332 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1895 



uncommon in several localities near Washington. At Kensing- 

 ton, Maryland, where it is rather common, Wm. Palmer found 

 a nest with young on June 1, '94, and J. T>. Figgins shot 2 on 

 October 14, '94. It is also rather common at Laurel, where, on 

 April 10, '89, Mr. Hidgway shot a male" (Richmond) and Geo. 

 Marshall secured specimens on May 4 and 21, and August 

 11, '94. In Howard County, specimens were taken on April 

 17, and August 3, '93 (Resler). 



Ammodramus caudacutus (549). Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



" Abundant summer resident on the salt marshes along the 

 New Jersey coast and for some distance up the shores of Dela- 

 ware Bay. Mr. I. N. DeHaven finds a few ' sharp-tails ' 

 nearly every winter on the Atlantic City meadows, but they are 

 by no means common at this season" (Birds, E. Pa. and N. J., 

 114). 



On June 7, '94, I found a number along the beach .some 

 miles south of Ocean City, Maryland. 



Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni (549a). Nelson's 

 Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



" Fresh water marshes of the Eastern United States, and dur- 

 ing migrations, to marshes of the Atlantic coast, Massachusetts 

 to South Carolina" (Manual, 413). " Rare transient on the New 

 Jersey coa^, though probably of regular occurrence. The least 

 common of the three races of Sharp-tailed Sparrows on our coast, 

 it will probably be foimd to be more abundant in fall than in 

 spring. Specimens have been secured May 9 and October 2, 

 '92, by Mr. I. N. DeHaven " (Birds, E. Pa. and N. J., 115). 



In Virginia the following specimens have been taken, " one 

 by C. Drexler in September, '62, another by E. J. Brown, at 

 Cobb's Island on May 11, '92, and a' third by myself on 4 mile 

 Run marsh, Alexandria County, on September 18, '93," (Wm. 

 Palmer, Auk, xi, 333). 



