72 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



should be expunged, he having made a mistake in identification 

 at the time.^ 



(196) 549. Ammodramus caudacutus (Gmel.) . Sharp- 

 tailed Sparrow. — A common summer resident in all the salt 

 marshes.* 



(May) to October 2. 



(197) 549^- Ammodramus caudacutus subvirgatus 

 D'wight. Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow. — Undoubtedly 

 not an uncommon migrant with A. nelsoni, but we have only one 

 record of a bird taken at Point Judith on the very early date 

 of April 27, 1887.2 



April 27 (September, October). 



(198) 550. Ammodramus maritimus (Wils.). Seaside 

 Sparrow. — A not uncommon summer resident at Point Judith 

 marshes. It also has been taken in the Middletown marshes, 

 in spring and summer." t 



(199) 554. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). White- 

 crowned Sparrow. — An uncommon migrant. Mr. F. T. Jencks 

 shot one at Drownville in the spring of 189 1 and also took one 

 in the fall, and has seen others. Lt. Robinson shot one at New- 

 port, October 9, i888, and on October 11, 1889, and also saw 

 several on October 12, 1889. One was taken by Mr. Erik Green 

 in Cat Swamp, Providence, on July 9, now in the Smith collection. 



(May), October 12. 



(200) 558. Zonotrichia albicoUis (Gmel.). White- 

 throated Sparrow. — A common migrant. It has wintered at 

 Drownville. t 



' Auk, Vol. VI, No. 2, p. 194 and Vol. XVI, No. 4, p. 356. 



*Am. Nat., Vol. HI, No. 4, p. 229. 



2 Auk, Vol. IV, No. 2, p. 136. 



^Auk, Vol. XVI, No. 2, p. 229 and No. 2, p. 322. 



t Am. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 4, p. 229. 



J F. & S., Vol. XXIV, No. 12, p. 225. 



