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the tcrti.-ils not longer than the seoonrlai-ios ; second and third tiuills longest; first eijual to 

 the filth. Tail verv nearly even, scarcely longer than the wing. Inner claw contained 

 scarcely one am! a half times in its toe proper. 



Culor. Kutbus or slat}- ; obsoletely streaked or uniform above ; thickly spotted with 

 triangular blotches beneath. 



Passerella Townsendii, Audubon. 



TOWNSEND'S SPAKKOW. 



FringillaToivnsemlii.AvuVBOy, Orn. Biog. V. 1839,236 ; pi. 424, f. 7. —In. Birds Amur. III. 



1841, 43; pi. 187. — Fmyilla [Passtrella) Townsendii, Nuttall, Man. I. 2d cd. 1840, 



533. — Passerella 7'ouvisem///, Box.iparte, Consp. 1850,477. — Baikd, P. R. Rep. IX. 



Birds, 489. — IIeermann, X. vi. 47. — Coopicu ami Suckley, XII. iii. Zool. of W. 



T. 204. 

 FrinijiUa meruloides, ViGOES, Zool. Blossom (Monterey), 1839, 19. 

 Emherim Vnalaschmsis, GiiELiN, I. 875, probably has some relalion to the present species. 



It is based on the Aonalaska Bunting, of Pennant, Arctic Zool. II. 3G4. 



Sp. Cn.\R. Above, very dark olive-brown, with a tinge of i-iifuus, the color continuous 

 and uniibrni throughout, without any traces of blotches or spots ; the upper tail coverts 

 and outer edges of the wing and tail feathers rather lighter and brighter. The under 

 parts white, but thickly covered with ap[]i'o.\imating triangular blotches like the back, 



sparsest on the middle of the body and on the throat ; the spots on the belly smaller. 

 Side almost continuously like the back ; tibiie and under tail coverts similar, the latter 

 edged with paler. Claws all very large and long ; the hinder longer than its toe. First 

 and si.xth quills about equal. Length about 7.25 ; extent, 10.00 ; wing about 3.00. Iris 

 and feet brown ; bill black, yellow at base below. 



Hah. I'acific Coast of the United States as fitr south as Monterey. 



This Lird is only a winter visitor in tlie lower countr}' near the Columliia, 

 but probably spends the summer in the Cascade Mountains, between April 

 and October. Speciiueus have been killed near San Francisco in winter. 

 While with us they are rather shy and silent birds, frequenting the woods 

 and thick bushes, where they are constantly scratching among the dead 



