Wayne: Birds of South Carolina. 123 



Macgillivray's Sparrow breeds locally from Matanzas Inlet, 

 Florida, to North Carolina. 



211. Passerherbulus maritimus fisheri (Chapman). Fisher's 

 Seaside Sparrow. 



This supposed race very closely resembles P. m. macgillivraii, 

 from which it differs in having the chest, sides, and flanks buffy 

 or ochraceous. Audubon found it in Texas and Louisiana and 

 referred it to macgillivraii. I have taken near Mount Pleasant 

 numerous typical specimens in the autumn and spring months. 

 A "typical" specimen was taken on October 27, 1893, and another 

 on April 16, 1901, thus indicating the southward, as well as the 

 northward migration. It is my belief that fisheri is a synonym 

 of macgillivraii Audubon, as it occurs in South Carolina in com- 

 pany with macgillivraii and must breed to the northward of this 

 state, perhaps in southern North Carolina. If the birds I have 

 taken on this coast are not migrants from Louisiana and the Gulf 

 coast of Florida, then they must breed somewhere on the Atlan- 

 tic coast. 



This form of the Seaside Sparrow breeds along the coast of 

 Louisiana. 



212. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). White-crowned 



Sparrow. 



Audubon says of this species in Birds of America: 1 



In the winter of 1833, I procured at Charleston in South Carolina, one in its 



brown livery. 



Audubon must have been mistaken in his identification and 

 have failed to recognize the White-throated Sparrow in its im- 

 mature plumage, since the White-crowned Sparrow is a very 

 rare bird in the South Atlantic states and does not winter. 



On October 26, 1897, I secured a young male of this beautiful 

 species near Mount Pleasant. It was in a corn field and I was 

 attracted by its peculiar notes. This is the only specimen I 

 have ever seen or taken, and as yet remains the only valid rec- 

 ord for the State. 



In eastern North America the White-crowned Sparrow ranges 

 in the breeding season from Vermont (Rutland), Quebec, and 

 Labrador, to southern Greenland. 



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