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Genus POOICETES Baird, 1858. 



Pooecetes gramineus (Gmelin). Vesper Sparrow. 



Fringilla graminea Gmelin, S. N., I, ii, 1788, 992. 



Emherisa graminea Wilson, Amer. Orn., IV, 1811, 51, pi. 31, fig. 5. 



Pooowtes gramineus Baird, B. N. Amer., 1858, 447. 



Popular synonyms: Gbass 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. 



Fasserculus sandwichensis savanna (Wilson). Savanna Sparrow. 



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

 Emieriaa savanna Audubon, Syn., 1839, 103. 



Fasserculus savanna Bonapabte, Geog. and Oomp. List, 1838, 33. 

 Passerculus sandwichensis savanna Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



Ill, 1880, 178. 

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



VIII, 1885, 354. 

 Popular synonyms : Geass Bird. Ground Bird. Geasshoppeb 



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. 



Cotumiculus savarmarum passerinus (Wilson). Grasshopper Sparrow. 



Fringilla passerina Wilson, Amer. Orn., Ill, 1811, 76, pi. 26, fig. 5. 

 Fringilla savannarum Nuttall's Man., I, 1832, 494. 

 Cotumiculus passerinus Bonaparte, 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. 

 Cotumiculus savannarum passerinus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



VIII, October, 1885, 568. 

 Popular synonyms : Yellow-winged Sparrow. Grasshopper Bird. 



Grassbied. Ground Bird. 



The Grasshopper Sparrow is a common summer resident, ar- 

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

 tember. 



