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ish, the chest more or less distinctly streaked with the same; greater 

 wing-coverts and edges of tertials light 1 nifty brownish; Inick obso- 

 letel}'' streaked with dusky. 



Aih.ilt 7/y/^/..— Length (skins), 121.92-133.85 (124.71); wing, 01.72- 

 66.01 (63.25); tail, 57.66-62.71 (59.1s); exposed ciilmen, 9.65-9.91 

 (9.91); depthof bill at base, 6,10-6.35 (6.35); tarsus. 18.03-19.81 (is. 80); 

 middle toe, 12.70-14.73 (13.21); white spot on lateral tail-feather, 9.91- 

 17.78 (13.97).^ 



Adult female.— \j^x\^\k (skins), 120.65-135.89 (127.51); wing, 60.45- 

 66.04 (61.98); tail. 55.37-62.23 (58.42); exposed cnlmen. 9.65-10.16 

 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 5.33-6.35 (5.59); tarsus. 17.53-18.54 

 (18.03); middle toe, 12.45-13.21 (12.7o); white spot on lateral tail- 

 feather. 12.19-17.78 (15.24).^ 



Middle and eastern Texas (except along Gulf coast!'), north to Okla- 

 homa, western Kansas, and eastern Colorado(?), south into States of 

 Tamaulipas (Mier) and Nuevo Leon (Rodriguez, Jan.), northeastern 

 Mexico. 



Emheriza hiUncata Cassix, Proe. Ac. Xat. Sci.Phila., v, Oct., 1S50, 104, pi. .'5 (Texas) ; 

 Illustr. Birds Cal., Tex., etc., 1854, 150, part, pi. 23 (Texas).— Baird, in Stans- 

 bury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 330 (Rio Grande). — Woodhouse, in Sit- 

 greaves' Expl. Zuni and Col. R., 1853, 87 (San Pedro R., Texas). 



Poosplsa bUineata Sclater, Proe. Zool. Soc. Lond.,1857, 7, in text. — Baird, Rep. 

 Pacific R. R. Snrv., ix, 1858, 470, part (Tamaulipas, Mexico, Ringgold Bar- 

 racks, Frontera, etc., Texas) ; Rep. IT. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 

 15, part (do) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 355, part. — Heermanx, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., X, pt. iv, 1859, 14, part (San Antonio, Texas).— Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 

 488 (Matamoras, Tamaulipas; Eagle Passand San Antonio, Texas) . — Butcher, 

 Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 149 (Laredo, Texas, June to Oct.).— Cooper, 

 Orn. Cal., 1870, 203, part.— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 172, part.— Sxow, 

 Birds Kansas, 1873, 7 (w. Kansas). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 590, part (Texas) . — Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. 

 Surv., V, 1879, 390 (Lomita, Texas; descr. nest, eggs, song, etc. ). 



[Poospiza] hilineata Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 141, part. 



A7nphispizabiUneata Coves, Birds N.W., 1874, 234, part; Check List, 2d ed.,1882,no. 

 258, part. — Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. and Geog.Surv.Terr., iv,1878,18 (Browns- 

 ville and Hidalgo, Texas).— Merrill, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 127 (Fort 

 Brown, Texas). — Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 224, part. — Ameri- 

 can Orxithologist.s' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 573, part. — HAsuRorcK, 

 Auk, vi, 1886, 240 (Ea.stland Co., Texas) .— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am.,Aves, i, 1886, 367, part (Texas; Tamaulipas) . — Beckham, Proe. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., X, 1888, 677 (San Antonio, Texas; habits). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xii, 1888, 628, part (Texas references and localities). — Cooke, Bird 

 Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 206 (Texas, e. to Colorado R. ; San Angelo, Mason, etc., 

 Texas). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 338 (San Antonio, resident). — Singley, 

 Rep. Geol. Surv. Tex., 1894, 372 (Hidalgo). — Nehrling, Our Native Birds, 

 etc., ii, 1896, 142, pi. 23, fig. 4.— (?) Cooke, Birds Colorado, 1897, 106, part 

 (near Canon City, Colorado, 1 spec. July 26, 1872). 



A.^mphii^pizal hilineata Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 376. part. — Ridg- 

 WAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 425, part. 



^ Six specimens. 



