BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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[Fiiiigillal mvannarum Gmelix, Syst. Xat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 921 (based on The 



Savanna Bird Sloane, Xat. Hist. Jamaica, ii, 306, pi. 259, fig. 3). — Latham, 



Index Orn., i, 1790, 443. 

 C.[oturniculus'\ savannariuii A. and E. Xewtox, Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 104. 

 Ammochrnnus savannarum Cory, Atik, iii, 1886, 212, part (Jamaica; Porto Rico); 



Birds W. I., 1889, 99, part (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, part (do.).— 



Hartert, BuU. Brit. Orn. Club, no. iii, 1892, p. xii (Bonaire; Cnrayao). — 



Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 179 (Jamaica). 

 Ammodwnnts sarnnnanim Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 687, part 



(Jamaica).— (?) Hartert, Ibis, 1893, 314 (Curasao), 327 (Bonaire; crit.). 

 Cofnrmriihiii tirirru>< GossE, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 242 (Jamaica); Illustr. Birds 



Jamaica, 1849, pL 60. — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, 74 (crit.) ; Cat. 



Am. Birds, 1862, 116 (Jamaica) . 

 [Coturniculus'] fu'(cr((s Sclater and Salvix, Nom.'Av. Xeotr, 1873, 32. 

 C.[oturnicuh(s'] licicrus (err. typ. ) Boxaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 481. 

 lAinmodramus'] tixicrus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 96, no. 7423. 

 L'oliiniicidus passeriims (not FringiUa passerma Wilson) March, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila., 1863, 298 (Jamaica). — Baird, Bre^ver, and Ridc^way, Hist. US'. 



Am. Birds, i, 1874, 553, part (Porto Rico; Jamaica). — Gvxdlach, Anal. Soc. 



Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 203 (Porto Rico).— Cory, Birds W. I., 1885, 13, 



part (Porto Rico; Jamaica). — Salvix and Godman, BioL Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 



1886, 384, part (Porto Rico; Jamaica). 

 FringiUa passervia (not of Wilson) Bryaxt, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., x, 1866, 254 



(Porto Rico). 

 FnngiUa {Cotuniictdus) passerina Suxdevall, Ofv. K. Vet.-Ak. Fijrh. Stockholm, 



1869, 597 (Porto Rico). 



COTURNICULUS SAVANNARUM PASSERINUS (Wilson). 

 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



Similar to O. s. savannarum, but decidedly larger (except l)ill and 

 feet), and coloration rather lighter. 



Adult /y/«/r.— Length (skins), 111.76-121.92 (117.09); wing, 58.67- 

 62.23 (60.96); tail, 41.15-15.72 (44.45); exposed culmen, 10.67-12.19 

 (11.43); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.87 (7.37); tarsus, 19.81-20.83 

 (20.07); middle toe, 14.73-15.49 (14.99).^ 



Adtdt female.— lJQ\^gih (skins), 107.95-119.38 (114.05); wing, 58.42- 

 62.74 (60.20); tail, 40.39-45.72 (43.94); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.94 

 (11.43); depth of bill at base, 6.60-7.62 (7.11); tarsus, 19.05-20.83 

 (19.81); middle toe, 14.22-15.24 (14.99).^ 



^ Nine specimens, all from eastern United States. 



■^Nine specimens, including four from Cuba (^larch 18-30). The latter compare 

 in average measurements with five from the United States, as follows: 



