BIRDS OF MAINE. 97 



Somerset, ''coinmoii summer i-esideut" (Morrell) ; Waldo, "commou 

 summer resident"' (Knio;ht) ; Washington, '■abundant summer resident" 

 (Board man). 



Subgenus COTURNICULUS Bonaparte. 



231. (546). Aniniodramus savauuarum passeriuus (Wils.). 

 Grasshopper Sparrow. 



An accidental visitor from the south of which there is only one 

 record for the state. Mr. Boardmau reports it as very rare or acci- 

 dental at Calais, Washington County. (Cf. Boardmau, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. 9, p. 126). 



Subgenus AMMODRAMUS. 



232. (549.) Aniniodramus caudacutus (Gmel.). Sharp- 

 tailed Sparrow. ' 



A summer resident along the southern coast. Nathan Clifford 

 Brown found this species at Scarboro late in October, 1876. (Cf . 

 Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 2. p. 27 ; Vol. 3, p. 98). During 

 1879 he found them there in the summer and apparently breeding. 

 (Cf. Brown, Bull. Nut. Orn. Club, Vol. 5, p. 52). In a recent paper 

 on "The Sharp-tailed Finches of Maine," A. H. Norton says: 

 "Though search has now been made, it has not been found farther 

 to the north than Scarboro, Maine, and the physical features of 

 the coast are such as to suggest the improbability of the normal 

 range extending beyond this town." (Cf. Norton, Proc. Port. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. 2, March 15, 1897, p. 99). It has been 

 recorded from Cumberland County only. 



233. (549a). Ammodramus caudacutus uelsoni Allen. Nel- 

 son's Sparrow. Admitted on Mr. Norton's excellent authority as 

 follows: "This bird, an inhabitant during the breeding season of 

 the valleys of the Creat Lakes, Upper Mississippi, Red River of 

 the North, and portions of Missouri, is now added to the fauna of 

 Maine on the strength of two specimens taken at Scarboro, 

 October 16th, 1894. It is likely to be found in numbers all along 

 the Maine coast." (Cf. Norton, Proc. Port. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 1897, p. 99). He also says that specimens have been taken within 

 the habitat of cavdacnfas near the breeding season, but there is no 

 proof they were breeding. 



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