BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 388 



under parts more or less suffused with ])rownish bufiV; sometimes 

 with the chest and flanks narrowly streaked with dusky. 



Young in Jirst 2>^umar/e. — Pileum dusky, narrowlj^ streaked with 

 pale grayish butfy; Imck and scapulars dull buffy broadl}' streaked 

 with black; under parts dull white, the chest and sides more or less 

 buffy and streaked with dusky; wings and tail much as in adults, 

 l)ut middle and greater wing-coverts tipped with l^uff'y, producing 

 two narrow bands. ^ 



Adult malc.—l^Qw^ih. (skins), 129.79-147.07 (137.67); wing, 58.42- 

 65.53 (62.18); tail, 55.37-63.75 (59.18); exposed culmen, 10.92-11.91 

 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 6.10-6.35 (6.22); tarsus, 21.31-22.10 

 (21.59); middle toe, 11.99-16.00 (15.75).' 



Adult female.— l^Qvi^th (skins), 121.92-110.72 (131.83); wing, 

 57.66-62.23 (59.18); tail, 52.32-61.21 (56.13); exposed culmen. 10.67- 

 11.91 (11.18); depth of bill at base, 5.81-6.10 (6.03); tarsus. 20.32- 

 22.10 (21.31); middle toe, 11.73-16.00 (15.19).-^ 



\_FnngUla'] georgiana Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 460 ( Georgia) . — Lichtex- 

 STEiN, Verz. Doubl., 1823, no. 251. 



FringlUa georgiana Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Canada, i, 1832, 502; 2d ed., i, 

 1840, 588. 



Melospiza georgiana Ridgway, Proc. U. S. 2sat. ^lus., viii, Sept. 2, 1885, 355. — 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 584. — Thorne, Auk, 

 iv, 1887, 264 (Fort Lyon, e. Colorado, numerous in May, 1885). — Cooke, 

 Bird jNIigr. Miss. Val., 1888, 210 (breeding from n. Illinois northward; Oak 

 Point, Manitoba; San Angelo, w. Texas, etc.); Bull. Col. Agric. Coll., no. 

 44, 1898, 166 (Colorado Springs, 1 spec. Aug., 1897).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 697.— Palmer (W.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 

 264 (St. Johns, Newfoundland, summer). — Warren, Birds Pennsylvania, 

 1890, 243 (breeding nearly throughout). — Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xiii, 1891, 605 (Manitoba, summer resid. ; habits, song, etc.). — Attwater, 

 Auk, ix, 1892, 339 (San Antonio, Texas, winter). — McIlwraith, Birds Ontario, 

 1892, 326 (breeding).— Nehrling, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 160.— 

 Butler, Birds Indiana, 1897, 970 (breeding in Lake and Dekalb counties). 



M.[^elospiza'] georgiana RiDCiWAY, Man. N. Api. Birds, 1887, 433. 



FringiUa palustris Wilson, Am. Orn., iii, 1811, 49, pi. 22, fig. 1 (Pennsylvania; ex 

 Passer palustris Bartram).— Audubon, Orn. Biog., i, 1831, 331; v, 1839, 508, 

 pi. 64. 



F. \_ringilla] palustris Bonaparte, Obs. Wilson, 1825, no. 105. 



Zonotridiia palustris J ARDiKE, ed. Wilson's Am. Orn., i, 1832, 338, ]il. 21, fig. 1. 



yj.\_(motricJiia'] 2xdustris Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 374. 



IZoJiotrichia] palustris Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 94, no. 7394. 



Passerculus palustris Boy AP ARTE, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 33. 



[Passemdus'] palustris Boy AP ARTE, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 481. 



[Ammodramus'] palustris H^yAlS»oy, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 289. 



^ The young in first plumage of this sjiecies closely resemble those ot M. rinerea 

 melodia, but may be distinguished by the much darker color of the pileum, as well 

 as their smaller size. 



^ Eight specimens. 



