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551. Ammodramus nigrescens Ripew. 
Dusky Seaside Sparrow. 
Ammodromus maritimus var. nigrescens RipGWw. Bull. Essex Inst. 
WV... Dec: 1873, 108- 
Ammodramus nigrescens Rrpew. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 
24, 1880, 178. 
[B—, C 1654, R 203, C 239.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Salt Lake and Merritt Island, eastern Florida. 
Genus CHONDESTES Swainson. 
Chondestes Swatns. Phil. Mag. I. 1827, 435. Type, C. strivatus 
SWAINS. 
552. Chondestes grammacus (Say). 
Lark Sparrow. 
Fringilla grammaca Say, Lone’s Exp. II. 1823, 139. 
Chondestes grammaca BonaP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 32. 
[B 344, part, C 186, part, R 204, C 281, part. 
Geroc. Dist.— Southern Ontario and Mississippi Valley region, 
from Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan to the Plains, south to eastern 
Texas and northwestern Alabama. Accidental near the Atlantic 
coast (Massachusetts, Long Island, New Jersey, Washington, D. C., 
Florida). 
552 a. Chondestes grammacus strigatus (Swains.). 
Western Lark Sparrow. 
Chondestes strigatus Swains. Phil. Mag. I. 1827, 435. 
Chondestes grammaca strigata Ripcw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. 
Aug. 24, 1880, 179. 
[B 344, part, C 186, part, R 204a, C 281, fart.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Western United States, from the Plains to the 
Pacific coast, north to British Columbia and Manitoba, south through 
Lower California and Mexico to Guatemala. 
