ORDER PASSERES. 223 



[B in.part, C 161, R 197, C 232.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America to the Plains, from Nova 

 Scotia and Ontario southward ; breeds from Virginia, Kentucky, 

 and Missouri northward. 



540 a. Foocsetes gramineus confinis Baird. 

 Western Vesper Sparrow. 



FooccBtes gramineus var. confinis Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 448 (in 

 text). 



[B 2,31, pari, C iSia, R 197a, C 232.J 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the Plains to the 

 Pacific, north into Manitoba and Assiniboia, south into Lower Cali- 

 fornia and through Mexico as far as Jalapa, Vera Cruz. 



540 3. Foocsetes gramineus affinis Miller. 

 Oregon Vesper Sparrow. 



Foocates gramineus affinis Miller, Auk, V. Oct. 1888, 404. 



[B ZZT-ipart, C T.6ia, part, R \i^ia,part, C 232, /ar/.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern California and western Oregon. 



Genus AMMODRAMUS Swainson. 



Ammodramus Swains. Zool. Journ. III. 1827, 348. Type, 

 Fringilla caudacuta Wilson. 



Subgenus FASSERCULTJS Bonaparte. 



Passerculus Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 33. Type, 

 Fringilla savanna WiLS. 



541. Ammodramus princeps (Mayn.). 

 IpsTvich Sparro'w. 



Fasserculus princeps Mayn. Am. Nat. VI. 1872, 637. 



Ammodramus princeps Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 



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