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340. Rhynchophanes mccownii. McCown's Longspur. 



South in winter through middle Texas to the Rio Grande (Laredo, Gal- 

 veston, Gainesville, Waco, etc.) 



341. Pooecetes gramineus. Vesper Sparrow. 



This sub-species migrates through the extreme eastern section to the 

 Gulf coast counties where numbers spend the winter. 



342. Pooecetes gramineus confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. 



This species winters throughout the State with the exception of the 

 extreme eastern and northern Gulf coast sections. Said to breed near 

 San Antonio and locally through Western Texas. 



343. Passerculus sandvichensis savanna. Savannah Sparrow. 



Winter resident in the extreme eastern section and on the Gulf 

 coast south to Corpus Christi. 

 334. Passerculus sandvichensis alaudinus. Western Savannah Sparrow. 



Common winter resident, occurring throughout the State with the 

 possible exception of the extreme eastern counties. Both this and the 

 eastern form occur at Waco. The present sub-species is recorded 

 from various localities on the coast from Corpus Christi southward, 

 the Rio Grande counties, etc. Recorded as breeding near Houston 

 (Nehrling) and in Western Texas (Lloyd). 



345. Centronyx bairdii. Baird's Sparrow. 



Migrant through the central and western sections of the State, winter- 

 ing in the trans-Pecos country. East to Gainesville. Recorded by 

 McCauley as breeding in Northern Texas (Canyon City). 



346. Coturniculus savannarum bimaculatus. Western Grasshopper Sparrow. 



Resident. Recorded as summer resident at Boeme, Gainsville, San 

 Angelo, Waco, San Antonio, in Navarro county and various localities 

 in Western Texas. Winters principally in the Rio Grande country. 



347. Ammodramus henslowii. Henslow's Sparrow. 



Rare winter visitor (Cook County [Ragsdale] Navarro County [Ogil- 

 by]). 



348. Ammodramus leconteii. LeConte's Sparrow. 



Common winter resident south to San Antonio and Corpus Christi. 

 Also recorded from Cooke, Navarro, Falls and McLennan counties. 



349. Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni. Nelson's Sparrow. 



Winter resident along the Gulf coast, south to Neuces Bay (Chapman). 



