!8 99 Chapman, The Seaside Sparrows. r 



Ammodramus maritimus peninsulae Allen. 



This race was described by Dr. J. A. Allen from specimens col- 

 lected by W. E. D. Scott at Tarpon Springs, on the west coast of 

 Florida, in February, 1888. 1 With the Florida birds Dr. Allen 

 identified a series of ten adult and six immature birds collected 

 by Dr. A. K. Fisher at Grand Isle, Louisiana, in June, 1886. 

 Shortly afterward Dr. Allen recorded a specimen of peninsula, 

 in the collection of G. S. Miller, Jr., which had been collected on 

 Sapelo Island, off the coast of Georgia, Dec. 14, 1887. 2 Mr. 

 Brewster also referred to peninsula two specimens taken on this 

 same island in December, 1887, and Dr. Allen identified with the 

 same form a specimen from near Charleston, S. C. 3 



Mr. W. E. D. Scott records peninsulce as a very common winter 

 resident near Tarpon Springs, 4 the type locality, where, however, 

 it does not breed. In fact the breeding grounds of this Sparrow 

 on the Gulf coast appear to be as yet unknown. Mr. C. J. 

 Maynard 5 states that he found Seaside Sparrows, doubtless this 

 form, about to breed at Cedar Keys, Florida, in February. The 

 date is surprisingly early but it is quite probable that peninsula 

 may breed in the marshes at Cedar Keys. 



Ammodramus maritimus macgillivraii Ridgiv. (not of 

 Audubon) . 



March 25, 189 1, I collected at Corpus Christi, Texas, two 

 specimens of a dark Seaside Sparrow which were provisionally 

 referred to peninsula, with the statement that they were darker 

 than that form and had gray instead of olivaceous edgings to the 

 feathers. 6 They were evidently winter visitants and their breed- 

 ing ground remained unknown until Mr. E. A. Mcllhenny col- 

 lected a large series of breeding birds on and near Avery's Island, 



1 Auk,V, 1888, 284. *Ibid., V, 1888, 426. 



3 Ibid., VII, 1890, 212. 4 Auk, VI, 1889, 322. 



Birds E. N. A., 121. 6 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Ill, 1891, 324. 



