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tion in measurements with mearnsi of the Florida peninsula, as 

 would be expected. 



It is generally admitted that the bulk of Catesby's collecting 

 was done in the coast region of South Carolina, and since no more 

 definite locality than "North America" was designated by Lin- 

 naeus for this species, we hereby select Charleston, South Carolina, 

 as the type locality of phoeniceus. This subspecies ranges from 

 the southern border of Georgia on the coast and from Gainesville, 

 Florida, northward throughout the eastern United States. 



Material is lacking from the northeastern coast of Florida to 

 show which form breeds there. A single female specimen from 

 Pellicer's Creek, St. John County, is nearer to phoenicetis than 

 to mearnsi, being identical with the former in color and inter- 

 mediate in measurements (as are the Gainesville birds), but on 

 the basis of one specimen, we reserve decision as to the prevailing 

 form in that region. 



Specimens examined. — Total number, 56, from localities as 

 follows : 



Florida: Gainesville, 4. 



Georgia: Cumberland Island, 8; St. Marys, 2; Chatham County, 

 3; Macon, 1; Athens, 3; Roswell, 2; Toccoa, 1; Margret (Fannin 

 Coimty), 2; Chatsworth, 4. 



Sovih Carolina: Wayne's Place, near Mt. Pleasant, 12; Port 

 Royal, 1. 



Alabama: Autaugaville, 4; Barachias, 1; Scale, 1; Attala, 2; 

 Leighton, 1. 



Mississippi: Duck Hill, 1; Minter City, 1; Cedar Bluff, 1; 

 Raymond, 1. 



In addition to the above, approximately 200 breeding specimens 

 from the general range of the subspecies have been examined and 

 measured. 



Agelaius phoeniceus littoralis subsp. nov. 

 Gulf Coast Redwing 



Type, 9 adult, No. 298,920, U. S. Nat. Mus. (Biological Survey collec- 

 tion); collected on Santa Rosa Island, opposite Mary Esther, Florida, 

 April 19, 1926, by A. H. Howell; original number, 2102. 



Range. — Gulf coast region, from Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida, west- 

 ward at least to Galveston, Texas. 



