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y 235. Coturniculus passerinus perpallidus Ridg. b — . c i62a. r losa. 



y^ Bleached Yello^v-winged Sparrow. 



236. Coturniculus henslowi (Aud.) Bp. b 339. c ics. r 199. 



/ Henslow's Sparrow. 



^ 237. Coturniculus lecontii (Aud.) Bp. b 340. c 164. R 200. 



/^ Le Conte's Sparrow. 



/238. Ammodramus maritimus (Wils.) Sw. b 342. c i65. r 202. 



Seaside Finch. 



^ 239. Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens Ridg. b — . c iGSa. r 203. 



Floridan Seaside Finch. 



240. Ammodramus caudacutus (Wils.) Sw. B 341. c 16G. R 201. 



y/^ Sharp-tailed Finch. 



y241. Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni Allen, b — . c — . r 201a. 



/"^ Nelson's Sharp-tailed Finch. 



' 242. Melospiza lincolni (Aud.) Bd. b 3G8. c ig7. r 234. 



/ Lincoln's Song Sparrow^. 



243. Melospiza palustris (Bartr.) Bd. b 369. c I68. R 233. 



Swamp Song Sparrow. 



244. Melospiza fasciata (Gm.) Scott, b 363. c 169. R 231. 



Song Sparrow^. 



235. C. p. per-pal'-Ii-dus. Lat. /3n///c?«s, pallid, pale, and the intensive particle per. 



236. C. hgn'-sI6w-i, To Prof. J. S. Henslovv, of Cambridge, Eng. 



237. C. l6-c6n'-ti-i. To Dr. John L. Le Conte, of Philadelphia. 



238. Am-mo'-dra-mus mar-it'-i-mus. Gr. afifxas, sand, sea-sand ; for the rest of the word, see 



under Peucedramus, No. 110. The name was originally written as above by Swainson, 

 and we see no necessity of changing it to Ainmodiomus. It is commonly accented on the 

 penult. — Lat. maritimus, maritime ; mai-e, the sea. 



239. A. m. nig-res'-cens. Lat. nigrescens, present participle of nigresco, I grow black; niger, 



black. 



240. A. caud-a-cu'-tus [kowdakootus not cordakcwtus]. Lat. cauda, tail, and arutus, acute, 



sharp ; aciis, a pin or point, Gr. aK-fj or olkIs, whence the Lat. verb acito, of which aculus 

 is the perfect participle. 



241. A. c. ngl'-son-i. To E. W. Nelson, of Illinois, who discovered it near Chicago. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since described by Allen, Pr. Bost. See. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, p. 9.3. 



242. M€l-6-spi'-za lTn'-c61-ni. Gr. jueAoy, a song, melody, and a-iriCa or a-irlCri, some small bird ; 



from o-TTi'^'co, I cliirp. Not to be confounded, as some writers have done, with <nri(ias, a 

 kind of hawk. The o-Tri'^a of Aristotle is supposed to be Frlngilla calehs. — To Robert 

 Lincoln, sometime a companion of Audubon. — In strictness, the above generic name 

 should be pronounced melospeedzah ; and the / in lincolni be heard. 



243. M. pal-us'-trls. Lat. /jo/i/s^m, pertaining to a swamp ; from pa/HS, a swamp. 



244. M. fas-ci-a'-ta. Lat. /osc/a^ws, striped ; /a.sc/s, a bundle of fagots. The allusion is to the 



indistinct bands upon the tail feathers; so obsolete are tliey, in most cases, that it is 

 only recently that it has been admitted that this is the species described by Gmclin. 

 But the markings are as obvious, in some cases, as those on the tail of Chamata fasciata. 

 The species is given as M. melodia in the orig. ed. of the Check List. 



