BIKD.S — KRINOILLIUAE — PASSEKELLA TOWNSKNDII. 



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Beneatli whits, witli ths upper part of the breaat and 8id<3s oftliroat and body with triangular spota of rufoua, and a fuw smaller 

 onea of blackish on the middle of tho breast. Inner edges of quills and tail feathers tinged with rufou!) pink. No light linoK 

 on tho head, but a patch of rufous on tho chocks. First quill rathur less t!>an the fifth. Hind too about equal to its claw. 

 Length, about 7.50 ; wing, 3.50. 



llab. — ICaslern United States to tho .Mississippi. 



Sometimes the entire head above is reddish like the back. 



List of specimens. 



PASSEKELLA TOWNSENDII, Nut tall. 



FrinffiHa loiriwetwiii, Aid. Orn. Biog. V, 1S39, 23G ; pi. 424, f 7.— Ib. Syn. 1839.— Ib. Birds Amor. Ill, ISll, 43 ; 



pi. 187. 

 Fringilla {PassereUa) loionsendii, Nott. .Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 533. 

 Paajerella towtucndii, Bo.v. Conspectus, 1850, 477. 

 Fringilla meruloida, Vic. Zool. Blossom, (Montere3',) 1839, 19. 

 Emberiza unalaschetisis, Gm. I, 875, probably has some relation to tho present species. It is based on the Unalascha Bunting of 

 Pennant Arctic Zool. II, 364. 



Sp. Ch. — Above very dark olive brown, with a tinge of rufous, the color continuous and uniform throughout, without any 

 trace 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 witli approximating 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 ; tibiae and under tail coverts similar, 

 the latter edged with paler. Claws all very large and long ; the hinder longer than its toe. First and sixth quills about equal. 

 Length, about 7 inches ; wing, about 3.00. 



Hab. — Pacific coast of United States as far south as Sacramento. Fort Tejon ? ? 



This species differs a good deal ia form from P. iliaca. The claws are much larger and 

 stouter, the wing a good deal shorter and more rounded. The differences in color are very 

 appreciable, the tints being dark olivaceous brown instead of red, and perfectly uniform above, 

 not spotted ; the under parts much more thickly spotted. 



List of specimens. 



Jane IT, 1858. 



62 b 



