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Arninodramus savannanim bimaculatus Swain son 

 A.^TimQdraiiius bimaculatus Swainsin Type 

 Philos. Mag. N.S. 1, 1827, /^351. 



No number, Collection - Cambridge. Wing 5A.'5, tail 

 38.5, ciolmen 11.3, no. sex, tarsus 19.7, middle toe 

 minus claw l^^.l. Bullock. Mexico [Temascal tepee] 



Ammodramus bimaculatis [sic] 



Old Swains on tag SliV. 



Bullk. l,Iixico [ sic] 



New Cambridge tag Cotumicxilus dixicrus 



^ainson Collection. 



Skin in fair condition though like most if not all 

 Bullock skins, devoid of stuffing and flattened. Plumage 

 fresh as though taken not later than midwinter. The 

 longest "tertials" reach exactly to the tips of the 

 longest primaries. 



This is not the western grasshopper sparrov/, but 

 the small , dark-colored race described as ebscurus by 

 Nelson. Identical (apparently breeding) specimens are 

 at hand from Sola Oaxaca, Oaxi^ca City, Rio Blanco Chiapas, 

 Jitotal, Chiapas, etc. 



Examined and compared at London, (ex Cambridge 

 Mus) Sept. 23/1933. 



A, J. Van Rossem 



