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iv, 1887, 259 (Hartford, Connecticut, winter). — Hancock, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. 

 Club, no. 2, 1887, 19 (Corpus Chrinti, Texa;^) .—Roberts, Auk, vii, 1890, 213 

 (Ramsay Co., Minnesota, June; erit.). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 

 1888, 664.— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss Val., 1888, 202 (centr. Mississippi, sum- 

 mer; s. Illinois, Indian Territory, and southward in winter). — Thompson, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1891, 603 (Red R. Settlement, Winnipeg, and Qu' 

 Appelle, Manitoba, summer). — Stone, Auk, ix, 1892, 204 (Cape ^la}'. New 

 Jersey, Jan. 26-29). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 338 (San Antonio, Texas, 

 breeding). — McIlwraith, Birdc Ontario, 1892, 322 (summer resid.). — Tor- 

 REY, Auk, X, 1893, 205 (Wellesley, Massachusetts, Dec. 19.).— White, Auk, 

 X, 1893, 226 (Mackinac I., Michigan, breeding). — Hoffmann, Auk, xii, 1895, 

 188 (Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Dec). — Wayne, Auk, xii, 1895, 365 (Wacissa 

 R., n. w. Florida, breeding). — Nehrlincj, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 127, 

 pi. 23, fig. 3.— Knight, Bull. Univ. Maine, no. 3, 1897, 100 (Maine, summer 

 resid.). — Allison, Auk, xvi, 1899, 269 (Amite Co., Mississippi, resid.). 



[SpizeUa pusilla'] \ar. pusiUa Baird, Brewer, and Ridcjway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 

 ii, 1874, 2. 



ISpizella'] pusilla Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 480. — Lichenstein, Nom. Av. 

 Mus. Berol., 1854, 43.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 143. 



S.[pizella'] pusilla Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst., iii, 1862, 150 (Oxford Co., Maine, 

 breeding) .'—RiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 420. 



S.[pinites'] pusillui^ Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, Apr., 1851, 133, footnote. 



SpAzella agredin Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1875, 351 (ex Passer agrestis, 

 tJie little field spurroiv Bartram, Travels, 291, =: nomen nudum); Check List, 

 2ded.,1882, no. 271. 



S.\_jnzeUa'] agrestis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 380. 



SPIZELLA PUSILLA ARENACEA Chadbourne. 

 "WESTERN FIELD SPARROW. 



Similar to S. j^.pimllaj but wings and tail much longer, especially the 

 latter; coloration much grayer, the pileum always (?) with a broad 

 median stripe of gray? sometimes wholly gray, or with only a faint 

 tinge of brown indicating the usual lateral stripes; black streaks on 

 back much narrower on a (usually) chiefly grayish ground; under 

 parts, in summer plumage, paler, with chest tinged with pale gray instead 

 of buft'y. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 141.73-152.91 (146.81); wing, 68.33- 

 71.12 (69.60); tail, 66.01-71.88 (68.83); exposed culmen, 9.40-9.91 

 (9.65); depth of bill at base, 6.35; tarsus, 19.05-19.81 (19.30); middle 

 toe, 12.45-13.72(13.21).^ 



Adult female.— hength (skin), 127.00; wing, 61.98; tail, 62.74; 

 exposed culmen, 9.40; tarsus, 18.29; middle toe, 12.95.'^ 



More western portions of the Great l^lains, breeding from Nebraska 

 (Valentine) and South Dakota (Fort Pierre) to eastern Montana (Davis 

 Creek, Bad Lands of the Little Missouri River, etc.); south, in winter, 

 to southern Texas (Laredo), Nuevo Leon (Monterey, January, Febru- 

 ary), casually to Louisiana (Maude ville). 



" ^ Three specimens. '■^ One specimen ; not typical. 



