BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 167 



paign, Illinois, Jan.). — Coces, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 

 1878, 583 (Milk R., X. Dakota, breeding habits; song; descr. nest and eggs). 



Ehyncophanes maccownli Hexry, Proc. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 107 (New 

 Mexico). 



Rhyncophanes maccoioni Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., xii, 1888, 589. 



Ehyncophanes maccoivnu Swinburne, Auk, v, 1888, 321 (Apache Co., Arizona, 

 winter) . 



Rhyncophanes mccoivnii Brewster, Auk, x, 1893, 237 (Chilliwack, British Colum- 

 bia, June 2, 1887 and 1890) . 



Rhyncl(op]ianes maccownl 'RiDGWAY, Field and Forest, ii, May, 1877, 197 (Colo- 

 rado); Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., iii, 1880, 178; Nom. K Am. Birds, 1881, no. 

 190.— Sennett, Bull. r. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 16 (Gal- 

 veston, Texa.s, Feb.; habits).— Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 97; 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 223 — Allen and Brewster, Bull. Xutt. Orn. 

 Club, viii, 1883, 161 (Colorado Springs, Colorado, May). 



'R.\lrynchophanes'\ maccowni Coues, Key X. Am. Birds, 2ded., 1884, 359. 



Rhynchophanes mccovmn American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 539. — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Yal., 1888, 187 (localities, dates, etc.); 

 Birds Colorado, 1897, 101 (winter resident).— Merri am, Xorth American 

 Fauna, no. 5, 1891, 102 (Birch Creek, Idaho, 1 spec. Aug. 6). — Fannin, 

 Check List Birds British Columbia, 1891, 35 (Chilliwack).— Goss, Birds 

 Kansas, 1891, 438 (winter resid., chiefly west and middle parts, Oct. to 

 Mar.). — Xehrling, Our Xative Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 81. 



R.[]\ynchophanes'] mccowmi RiDCiWAv, Man. X. Am. Birds, 1887, 406. 



Rhynchophanes mccoimi Thompson, Auk, x, 1893, 50 (Dalesbro, Assiniboia).^ 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. X. H., v, 1893, 38 (San Diego, n. w. Chihuahua, 

 Feb.) — Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 107 (Chilliwack, British Columbia, 3 specs. 

 June). 



GenLis CALAMOSPIZA Bonaparte. 



C'alamospiza Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 30. (Type, FrinyUla. 



hkolor Townsernlj^Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger. ) 

 Cor(/rfo?ma' AuDCBON, Synop., 1839, 129. (Type, FrinyUhi hicnlor Townsend,= 



Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger. ) 



Medium-sized or rather large terrestrial FringillidtB (wing more 

 than 76.20 mm.) with rather ?-tout bill (exposed culmen more than 

 half as long as tarsus, basal depth greater than basal width); wing 

 rather long (nearly four times as long as tarsus), with truncated tip 

 (ninth to sixth primaries abruptly longest, but ninth shorter than sixth) ; 

 tail about three-fourths as long as wing, nearly even; tarsus more than 

 one-third as long as tail, stout; adult male in summer black, with a 

 large white patch on wing-coverts; adult male in winter, adult female, 

 and young, conspicuoush^ streaked. 



Bill rather large, conical, much deeper than broad at base; exposed 

 culmen more than half as long as tarsus, gently convex terminall}- and 

 basall}", nearly straight in middle portion; gonys nearly straight, its 

 length about equal to basal width of mandible; maxillary tomium 

 faintly notched near tip, nearly straight to beneath nostril, where 

 abruptly deflected at an angle of about 45°, but soon turned backward 



^ "Xame from KopvSaXXoi, a lark." 



