BIRDS — FRINGILLIDAE — SPIZELLA RREWERI. 



475 



brown, giving to it an entirely different appearance from the adult. The streaks in the upper 

 parts, too, are darker and more conspicuous. The margins of the feathers rather more rusty. 



This species is readily distinguishable from the other American SphcllaSy excepting S. hreiveri, 

 (wliich see,) in the dark streaks and median ashy stripe on the crown, the paler tints, the dark 

 line on the side of the chin, &c. 



List of specimens. 



Caul. Sex. 

 No. 



less 

 1U3; 



MM 

 MIS 



Locality. 



When col- 

 lected. 



Wlieiico obiaincd. 



Fori Union, Neb 1843 S. F. Baird 



do 1M3 lo 



do July 18, 1843 ] Lt. G. K. Warren. 



Oluckfoot country do do 



g!M ! Cheyenne river Sept. 10, 1857 | do.. 



ABO* Bijoui Hills May H, I8j7 j do 



4803 (J I Nebra.<lta do do 



.1715 ^ I PoleCreek, K. T Aug. 1,1858 Lt. F. T. Btyan. 



6359 ' Texas Ca|it. Pope 



■1091 ' T.imaulipas, Mex.... .Mar. —, 1855 : Lt. Couch 



Orig. 

 No. 



Collected by— 



Ed. Harris . ... 

 J. J. .Audubon. 

 Dr. Uayden . . . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



W.S.Wood. 



Length. 



5.00 



5.00 

 5.62 

 5.37 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



Wing. 



7.50 



7.00 

 7.75 

 7.50 



7.25 



Remarks, 



2.50 



Irifl dark brown . 



2.50 Iris hazel 



a.25 



2.35 Eyes dark brown ; feet light 

 brown ; b:ll binte. 



SPIZELLA BEEWEEI, C a s s i n . 



Brewer's Sparrow. 



Embtriza pallida, Add. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 66; pi, 398, f. 2.— Is. Synopsis, 1839.— In. Birds Amor. Ill, 1841, 



71;pl.lGl. (Not of Swainson, 1831.) 

 Spizttla brciceri, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. VIII, Feb. 1856, 40. 



Sp. Cii. SimiUr to S. pallida; the markings more obsolete ; no distinct medlitn and superciliary light stripes. The crown 



streaked with black. Some of the feathers on the sides with brown shafts. Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.50. 

 Hab. — Rocky mountains of United States to the Pacific coast. 



This species, if really distinct, is so very similar to the S. pallida as to require very close and 



critical comparison to separate it. One feature is the more obsolete character of the markings, 



which have not the sharpness and definition of pallida. The streaks on the back are narrower, 



and the central ashy and lateral whitish stripes of the crown are scarcely, if at all, appreciable. 



The clear ash of the back of the neck, too, is mostly wanting. The feathers along the sides of 



the body, near the tibia, and occasionally elsewhere on the sides, have brownish shafts, not 



found in the other. 



List of specimens. 



Locality. 



When collected. 



Rocky mountains 



do 



Tejon v.iUcy 



do 



Boca Grande, Mex 



Camp 127, N.M., Bill 



Williams' Fork.... 



EI Paso, Texas 



June 15, 1831 



Mar. —,1855 



Feb. 26, 1854 

 May 4, 1852 



Whence obtained. 



S. F. Baird 



do 



Lt. Williamson. 

 do 



Major Emory 



Lt. Whippplc . . 

 Col. Graham 



Orig. 

 No. 



40 

 174 



Collected by — | Length. 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



J. K. Townsend 



do ! 



Dr. Hcermann . 

 , do 



Dr. Kennerly - . 



, do... 



C. Wright. 



5.25 7. '^5 



Wing. 



2.25 



