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551. Ammodramus nigrescens Ridgw. 



Dusky Seaside Sparrow. 

 Ammodromus viaritifnus var. fiigrescens Ridgw. Bull. Essex Inst. 



V. Dec. 1873, 198. 

 Ammodramus nigrescens Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 



24, 1880, 178. 



[B— , C 165^, R 203, C 239.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Salt Lake and Merritt Island, eastern Florida. 



Genus CHONDESTES Swainson. 



Chondestes Swains. Phil. Mag. I. 1827, 435. Type, C. strigatus 

 Swains. 



552. Chondestes grammacus (Say). 



Lark Sparrow. 



Fringilla grammaca Say, Long's Exp. II. 1823, 139. 

 Chondestes grammaca Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 32. 



[B 344, /(^r/, C i2>6^part, R 204, C 281, /^rA] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern Ontario and Mississippi Valley region, 

 from Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan to the Plains, south to eastern 

 Texas and northwestern Alabama. Accidental near the Atlantic 

 coast (Massachusetts, Long Island, New Jersey, Washington, D. C, 

 Florida). 



552 <z. Chondestes grammacus strigatus (Swains.). 



Western Lark Sparrow^. 



Chondestes strigatus Swains. Phil. Mag. I. 1827, 435. 

 Chondestes grammaca strigata Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. 

 Aug. 24, 1880, 179. 



[B ^^/^y />art, C 1S6, part, R 204^, C 2S1, />art.'\ 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the Plains to the 

 Pacific coast, north to British Columbia and Manitoba, south through 

 Lower California and Mexico to Guatemala. 



