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24:6. Animodvamiis caudac^itus nelsoni Allen. 

 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



Breeding Range — Fresh water marshes of interior U. S. (chiefly in the- 



Mississippi Valley). 

 Winter Distribution — Gulf and S. Atlantic States, migrating spar- 

 inglj' along the Atlantic coast. 



Rare transient on the New Jersey coast, though probably of regu- 

 lar occurrence. 



Nelson's Finch is the least common of the three races of Sharp- 

 tailed Sparrows on our coast, and will probably be ibund to be more 

 abundant in fall than in spring. S])ecimens have been secured May 

 9 and October 2, 1892, by IVIr. I. N. DeHaven. 



A large series of Sharp-tailed Sparrows, taken during the migra- 

 tions, will undoubtedly show all grades of intermediates between the 

 three races. (See also Auk, 1893, p. 8').) 



247, Ammodrnnius tnavitiniiis (Wils.). Seaside 



Sparrow. 



Breeding Range — Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic coast. 

 Winter Distrit.ution — N. Carolina, southward. 



Abundant summer resident on the New Jersey coast marshes and 

 on the shores of Delaware Bay. Arrives at Atlantic City about 

 April 20 and departs October 15. 



In Cape May county Mr. W. L. Baily secured several specimens- 

 February 22, 1892, which would indicate that a few of these birds- 

 winter there occasionally. No otliers, however, have been taken ati 

 this season. 



[248.'] Chondestes (jraimnacHS (Say). Lark Sparrow. 



Breeding Range — Mississippi Valley to the Plains, northward to 

 Michigan. 



Accidental straggler. One specimen was secured at Schraalburg^,. 

 N. J., November 26, 1885, by Mr. F. M. Chapman {Auk, 1880, p.. 

 136). 



In southwestern Pennsylvania this species may occur regularly in 

 small numbers. Mr. S. N. Rhoads observed a single individual in. 

 Fayette county, in June, 1894. 



