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Ammodromus caudacuius (not Oriolun candacuhts Gmelin) Xehkli.ng, Bull. Xutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 12 (Gulf coast and Galveston Bay, s.e. Texas; "doubt- 

 less breeds") .—Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 253 (Wa.shing- 

 ton. District of Columbia, Sept.). — Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 

 685, part. — Hatch, Birds Minnesota, 1892, 318 (breeding in Red River 

 Valley) . 



Ammodrinimx caudacalas Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 192 (coast s. e. 

 Texas). — Deuky and Kellogg, Journ. Cine. Soc. N. H., xiv, 1891, 43 (Ross 

 Lake, near Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr. and May, 1890, 1891) . 



(?) Ammodramus caudacutus becki Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, no. 872, 

 Oct. 22, 1891,483 (Milpitas, Santa Clara Co. , California; V. S. Nat. Mus.). 



AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS SUBVIRGATUS Dwight. 

 ACADIAN SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, 



Much more plainly colored than either A. c. caudacutus or A. c. nel- 

 soni, with small bill of the latter combined with other measurements 

 equaling or exceeding those of the former; back and scapulars with- 

 out conspicuous lighter streaks, or these not stronglj^ contrasted with 

 the light olive or grayish olive general color, the superciliar}- and 

 malar stripes paler buff, the first often tinged posteriori}^ with olive- 

 grayish, the former sometimes tinged anteriorh" with light yellow; 

 chest, sides, and flanks paler buff, streaked with olive-grayish. 



Adroit m«/(^.— Length (skins), 119.38-129.64 (125.48); wing, 55.88- 

 68.93 (57.66); tail, 48.26-52.07 (60.04); exposed culmen, 10.41-10.92 

 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 5.59-6.10 (5.84); tarsus, 20.83-22.86 

 (21.59); middle toe, 15.75-17.53 (16.26).^ 



Adult fernale.—hQngth{akms), 119.38-129.54 (123.70); wing, 53.34- 

 59.69 (56.88); tail, 46.97-60.80 (48.51); exposed culmen, 10.16-11.18 

 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 5.33-6.59 (5.46); tarsus, 20.32-21.84 

 (20.83); middle toe, 16.24-16.51 (16.00).^ 



Salt-water marshes of Atlantic coast of United States and adjacent 

 British provinces, breeding from Massachusetts (?) north to southern 

 New Brunswick, migi'ating south to South Carolina. 



Ammodromus caudacutus (not Oriolus caudacutus Gmelin) Samuels, Birds Mas- 

 sachusetts, 1864, 9.— Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 27 (Scarboro, 

 Maine); v, 1880, 52 (do., breeding). — Baied, Bebwee, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 557, part.— Beewstbe, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 

 28 (Tignish, Prince Edwards I., Aug. 2, 3); iii, 1878, 119 (Rye Beach, New 

 Hampshire; descr. young). — Beewbe, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1878, 48 (St. 

 Andrews Bay, Maine, abundant). — Smith (G. S.), Oologist, iv, 1879, 66 (near 

 Boston, Massachusetts, breeding; nesting habits). — Puhdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn., 

 vii, 1882, 122 (Kenebecasis R., near Hampton, New Brunswick, breeding). — 

 Chambeelain, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 104 (near Hampton, New 

 Brunswick); Bull. no. i, Nat. Hist. Soc. N. B., 1882, 39 (do.). 



\_Ammodromus'\ caudacutus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 138, part. 



' Eight specimens. ''■ Seven specimens. 



