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"The specimens of this sparrow collected by me in this 

 county in the spring and summer have never been streak- 

 ed, and measurements correspond with the measurements 

 of this species given by Ridgway in his 'Manual/ 



"As Mr. Maynard states, a southern grasshopper spar- 

 row may exist, but, if so, it must be farther south than 

 this latitude, which is about the 33d degree north." 

 (1889a). 



Two years later this note was included in his "Birds 

 Observed in Alabama" : "Common in the black lands. 

 Summer resident. Breeds." (1891a). 



It should be stated here that this species is a perma- 

 nent resident in Alabama. 



No. 127. Female. Greensboro. May 8, 1889. W. C. Avery. 



No. 128. Male. Greensboro. May 8, 1889. W. C. Avery. 



No. 530. Male. Greensboro. June 3, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 682. Female. Greensboro. Sept. 17, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 957. Male. Greensboro. Nov. 30, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



132. PASSERHERBULUS HENSLOWI HENSLOWI (Audubon). 

 HENSLOW'S SPARROW. 



"Rare. On January 12 of this year I took my first and 

 only specimen of this species." (1891a). 



The original note in the Doctor's catalog, under date 

 of Jan. 12, 1890, reads: "This specimen was shot to 

 pieces and scarcely enough was left for its identification. 

 It was shot near Myer's Bluff on the Warrior River, 

 while I was shooting partridges." 



133. CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS GRAMMACUS (Say). 

 LARK SPARROW. 



"The habitat of this bird, as given in the A. 0. U. 

 Check List, is: 'Mississippi valley region, from Ohio, 

 Illinois and Michigan to the Plains, south to Eastern 

 Texas." 



"Every summer for the last four or five years, I have 

 seen sparrows with the tail feathers tipped with white. 

 They occur in the bfack lands southwest of Greensboro, 

 Ala., in bunches or flocks of five or six individuals, as if 

 they might be the family of the parent birds and their 

 young. They are rare, however, as I have met with 



