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[B 341, C 166, R 201, C 240 ] 



Hab. Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, from Prince Edward 

 Island and Nova Scotia to the Gulf States. 



old a. Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni Allen. 



Nelson's Sparrow. 



Amtnodromus caud.ictttiis var. nelsoni Allen, Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. XVII. March, 1875, 93. 



[B~, C— , R 201^, C 241.] 



Har. Fresh marshes of the Mississippi Valley region (Illinois, 

 Kansas, etc.), and the Atlantic coast in its migrations (Lower Hudson 

 Valley to Charleston, S. C). 



550. Ammodramus maritimus (VVils.). 



Seaside Sparrow. 



Fringilla inaritima WiLS. Am Orn. VII. 181 1, 68, pi. 24, fig. 2. 

 Amniodrannts viaritinia Swains. Cl.issif. B. II. 1837, 289. 



[B 342, C 165, R 202, C 238.] 



Ill 



Hab. Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, from Massachusetts south- 

 ward, and alonsj the Gulf coast to the Rio Grande. 



551. Ammodramus nigrescens Ridgw. 



Dusky Seaside Sparrow. 



Anunodronins man'iimns \^v. nizyesccns RiDGW. Bull. Essex Inst. V. 



Dec. 1873, '9S. 

 Aminodraums nigrescens Ridsw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 



18S0, 178. 



[B- C 165^, R203, C 239.] 

 Hab. Salt Lake, Southern Florida. 



Genus CHONDESTES Swainson. 



Chondestes Swains. Fiiil. Mag. I. 1S27, 435, Type, C. strigatus 

 Swains. 



