Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 285 



Tiaris canora Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 215 (I. of Pines?, ex 



Poey and Cory). — Read, Bird-Lore, XV, 1913, 45, and XVI, 1914, 50 (Santa 



Barbara). 

 "Melodious Grassquit" Read, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 84 (McKinley to Nueva 



Gerona); XXVIII, 1911, 13, and XXX, 1913, 131 (I. of Pines), 123 (McKinley), 



125 (Santa Barbara). 



A species peculiar to Cuba, and which has been attributed to the 

 Isle of Pines by Poey, on the authority of Gundlach, who, however, 

 says nothing about such an occurrence himself. This appears to be 

 the sole basis for its inclusion in Mr. Cory's list, to which Mr. Ridgway 

 refers. Messrs. Bangs and Zappey, however, " consider this a very 

 doubtful record, probably due to confusion of names," for the reason 

 that Poey does not include the common Yellow-faced Grassquit in 

 his list, while the present species was not detected either by Mr. 

 Zappey or by Messrs. Palmer and Riley. Mr. Read writes that he 

 has identified this species on a few occasions in the " West Coast " 

 section, and has taken specimens. It was noted in small flockc, and 

 he considers it a rare bird. 



141. Ammodramus savannarum australis Maynard. Grasshopper 

 Sparrow. 



Colurniculus savannarum passerinus (not Ffingilla passerina Bechstein) Bangs & 

 Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 215 (I. of Pines, March). 



Ammodramus savannarum (not Fringilla savannaruin Gmelin) Read, Oologist, 

 XXVIII, 1911, 13 (I. of Pines). 



"Grasshopper Sparrow" Read, Oologist, XXX, 1913, 131 (L of Pines, December). 



Ammodramus savannarum australis Read, Bird-Lore, XV^I, 1914, 50 (Santa Bar- 

 bara). 



Two specimens: Los Indios. 



These were both shot in an open pasture, on October 25 and No- 

 vember 21 respectively, and were the only individuals seen on the 

 entire trip. They are precisely similar to winter specimens from 

 Florida, and evidently represent a normal extension of the winter 

 range of the present form. It is of course possible that there may be a 

 resident form of Ammodramus savaymarum in the Isle of Pines, as in 

 several of the other West Indian islands. 



142. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna (Wilson). Savannah 

 Sparrow. 



Passerculus sandwichensis savanna Bangs & Z.^ppey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 215 

 (I. of Pines, March). 



This is only a winter resident, but is apparently not common, 



Mr. Zappey being the only observer who has been so fortunate as to 



