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Ot'TOHKK 14, 1901. 
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CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO 
NORTH AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
BY 
REGINALD IIEHKR 1 lOWE, Junior, 
Long WOOD, Mass.^chiisktt.s. 
A NEW^ 
SUBSPECIES OF PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS. 
In looking over the Savanna Sparrows of Eastern North 
America I find those inhabiting Labrador to be of as distinct a sub¬ 
species of satiawicJieiisis as sava?iiia, alaudhius^ or bryanti. I'he 
type locality of the Eastern Savannah Sparrow is Savannah, 
Georgia. But the type having been evidently taken during the 
migrations as P. s. savanna is not known to breed farther south 
than Virginia, would hardly restrict this name to the southern bird 
if Wilson had not also mentioned finding it as far north as New 
York'. The name savanna then being restricted to the southern 
form leaves the Labrador bird without a name for which I propose 
Passcrciilns sa?tihvicJicnsis labradorins. 
Passerculus sandwichensis labradorius subsp. nov. 
T\pe, from Lance au Loup, Labrador, No. 4479, adult male. Collec¬ 
tion E. A. N O. ltanf>s. Collected Maj 17, 1899, by Ernest Doane. 
Geo<rr<ip/iicnl lidtige : Labrador. 
Snbsfccific Character^-. The largest of the Passercu/tis saiidu’fc//('?ists 
races. Wings, tail and tarsi longer than in sar'a/uia. Bill shorter and 
thicker. Upper parts uniform grayish black, with but little trace of 
rufous. Distinct white median line on crown, and with a great deal of 
bright yellow about the head. The eye line and ring, forehead, lores and 
auriculars being strongly tinged. 
Remarks : There is no difficulty in separating the two races 
savanna and labradorius on account of the greater size of the lat¬ 
ter, their wing measurements showing no overlapping. 
