BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 173 



within the past thirty years throughout the whole extent of the 

 Atlantic coast plain. 



[Emherlza} americana Gmelix, Syst. Xat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 872 (based on Black- 

 throated Bunting Pennant, Arct. Zool., ii, 364). — Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 

 411. 



Emheriza americana Wilson, Am. Orn., i, 1808, 411; iii, 1811, 86, pi. 3, fig. 2. — 

 NuTTALL, Man. Orn. U. S. and Canada, i, 1832, 461. — Audubon, Orn. Biog., 

 iv, 1838, 579, pi. 384; Synopsis, 18.39, 101; Birds Am., oct. ed., iii, 1841, 58, 

 pi. 156. — Maximilian, Jonrn. fiir Orn., vi, 1858, 341 (Upper Missouri R. ). 



FringiUa americana Bonaparte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1824, 46 (Obs. 

 Norn. Wilson's Orn., no. 85; crit.); Ann. Lye. N. Y., ii, 1828 (;Synopsis, 1828, 

 107). 



Coelebs americana Lesson, Traite d'Orn., 1831, 441. 



Euspiza americana Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 32. — Woodhouse, 

 in Rep. Sitgreaves' Expl. Col. and Zufii R., 1853, 87 (Indian Territory, 

 Texas, New Mexico).— Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 494; 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 378.— Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 18 

 (Guatemala); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, 836 (coast Honduras). — 

 Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, 140 (Turbo, Colombia) .-Law- 

 rence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 298 (Panama R. R.); viii, 1865, 181 

 (Greytown, Nicaragua) ; viii, 1868, 286 (vicinity New York City); ix, 1868, 

 104 (Tabacales, San Jose, and Dota, Costa Rica); Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., 

 ii, 1874, 277 (Mazatlan) ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 21 (Juchitan, 

 Guichicovi, and Tehauntepec, Oaxaca, Sept., Oct.).— Coues and Prentiss, 

 Smithsonian Rep. for 1861 (1862), 413 (District of Columbia, abundant May to 

 Sept. ).— Haydex, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, xii, 1862, 168 (abundant along the 

 Missouri and its tributaries).— Allen, Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 84 (Massa- 

 chusetts, rare); Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1868, 505 (w. Iowa, n. Illinois); 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 177 (Kansas; Colorado) ; Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H., xvii, 1874, 17, 29, 59 (Ft. Rice, North Dakota, to Bad Lands of Little 

 Missouri).- Dresser, Ibis,1865, 490 (San Antonio, Texas, breeding).— Salvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 142 (David, Chiriqui) ; 1870, 190 ( Chitra, Vera- 

 gua).— SuMicHRAST, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 552 (Vera Cruz, winter).— 

 CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 191; Birds N. W^, 1874, 164.— Ridgway, Bull. 

 Essex Inst., v, 1873, 183 (Colorado).— Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 65, pi. 28, figs. 11, 12; iii, 1874, 516 (Denver, Colo- 

 rado).— Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 119 (San 

 Pedro, Arizona, Sept.); Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 295 (San Pedro, 

 Cienega, Camp Crittenden, and Camp Lowell, Arizona, Aug. 22 to Sept. 11 ) . — 

 BoucARD, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 58 (San Jose and Volcan de Irazu, 

 Costa Rica, Mar.).— Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 45 (Medford, 

 Massachusetts, breeding) .—Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 122 

 (descr. young); iv, 1879, 41 (do.).— Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 

 190 (near Hingham, Massachusetts, breeding).— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. 

 and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 392 (Lomita, Texas, breeding).— Gibbs, Bull. 

 U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 487 (Michigan, breeding north 

 to 43°).— Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 123 (Medford, Hingham, 

 and Hyde Park, Massachusetts, breeding).— Trotter, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 iv, 1879, 235 (near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, breeding).— Roberts and 

 Benner, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 15 (Grant and Traverse counties, 

 Minnesota, breeding). — Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882,9. 

 iEuspizal americana Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 148.— Sclater and Salvin, 

 Nom.Av. Neotr., 1873, 33. 



