428 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Indiana, (to at least 40°), wQQi to middle northern 



Texas 575rt. P. aestivalis bachmani (Aud.). 



Bachman's Sparrow. 

 e^. Entire lower parts pale dull grayish buff, paler on throat, the 

 middle of the belly sometimes nearly white. 

 p. Larger and lighter colored. Adult : Above dull light 

 grayish brown, more or less mixed with rusty, the 

 back, and sometimes top of head, streaked with black. 

 Young: Above dull light grayish buff, everywhere 

 broadly streaked with dusky ; lower parts pale dingy 

 buff, the throat, chest, and sides of breast streaked 

 with dusky ; greater wing-coverts broadly edged with 

 light tawny. Length about 6.00-6.50, wing 2.45^-2.75 

 (2.55), tail 2.50^-2.90 (2.70), culmen .51-.55 (.53), depth 

 of bill at base .25-.28 (.26), tarsus .60-.65 (.62). Eggs 

 .72 X -58, plain pure white. Hah. Northern, central, 

 and western Mexico, south to Guanajuato and Colima, 

 north to southern Arizona and Rio Grande Valley. 



576. -1- 577. P. mexicana (Lawr.). 



Mexican Sparrow.^ 



p. Smaller and darker colored ; upper parts heavily streaked 



with blackish on a grayish and rusty ground ; wing 



2.50-2.55, tail 2.60-2.65. Hah. Southeastern Mexico 



(Vera Cruz, etc.). 



P. botterii ScL. Botteri's Sparrow.^ 

 cP. Middle tail-feathers with decided indications of transverse bars, 

 projected from a dark brown median stripe; flanks broadly 

 streaked with dark brownish. 



Adult: Above gi'ayish, spotted with clear umber-brown and 

 dusky, the upper tail-coverts with subterminal transverse, 

 more or less crescentic, spots of dusky ; beneath dull gray- 

 ish white, faintly tinged with brownish on chest and sides ; 

 length 6.00-6.75, wing 2.50-2.70, tail 2.65-2.90, culmen .50- 

 .53, tarsus .77-82. Eggs .73 X -56, plain pure white. Hah. 

 Southwestern border of United States (Texas to Arizona) 

 and northern Mexico ; north, in summer, to middle Kansas. 

 578. P. cassini (Woodh.). Cassin's Sparrow. 

 cl Edo-e of wing dull white or graj'ish. {Adult: Crown chiefly ferru- 

 ginous, often quite uniform ; upper parts grayish or grayish brown, 

 the back and scapulars broadly streaked with rusty or brown ; 



^ The minimum measurements of wing and tail, as given above, are very unsatisfactory, the specimens from 

 which they were taken having the quills and tail-feathers much worn. The true average, therefore, should be 

 considerably higher — at least 2.60 for the wing and 2.75 for the tail. 



2 Includes also P. arizonie Ridgw., which proves to be not separable. 



3 ZonotricMa botterii Scl., P. Z. S. 1857, 214. Peucxa botterii ScL., Cat. Am. B. 1862, 116. 



