178 BULLETIN' 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



ClhondeMts] grammaca Wheatox, in Coues' Birds N. W., 1874, 234, in text 

 (Columbus, Ohio, summei' resid.). 



Choiidestes grcniDnicus Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 281, part.— Browne, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 182 (Framinghani, IVIassachusetts, 1 spec. 

 Apr. 30).— Smith (R. W.), Journ. Cine. See. N. H., 1891, 120 (Warren Co., 

 s. w. Ohio, rare, breeding). 



Chondestes grammacus Co\:bs, Proc. Essex Inst., v, 1868, 281 (Gloucester, Massa- 

 chusetts, 1 spec. 1845). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 552. — Chapman, Auk, iii, 1886, 136 (Schraalinburgh, New Jersey, 1 spec. 

 Nov. 26). — Henshaw, Auk, iii, 1886, 487 (Washington, District of Columbia, 

 Aug. 8 and 27). — Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 133 (Tarpon Springs and Punta 

 Rassa, Florida, Sept. 19 and 26); vi, 1889, 322 (Tarpon Springs, Nov. 10, and 

 Key West, Florida, Oct. 6). — Senxett, Auk, iv, 1887, 241 (Cranberry, w. 

 North Carolina, 1 spec. Aug. 9).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 192, 

 part (localities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio). — Poling, Auk, vii, 

 1890, 241 (Quincy, Illinois).— McIlwraith, Birds Ontario, 1892, 317 (Hamil- 

 ton, 1 pair. May; near London, breeding; near Toronto). — (?) Attwater, 

 Auk, ix, 1892, 338 (San Antonio, Texas, migr.).— McCormick, Auk, ix, 1892, 

 397 (Oberlin, n. Ohio, breeding).— Palmer (W.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 84 (Cape 

 Charles, Virginia, 1 spec. Aug. 24). — Nehrling, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 

 1896, 98, pi. 24, fig. 1.— Torrey, Auk, xiii, 1896, 179 (Pulaski, Virginia, 1 

 spec. Apr. 28). — Allison, Auk, xvi, 1899, 268 (Beauvoir, Mississippi, Sept. 

 4).— Rhoads, Auk, xvi, 1899, 312 (Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania, 

 June; Leetsdale, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, May). 



C.\_hondefit€s'] grammacus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 414. 



Emherka grammaca Audi-bon, Synopsis, 1839, 101; Birds Am., oct. ed., iii, 1841, 

 63, pi. 158.— Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., i, 1856, 244 (Gloucester, Massachu- 

 setts). 



Z.\_onotrk'hia'\ grammaca Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 374. 



[Calamospiza^ grammaca Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 111, no. 7670. 



CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS STRIGATUS (Swainson). 

 WESTERN LARK SPARROW. 



Similar to C. g. grammacus^ but upper parts paler and browner, with 

 black streak.s on back narrower, and chestnut head-markings lighter, 

 with less black anteriorly. 



Adult 7/^«/.'.— Leno-th^skius), 142.24-167.64 (156.21); wing, 81.28- 

 91.95 (86.61); tail, 64.01-76.20 (70.10); exposed culmen, 10.41-13.72 

 (11.94); depth of bill at base, 7.62-8.89 (8.13); tarsus, 19.30-21.59 

 (20.32); middle toe, 13.72-17.53 (15.24).' 



Ad, (It female. --"Leugih. (skins). 139.70-171.45 (151.89); wing, 79.25- 

 89.15 (84.07); tail, 60.96-71.37 (67.56); exposed cidmen, 10.67-12.95 



^Forty-eight specimens. 



