186 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Poocxtes gramineus confinis Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vii, Jan., 1875, 17 (Carson, 

 Nevada). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. '5400, 

 part. — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. tS. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 142 (San Baltazar, 

 Puebla, Dec.).— Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 323 (w. Manitoba).— Cooke, Bird 

 Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 188 (localities, dates, etc.).— Thompson, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., xiii, 1891, 592 (Manitoba; habits, song, etc.). — Mitchell, Auk, 

 XV, 1898, 309 (San Miguel Co., New ^Mexico, up to 8,000 ft.).— Grinnell, 

 Pub. ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 36 (Los Angeles, California, Sept. 14 to 

 Mar. 19). 



P.^oocxtes'] gramineus confinis Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 407, part. 



Pocecetes confinis Yarrow and Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1871-73 

 (1874), 34 (Nevada). 



IPofecetes gr<imineus.'\ Subsp. a. Poavefes confinis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 672. 



POOECETES GRAMINEUS AFFINIS Miller. 

 OREGON VESPER SPARROW. 



Similar to I\ g. gpanilntus but smaller, bill more slender, and the 

 coloration browner above and distinctly buli'y below. 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 131.57-140.97 (136.65); wing-, 73.66- 

 80.01 (77.22); tail, 62.83-60.45 (57.91); exposed culmen, 10.16-11.43 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base, 6.35-7.62 (7.37); tarsus, 19.81-21.59 

 (20.57); middle toe, 13.21-14.48 (13.72). ^ 



AcMt fe7naJe.— Length (skins), 128.02-143.51 (136.91); wing 72.39- 

 76.20 (74.93); tail, 55.88-57.66 (57.40); exposed culmen, 10.16-11.68 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37 (7.24); tarsus, 20.32-21.34 

 (21.08); middle toe, 13.46-14.22 (13.72)." 



Pacific coast district; breeding in northern California and western 

 Oregon (also in western Washington and British Columbia, including 

 Vancouver Island^); south in winter, through southern Calif ornia and 

 Lower California, to Cape St. Lucas. 



\^Zonotrichia] grcuniuea (not FringiUa graminra (inielin) Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 



i, 1850, 478, part. 

 Zonotricltia graminea Newberry, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., vi, pt. iv, 1857, 88 



(Sacramento, California). — Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 



1859, 47, imrt (California). 

 Poocsetes gramineus Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 447, part (Tejon 



Valley, California). — (?) Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Sun\, xii, 



pt. ii, 1860, 200, part ( Puget Sound) . — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 



N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 545, part. 

 [Pooecetesl gramineus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 137, part. 

 Pooecetes gramineus Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, p. xxxix, part; 



Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 337, part. 

 Poacetes gramineus confinis Ridgway, 'Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 197", part. — 



Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 233, part.— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vi, 1883, 350 (La Paz, Lower California, winter). 



^ Seven specimens. ^ Three specimens. 



