58 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



282. Passerella iliaca (Merr.) Sw. B 374. c IBS. R 235. 



Fox Sparrow. 



283. Passerella iliaca unalascensis (Gra.) Riclg. B 375. c iso. R 235a. 



Townsend's Fox Sparrow. 



284. Passerella iliaca schistacea ( Bel.) All. B 376. c isoa. R 235c. 



Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. 



285. Passerella iliaca megarhyncha (Bd.) Hensh. B . c . R 2356. 



Large-billed Fox Sparrow. 



286. Calamospiza bicolor (Towns.) Bp. B 377. c 100. R 256. 



Lark Bunting. 



287. Spiza americana (Gm.) Bp. B 378. c 101. R 254. 



Black-throated Bunting. 



288. Spiza townsendi (Aud.) Ridg. B 379. c 102. R 255. (?) 



Townsend's Bunting. 



stripes on the head ; Gr. ypctju/ta, ypa/j.(j.iic6s. Usually written yrammaca or grammaais, for 

 which there is no authority. And even the corrected form is bad enough ; for grammicus 

 does not mean lineatus, striped, marked with lines, but linearis, linear, having the quality 

 of a line. 



282. Pas-sgr-el'-la i-H'-a-ca. An arbitrary diminutive of Lat. passer, like spizella from spiza. 



For iliaca, see Turdus iliacus, No. 4. Applicability of the name inobvious ; it may be 

 intended to note some resemblance to the thrush in mention, or refer to the conspicuous 

 markings of the flanks. 



283. P. i. u-na-las-cen'-sis. The name of the Aleutian Island for which this species is named, 



has no settled orthography : Unalashka, Unalaschka, Unalascha, Ouna-, Oona-, Aoona-, 

 Aona-, &c. In the present case, Pennant wrote Unalascha Bunting, of which Gmelin 

 made Emberiza unalaschcensis, and was nearly followed by Ridgway ; but the word may 

 be euphonized as above, just as we have alascensis as the name of a wren, No. 78. 

 This stands as Passerella townsendii in the orig. ed. 



284. P. i. schis-ta'-cg-a. Lat. (late) schistaceus, slaty, relating to slate; in this case, in color; 



schistos or trx'ffros, split, cleft, or fissile, capable of easy cleavage, as slate-stone is. The 

 same stem is seen in schism, schismatic. 



This stands as P. townsendii var. schistacea in the orig. ed. 



285. P. i. mSg-a-rhyn'-cha. Gr. fieya, great, large, and pvyxos, Lat. rhynchus, snout, muzzle, 



beak. More exactly to be written megalorhyncha. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List ; since revived by H. W. Henshaw. 



286. Cal-a-mo-splz'-a bi'-c61-6r. Lat. calamus or Gr. kd\a/j.os, a reed, rush, cane, flag; and 



spiza. See under Passer, No. 192, and Me/ospiza, No. 242. Lat. bicolor, two-colored; bis, 

 twice ; in allusion to the black-and-white of the male. 



287. Spiz'-a [pronounced Speedzah] am-gr-T-ca'-na. See under Melospiza, No. 242. 



This stands as Euspiza amer. in the orig. ed. For the change, see Ridg., Pr. Nat. 

 Mus., ii, 1880, p. 3. 



288. S. town'-sgnd-i. To J. K. Townsend. 



Given as Euspiza towns, in the orig. ed. No second specimen of this alleged species is 

 known, and it is not improbable that the type came from an egg laid by S. americana. 

 But even such immediate ancestry would not forbid recognition of "specific characters;" 

 the solitary bird having been killed, it represents a species which died at its birth. 



