Lincoln's Sparrow seems to be a fairly common migrant or winter
visitant in Coahuila; _M. l. lincolnii_ is the common subspecies.
Burleigh and Lowery (1942:212) found this sparrow only in a grain field
situated between a small pond and a narrow stream on the outskirts of
Saltillo; the four specimens collected were identified as _M. l.
lincolnii_. No. 31595 was obtained in a pine-oak association.
_Melospiza lincolnii alticola_ (Miller and McCabe).--Miller, Friedmann,
Griscom, and Moore (1957:398) listed _M. l. alticola_, which seems to
be uncommon in Coahuila, from Sabinas on March 14.
_Melospiza lincolnii gracilis_ (Kittlitz).--Miller (1955a:177) took an
unsexed representative of _M. l. gracilis_ on April 7 in Carboneras
Canyon of the Sierra del Carmen at 6700 feet. This occurrence is at the
extreme eastern range of this subspecies.
_Melospiza georgiana ericrypta_ Oberholser.--In Coahuila this
subspecies of the Swamp Sparrow has been recorded as a migrant or
winter visitant. Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore (1957:399)
recorded it from Sabinas on February 22 to March 8 and from 8 mi. S
Cuatro Cienegas on November 4.
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