaked on the neck and rump, broadly 



' Ridgway's nomenclature of colors is used in these descriptions. 



