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Genus POCECETES Baird, 1858. 



Pooecetes gramineus (Gmelin). Vesper Sparrow. 



Fringilla graminea GMELIN. S. X., I, ii, 1788, 992. 



Embcriza graminea WILSON, Amer. Orn., IV, 1811, 51, pi. 31, fig. 5. 



Pooecetes gramineus BAIRD, B. N. Amer., 1858, 447. 



Popular synonyms: GRASS FINCH. BAY-WINGED BUNTING. 



A common summer resident, arriving in April and departing 

 the last of September. 



Its range covers North America east of the Plains, and from 

 Nova Scotia and Ontario southward. It breeds chiefly north of 

 Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, and winters chiefly south of 

 that latitude. 



Genus PASSERCULUS Bonaparte, 1838. 



Passerculus sandwichensis savanna (Wilson). Savanna Sparrow. 



Fringilla savanna WILSON, Amer. Orn., Ill, 1811, 55, pi. 22, fig. 2. 

 Emberiza savanna AUDUBON, Syn., 1839, 103. 



Passerculus savanna BONAPARTE, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 33. 

 Passerculus sandicichensis savanna RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



Ill, 1880, 178. 

 Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



VIII, 1885, 354. 

 Popular synonyms: GRASS BIRD. GROUND BIRD. GRASSHOPPER 



SPARROW. 



The Savanna Sparrow is a common summer resident, arriving 

 the last of March and departing in October. 



The range of this species covers eastern North America, 

 breeding chiefly north of the United States and wintering chiefly 

 south of latitude 40. 



Genus COTURNICULUS Bonaparte, 1838. 



Coturniculus savannarum passerinus (Wilson). Grasshopper Sparrow. 

 Fringilla passerina WILSON. Amer. Orn., Ill, 1S11, 76, pi. 26, fig. 5. 

 Fringilla savannarum NUTTALL'S Man.. I, 1832, 404. 

 Coturniculus passerinus BOXAPARTE. Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 32. 

 Ammodromus passerinus GRAY, Gen. of B., II, 1844, 373. 

 Ammodramus savannarum passerinus RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



VIII, September 2, 1885, 355. 

 Coturniculus savannarum passerinus RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



VIII, October, 1885, 568. 

 Popular synonyms : YELLOW-WINGED SPARROW. GRASSHOPPER BIRD. 



GRASSBIRD. GROUND BIRD. 



The Grasshopper Sparrow is a common summer resident, ar- 

 riving early in April and departing about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



