68 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [voL. 48 
Ammodramus savannarum savannarum (Gmelin). 
Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wilson). 
Ammodramus savannarum obscurus Nelson. 
Ammodramus savannarum floridanus (Mearns). 
Ammodramus savannarum bimaculatus (Swainson). 
AMMODRAMUS Swainson 
Since the term Ammodramus Swainson" belongs to Coturniculus, 
as already shown,” another name is required for the group to which 
the former has been applied, and as there is none such available, it 
may be called Ammospiza, from 4p,u0s harena, and ozt£a, fringilla, 
with Oriolus caudacutus Gmelin as the type. 
The species and subspecies are: 
Ammospiza maritima maritima (Wilson). 
Ammospiza maritima macgillivrau (Audubon). 
Ammospiza maritima peninsule (Alien). 
Ammospiza maritima fisheri (Chapman). 
Ammospiza maritima sennetti (Allen). 
Ammospiza nigrescens (Ridgway). 
Ammospiza caudacuta caudacuta (Gmelin). 
Ammospiza caudacuta nelsoni (Allen). 
Ammospiza caudacuta subvirgata (Dwight). 
Ammospiza leconteu (Audubon). 
Ammospiza henslowii hensloww (Audubon). 
Ammospiza henslowti occidentalis (Brewster). 
* Phil. Mag., 1, June, 1827, p. 435. 
* Antea, p. 67. 
