Dwight on a New Race of Sharp-tailed Sparrow . 
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that in autumn all three forms are found scattered along the 
Atlantic coast or near it, nelsoni occurring infrequently as far 
north as Cambridge, Mass., true caudacutus as far as Ports- 
mouth, N. PL, and the new form still farther north. I have no 
material from farther south than South Carolina, although Sharp- 
tails are known to occur in the Gulf States, and very likely all 
three races may be found there at the proper season. I propose 
naming the northern race 
Ammodramus caudacutus subvirgatus, subsp. nov. Acadian 
Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 
Subsp. Ciiar. — Similar in size and coloring to A. caudacutus but paler 
and much less conspicuously streaked beneath with pale greenish-gray 
instead of black or deep brown. Bill averages smaller. Compared with 
nelsoni it is much paler and grayer, generally larger and with a longer 
bill. 
Adult $ in breeding plumage (No. 1261, Hillsborough, Albert Co., 
New Brunswick, Tuly 10, 1886' T t,- a . — 0 eKv-p-rav tino-ed 
- ninnies in winter. 
Family RECURVIROSTRID/E. 
Genus Himantopus Briss. 
Himanlopus Brisson, Orn. V, p. 33, 1760. 
V . 
Himantopus mexicanus (Mull.). 
Ckaradrius mexicanus Mull. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 1 17 (1776). 
Himantopus nigricollis Goss®, Bds. Jam. p. 386 (1847).— Lemb. Aves 
Cuba p. 102 (1850). — A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- 258 (St. Croix). 
—Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc.XNat. Hist. VjJ, p. 121 (1859) (Bahamas); 
ib. Brewer, p. 308 (i860) : (Cuba,y-MARCH, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila. 1864, p. 67 (Jamaica).— ^Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 
1S69, p. 602 (Porto Rico).— Lawr. pXu. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 197 
(1878) (St. Vincent) ; ib. p/238 (AntiguV ; ib. p. 242 (Barbuda).— 
Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 153 (1880).— E. Newton, Handb. 
Jamaica, p. 115 (1881}.— Cory, List Bds. \V. T. p. 26 (1885). 
Macrotarsus nigricollisQi undl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 422 (CubX; ib. Repert. 
Fisico-Nat. Cuhd, I, p. 357 (,866); ib. J. f. O. 1874, \ 113 (Porto 
Rico) ; ib. Ahal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 377 (1878) (Porto 
Rico). / 
Himantopus yhexicanus Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 237 (San Domingo).— 
Br)Mt, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XI, p. 97 (1S67) (San Domingo). 
v-^Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 146 (1885). 
Common in the Bahamas and Antilles. 
