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habits). — Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 186 (Aleutian islands; 



Kadiak; habits, etc. ) . — To wxsend, Cruise "Corwin," 1885 (1887), 101 (Una- 



laska, Oct. 16).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1890, 144 (coast British 



Columbia during migration). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 48, 63 



(coast British Columbia, winter). 

 A.[m7nodramus'] saudiviehensis Ridgway, 'Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 408. 

 Emberiza arctica Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790,414 (based on Uuolascha Bunting 



Pennant, Arctic Zool., ii, 320, 363, no. 229, and Sandwich Bunting Latham, 



Gen. Synop., iii, 202). 

 (?) Fringilla arctica Vigors, Zool. Voy. "Blossom," 1839, 20. 

 [Euspiza'] arctica Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 469. 

 Euspiza arctica Baird, in Stansbury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 18.52,331 (northwest 



coast). 

 Zonotrichia ardica Finsch, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem., iii, 1872, 46 (Alexandrovsk, 



Alaska) . 

 Emberiza chrymps Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., ii, 1826, 45, pi. 48, fig. 1 (Unalaska). 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS SAVANNA (Wilson). 

 SAVANNAH SPARROW. 



Similar to P. s. sandwichensi'^, but decidedly smaller (wing averag- 

 ing much less than 76.20 and never more than 73.66), the bill much 

 smaller, both actually and relatively; coloration averaging browner, 

 with superciliary stripe less continuously or conspicuously yellow. 



Adult ;««^c.— Length (skins), 115.57-137.16 (127.00); wing, 65.02- 

 72.64 (69.34); tail, 45.97-53.09 (49.28); exposed culmen, 10.16-10.92 

 (10.41); depth of bill at base, 6.60-7.11 {Q.SQ)', tarsus, 20.07-22.35 

 (20.83); middle toe, 14.73-16.51 (15.49).^ 



Adult female. —LQw^ih. (skins), 114.30-129.54(122.94); wing, 63.50- 

 71.12(66.29); tail, 43.18-50.29 (47.24); exposed culmen, 10.16-10.67 

 (10.41); depth of bill at base, 6.35-7.37 (6.60); tarsus, 20.32-22.35 

 (20.83); middle toe, 14.48-16.00 (15.24).' 



Eastern North America, breeding from Connecticut, Pennsylvania 

 (Bradford, Crawford, Clinton, Elk, and Erie counties), Ontario, north- 

 western Indiana (Calumet, English, and Wolf lakes), etc. , northward to 

 Ungava (Fort Chimo), western side of Hudson Bay, etc.; migrating 

 south in w^inter to Gulf coast, Bahamas, and Cuba; casual in Bermudas. 



(?) Fringilla hyemalis (not of Linnaeus, 1758) Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788,922 (New- 

 York; based on Winter Finch Pennant, Arct. Zool., ii, 376). 



Fringilla savanna (not F. savannarum Gmelin) Wilson, Aul Orn., iii, 1811, 55, 

 pi. 22, fig. 3; iv, 1811, 72, pi. 34, fig. 4.— Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. 8. and Can., 

 i, 1832, 489.— AuDCBON, Orn. Biog., ii, 1834, 63; v, 1839, 516, pi. 109. 



Passerina savamia Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxv, 1817, 26. 



"Lmaria savanna Richardson, List, 1837." (Baird.) 



Passerculus savanna Bonaparte, Geog. and Comi). List, 1838, 33. — Gundlach, 

 Journ. fur Orn. , 18.56, 6 (Cuba) ; 1874, 121 (Cuba) ; Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 

 1866, 283.— Baird, Rep.' Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 442; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 



^ Sixteen specimens. * Fifteen specimens. 



