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under lapponicus iu former eds. of the Key, and hardly worth recognition by name. Ridgw. 

 Auk, Oct. 1898, p. 320; A. 0. U. Suppl. List, Auk, Jan. 1899, p. Il7. 



C. pic'tus. (Lat. ^«ci«<s, painted.) Painted LoNGSPUR. Smith's Loxgspur. Adult c^: 

 Cervical collar and entire under parts rich fawn color ; crown and sides of head black, bounded 

 below by a white line, and interrupted by a white superciliary and auricular line and white 

 occipital spot. Upper parts streaked with black and brownish-yellow. Lesser and middle 

 wing-coverts black, tipped with white, forming conspicuous patches. One or two outer tail- 

 feathers mostly white. No white on the rest. Legs pale or Hesh-colored. Length 6.50; ex- 

 tent 11.25; wing 3.75; tail 2.50 ; tarsus 0.75 ; middle toe and claw, about the same; hind toe 

 and claw, rather less (ornatus is much less in all its dimensions). Young, and generally iu 

 winter: Bill dusky-brown above and at tip, paler below; feet light brown (drying darker); 

 t<)(^s rather darker. Entire under parts rich yellowish-brown, or buffy (in ornatus never thus); 

 paler on chin and tlimat, which, Mith fore-breast, are obsoletely streaked with dusky; tibiae 

 white. Tail white only on two or three outer feathers (in ornatus all the feathers, excepting 

 sometimes the central pair, are white at base). Upper parts much as iu the adult, but distinc- 

 tive head-markings wanting, or only obscurely indicated. Interior X. Am. from the region of 

 the Yukon, McKenzie, Saskatchewan, and Upper Missouri to Texas and Illinois in winter. It 

 is not found in the Atlantic States, but is common on prairies of both Dakotas, Montana, and 

 southward, associated in the fall with ornatus, but breeding ranges farther north. Habits and 

 general aspect of ornatus, but easily distinguished by larger size, buffy under parts, black 

 and white wing-patch, and white only on some lateral instead of all the tail-feathers. Nest 

 on ground ; like that of other species of this genus, but a less elaborate structure and less warmly 

 lined than that of C. lapponicus ; eggs 3-6, about 0.82 X 0.60, less heavily colored than those 

 of lapponicns usually are, and thus closely resembling those of ornatus. 



C. orna'tus. (Lat. ornatus, adorned. Fig. 265.) Chestxut-collared Longspur. 

 Black-shouldered Longspur. White-tailed Longsplr. ^, in full dress: Cervical 

 collar intense chestnut. 

 Crown black ; a whitish 

 spot on nape, and broad 

 white superciliary stripe. 

 Auriculars black, mixed 

 with color of throat : 

 tlm.at and most of sides 

 of liead below eyes rusty- 

 wliite, changing to pure 

 white which extends 

 aroinid sides of neck, 

 partly bordering the 

 chestnut collar. Breast 

 and belly lustrous black, 

 often mixed with intense 

 ferruginous or mahogany 

 feathers, sometimes 

 largely overlaid with this 

 rich sienna color. Lining 

 of wings pure white. Sides of body, flanks, lower belly, and under tail-coverts white, all but 

 the last usually rusty-tinged. Back, rump, and scapulars brownish-black, varied with gray- 

 ish-brown edges of the feathers. Wings dark brown without decided markings, though the 

 feathers arc pale-edged, excepting jet-black lesser coverts, with or without white tips. Tail 

 like wings, but two or three lateral feathers entirely white, and all the rest basally wliite in 



Fig. 



jllared Longspur. (L. A. Fuertes.) 



