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Dec. 20).— MiNOT, BirdaNew Engl., 1877, 195.— Lawkencb (N. T.), Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 102 (Bockaway, Long I., New York, Jan. 1).— Jeffries, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 103 (crit.).— Woolsey,Bu11. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 Y, 1880, 121 (NewHaven,Connecticut, Nov. 22).— Scott (W. E. D.) , Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, 1881, 116 (Squam Beach, New Jersey, Nov. 16).— Ridgway, Nom. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 192; Auk, i, 1884, 292 (supposed eggs from Sable I., 

 Nova Scotia; see Merriam, Auk, i, 1884, 390).— Beown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 vii, 1882, 190 (coast Maine, Mar. 20-28 and Oct. 13 to Nov. 6).— Chamberlain, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 8 (Point Lepreaux, New Brunswick).— 

 DuTCHEK, Auk, i, 1884, 31 (Jones' Beach, Long I., New York, Jan. 1 and Feb. 

 14-23); ii, 1885, 36 (Fire I. Inlet, Long I., New York, Dec. 17-29; Shinne- 

 cock Bay, Long I., Feb. 4-27; measurements). — Dwight, Auk, ii, 1885, 105 

 (Behoboth Beach, Delaware, Nov. 22). — Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.,xii, 

 1888, 679 (Long I., New York; Duxbury, Massachusetts). 



P.[asserculus] princeps Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, Oct., 1872, 352, in text; 2d ed., 

 1884, 361. 



Ammodramus princeps Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , viii, Sept. 2, 1885,354. — 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 541. — Jones, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 135 (near Halifax, Nova Scbtia, end of Mar.). — Dutcher, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 441 (Long I., New York, records).— Bives, Cat. Birds Virginias, 1890, 

 73 (Cobb's I., Virginia, common in winter). — Worthington, Auk, vii, 1890, 

 211 (Glynn Co., Georgia, Jan. 8-27) .—Stone, Auk, ix, 1892, 204 (Cape May, 

 New Jersey, Jan. 26-29).— BH0ADS,Abstr. Proc. Del. Val. Orn. Club, 1892, 8, 

 (Cape Charles, Virginia, Mar. 29). — Brewster, Auk, x, 1893, 302 (Glynn Co., 

 Georgia; Cobb's I., Virginia). — Dwight, Mem. Nutt. Orn. Club, no. 2,1895, 

 1-56, colored plate (monogr.) . 



A. [mmodramus) princeps Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 407. 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS SANDWICHENSIS (Gmelin). 

 SANDWICH SFARBOW. 



Wing not less than 68.58, averaging about 76.20; exposed culmen 

 not less than 11.18, averaging 11.94. 



Adults {sexes alih^. — Above grayish brown, conspicuouslj^ streaked 

 with black, the broad black streaks on back and scapulars edged with 

 narrower dull whitish or light buffy grayish streaks; pileum with a 

 median narrow stripe of pale grayish, or buffy grayish, streaks; a broad 

 superciliary stripe of j^ellowish, more decidedly yellow anteriorly; 

 wings light brownish with dusky centers to feathers; tail dusk j' gray- 

 ish brown, the rectrices edged with pale grayish, but without any 

 white on inner webs; auricular and subocular regions light brownish 

 gray or dull grayish buffy, margined above by a blackish postocular 

 streak and below by a more conspicuous rictal streak; a broad white 

 or pale buffy malar stripe; under parts white (sometimes, especially in 

 fall and winter plumage, tinged with buffy on chest, sides, etc.), with 

 sides of throat, chest, sides, and flanks conspicuously streaked with 

 blackish, the streaks on chest of more or less decided wedge-shape, 

 thosei on sides of throat coalesced into a more or less conspicuous sub- 

 malar stripe; longer under tail-coverts with concealed wedge-shaped 

 mesial streaks of grayish. 



