BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 257 



323 (do. , Sept. 27 to Feb.) .—Poling, Auk, vii, 1890, 242 (near Quincy, Illinois, 

 and on Missouri side of Mississippi R., May) . — Ragsdale, Auk, ix, 1892, 73 

 (openwoodlands of Cooke Co., Texas). — Butlbk, Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1896, 

 256 (Brookville, Franklin Co., Indiana, Sept. 22) ; Birds Indiana, 1897, 965 

 (Knox, Monroe, Putnam, Brown, and Parke counties) . — Figgins, Auk, xiv, 

 1897, 219 (Kensington, Montgomery Co., Md., 1 spec. Apr. 29, 1896).— Pal- 

 mer (W.), Auk, xiv, 1897, 322 (West Lynchburg, Campbell Co., Virginia, 

 breeding). — Allison, Auk, xvi, 1899, 269 (Madison and Amite countieSi 

 Mississippi) . 



Ammodramus bachmaiii Bonapakte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 32. 



A.lmmodramus'] bachmani Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 374. 



IPeucxa xstivalis.'] Subsp. a. Peiicxa bachmani Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 710 (Charleston, S. C). 



P. [eucseal asstivalis bachmani Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 428. 



Peuntea aestivalis (not Fringilla aestivalis Lichtenstein) Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1758, 484, part (in synonymy); Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 370, 

 part. 



Peuciea icstivalis CouES, Proc. Bost. Soc. X. H., xii, 1868, 116 (South Carolina).^ 

 RiDGW'AY, Am. Nat., vi, 1872, 430 (Wabash Co., Illinois, breeding); Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., xvi, 1874, 326 (do.); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 164 

 (do.). — Brown, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879,8 (Coosada, Alabama; descr. 

 song).— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 98 (South Carolina; 

 habits). 



l^Peucseal xslivalis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 140, part. 



P.[eucxa'\ xstivcdia Ridgway, Am. Lye. N. Y., x, 1874, 373 ( Wabash Valley, Illi- 

 nois) .—Nelson, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i, 1876, 42 (Wabash Co., Illinois);, 

 Bull. Essex Inst., ix, 1877, 36, 49 (Wabash and Richland counties, Illinois, 

 breeding). 



Peucxa illinoensis Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, Oct., 1879, 219 (Mount Car- 

 mel, Wabash Co. ; Illinois; U. 8. Nat. Mus.) ; v, 1880, 52 (crit. ) ; viii, 1883, 58 

 (Richland Co., Illinois). 



Peuciea sestivalis illinoensis Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, Apr., 1880, 89. — 

 Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 226a; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 

 21 (Knox Co., Indiana).— CouBs, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 252; KeyN. 

 Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 373.— Beckham, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 162 

 (Bayou Sara, Louisiana); Journ. Cine. Soc. N. H., vi, 1883, 142 (Nelson Co., 

 Kentucky, Apr.).— Fox, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 192 (Lookout Mt., 

 Tennessee). — Ogilby, Sclent. Proc. Roy. Dubl. Soc, iii, 1882, 38 (Navarro Co., 

 Texas, Sept., Oct.). 



P. [e«C£Ea] (xstivalis illinoensis Ridgway, Bull. 111. State Lab. N. H., no. 4, 1881, 

 180 (Illinois). 



Peucsea sestivalis illinoisensis Langdon, Journ. Cine. Soc. N. H., iv, 1881, 339 (near 

 Bardstown, Nelson Co., Kentucky). 



P. [eucseal le. [stivalisi illinoensis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed. , 1884, 373. 



AIMOPHILIA BOTTERII BOTTERII (Sclater). 

 BOTTERI'S SPARROW. 



Similar to A. wstlvalis cestivaUs, but coloration much duller and more 

 uniform above, with pileum much less distinctlj^ streaked, hindneck 

 obsoletely, if at all, streaked, the scapulars and interscapulars with 

 grayish edgings much less distinct as well as less purely gray (more 



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