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only, along the southern border, and south to South Carolina 

 and Kansas. 



Calcarius pictus. 



SMITH'S LONGSPUR. 



. Occurs as a migrant on the Prairies, breeding in the far north. 



Calcarius ornatus. 



CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR. 



A common summer resident from Manitoba to the foot-hills 

 of the Rockies, and north to the Saskatchewan. 



Rhynchophanes mccownii. 



McCOUN'S LONGSPUR. 



Occurs on the Great Plains, from the Missouri Basin to the 

 Rockies. 



Poocaetes gramineus. 



VESPER SPARROW. 



This is the " Grass Finch " of the older authors. It is a com- 

 mon summer resident from the Maritime Provinces to the Great 

 Plains, and occurs north to the mouth of the St. Lawrence, and 

 to the Saskatchewan Valley. 



Poocaetes gramineus confinis. 



WESTERN VESPER SPARROW. 



A very abundant summer resident of Manitoba, and occurs 

 thence to the Pacific coast, along which it is rather uncommon. 



