lilRDS FRIN(ULLIDAE — EUSPIZA TOA\'NSENDII. 



495 



In specimens from the bonier of the plains the black on the throat is restricted to the upper 

 portion, immediately under the head. The streaks on the back are broader and less distinct. 

 The first quill is longest, as in most specimens. 



In a younjj male, from Carlisle, the tail feathers are all acute and acuminatoly pointed. 



List of specimens. 



Cauu. 

 No. 



Sei. 



Locality. 



When col- 

 luded. 



'Wboiicc obtained. 



Orig'l 

 No. 



Collected by — 



Length. 



Stretch 

 ufwingi^. 



Wing. 



RcmarkH. 



1169 

 1067 

 US9 



ess 



8178 



eiifi 



53S0 

 &381 



sass 



9i!61 

 9i!6S 

 9258 

 9363 



9ieo 



92S4 

 9348 

 9270 

 9X3 

 9356 

 9363 

 9264 

 9349 

 9257 

 5703 

 5704 

 7087 

 5705 

 6381 



Carliilo, Pa. 

 , do 



.do.. 



We<t Norlhlield, III . 



Union CO., Ill 



Indopondence, Mo. . 



Bhawnee mission, K. T. 



do 



Fort Pierre, Neb.... 

 Fort Lookout, Neb., 



.do.. 



Loup Fork of Platte. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Elk Born river 



do 



Aug. SS, 1843 8. F. Oaird . 



Jan. 19,1843' do 



May 6,1844 I do.. 



May 19 



April SO 



May 6, 1857 



July -,1857 



July 3,1857 

 June 18,1856 

 June 11,1656 



July 10 



Aug. 30 



Aug. 3 



July 29 



6.75 

 6.08 

 6.GG 



11.00 

 8.33 

 10.73 



3.43 

 3.00 

 3.43 



N. W. Univeri^it}' 



do. ...... 



Woi. M. Magraw. 



do 



do 



Lieut. Warren... 



R. Kcnnicott . 

 do 



Dr. Cooper . 



114 



do.. 



.do.. 



do 



Dr. Hayden 

 do 



.do.. 



do 



Fremont on Platte 



East of Fort Riley, K.T. 



Republican Fork 



do 



Platte river 



Texas 



July 10 . 

 ....do.... 

 July 34 . 

 July 3 . 

 July 1 . 

 June 30 . 

 ....do.... 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do., 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



.do.. 



....do 



....do 



July 1 



June 16,1856 

 July 3,1856 

 June 12,1857 , 

 July 19 



.do., 

 .do.. 

 • do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



do 



do 



Lieut. Oryan .. 



do 



Or. Hammond. 

 Lieut. Bryan. .. 

 Capt. J. Pope.. 



14 



54 



1 



124 



, do 



, do 



, do 



W. S. Wood. 

 do 



W. S. Wood , 



6.75 



6.25 

 6.00 

 6.25 

 6.23 

 7.00 

 6.75 

 6.00 

 6.75 

 7.00 

 6.37 

 6.00 

 6.37 

 6.62 

 6.62 

 6.75 

 6.37 

 6.37 

 6.12 



10., 10 



9.75 

 9.75 

 10.00 

 9.75 

 10.50 

 10.25 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.25 

 10.00 

 9.75 

 9.50 

 10 50 

 10.87 

 10.62 

 10.75 

 10.50 

 10.50 



3.37 



3.25 

 3.37 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.37 

 3.35 

 3.35 

 3.50 

 3.37 

 3.25 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.50 

 3.50 

 3.37 

 3.50 

 3.37 

 3.37 



Iris brown, bill and feet 



grayish. 

 Iris br^n, bill hl'k, anil 

 tlesh color, feet brown. 



Iris light brown. 



Iris dark brown. 

 Iris dark brown. 



Iris dark brown . 



EUSPIZA TOWNSENDII, Bonap. 

 Townsend's Bunting. 



£m*eri:o loumsendii, Ahd. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 183: V, 90 ; pi. 400.— Ib. Syn. 1839.— 1b. IJirds Amer. Ill, 1841, G2; 



pi. 157.— NoTTALL, Man. I, 2d cd. 1840,528. 

 Euspixa totonsendii, Bon. List, 1838. 



Sp, Ch. — Malt. Upper parts, head and neck all round, sides of body and fore part of breast slate blue ; the back and tipper 

 surface of wings tinged with yellowish brown ; the interscapular region streaked with black. A superciliary and ma.xilUiry line, 

 chin and throat, and central line of under parts from the breast to crissurn, white ; the edge of the wing, and a gloss on llie breast 

 and middle of belly, yellow. A black spotted line from the lower corner of the lower mandible down the side of the throat, 

 connecting with a crescent of streaks in the upper edge of the slate portion of the breast. 



Length, 5.75; wing, ii.SG; tail, 2.56. 



Hab. — Chester county, Pennsylvania. But one specimen known. 



This curious bird has long been a puzzle to ornithologists in the uncerlainty whether it is 

 only a variety of the Euspiza americana or a distinct species. Thus far but one specimen is 



