ORDER PASSERES. 227 



[B 3,S9^part, C 162,, pari, R i<)q, part, C 2^6, part] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, west to the Plains, north to 

 southern New England and Ontario. 



547 a. Ammodramus henslowii occidentalis Brewst. 



Western Henslow's Sparrow. 



Ammodramus henslowii occidentalis Brewst. Auk, VIII. ApriF, 

 1891, 145- 

 [B 3i9,part, C \bi, part, R i<)q,part, C 2^6, part] 

 Geog. Dist. — South Dakota. 



548. Ammodramus leconteii (Aud.). 



Lieconte's Sparrow. 



Emberiza leconteii Aud. B. Am. VII. 1843, 338, pi. 488. 

 Ammodramus leconteii Gray, Gen. B. II. June, 1849, 374. 



[B 340, C 164, R 200, C 237.] 



Geog. Dist. — From the Plains eastward to Illinois and Indiana, 

 and from Manitoba south in winter to South Carolina, Florida, and 

 Texas. 



Subgenus AMMODRAMUS. 



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

 Oriolus caudacutiis Gmel. 



549. Ammodramus caudacutus (Gmel.). 



Sharp-tailed Sparro-w. 



Oriolus caudacutus Gmel. S. N. I. i. 1788, 394. 

 Ammodramus caudacuta Swains. Classif. B. II. 1837, 289. 

 [B 341, C 166, R 201, C 240. J 

 Geog. Dist. — Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, from southern 

 New England to Maryland, and south in winter to the Gulf coast. 



549 fz. Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni Allen. 

 Nelson's Sparrow^. 



Ammodramus caudacutus var. nelsoni Allen, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. XVII. March, 1875, 293. 



