66 Wayne, South Carolina Birds. Ljan. 



Audubon, however, in his 'Orn. Biog.,' IV, 1838, p. 394, gives 

 its range as including Louisiana and Texas ; and in his ' Birds 

 of America,' Vol. Ill, p. 107, he states that:, "My friend Dr. 

 Bachman informs me that none of these Finches remain in South 

 Carolina during winter, and that they generally disappear early 

 in November, when the weather is still very pleasant in the mari- 

 time portions of that State." My experience with this bird is 

 exactly contrary .to that of Dr. Bachman's, as it is most abundant 

 (if such a word can be used) during the autumnal and winter 

 months. Dr. Bachman may have referred to the young, which, 

 however, have attained the plumage of the adult before the middle 

 of November. None of these sparrows breed anywhere on the 

 South Carolina coast; neither do any of the Seaside Sparrows; 

 macgillivraii, however, must breed near at hand, as the young 

 in 'first plumage occur during the second week in July, and the 

 adult in worn breeding plumage are to be seen during the third 

 week in July. There is a distinct northward migration which 

 takes place about April 16, and continues until April 27, when 

 they have all gone north, and of course to their breeding grounds 

 wherever they may be. 



A. m. fisheri also occurs on the South Carolina coast in com- 

 pany with macgillivraii, and I have taken numerous "typical" 

 specimens (if the word 'typical' can be considered) in the autum- 

 nal months as well as during the northward migration. A 'typical' 

 fisheri was taken on Oct. 27, 1893, and another fisheri was secured 

 ' on April 16, 1901, — showing the southward as well as the north- 

 ward migration. 



My belief is that A. m. peninsula et A. m. fisheri are synonyms 

 of macgillivraii Audubon; and that the forms known as peninsula 

 et fisheri are merely variants of macgillivraii, as peninsula^ is not 

 known to breed on the west coast of Florida, and fisheri occurs in 

 South Carolina, in the autumnal and spring months and must 

 breed to the northward of South Carolina, perhaps in North Carolina. 



Mr. Brewster, in 'The Auk,' April, 1890, p. 212, says that the 

 form he "found breeding in the salt marshes at St. Mary's, Georgia, 

 in 1877, was unmistakably maritimus^ Macgillivray's Sparrow 

 is said to breed on Anastasia Island and at Matahzas Inlet, Florida. 

 (Ridgway, 'Birds of N. and M. A.' p. 216.) It therefore breeds 



