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ratht-r dark buff above, with black streaks and spots, and very pale buff below, without black 

 pectoral and most of the maxillary streaks, though there is one stripe starting from the cornei* 

 of the mouth. The lesser streaking of the under parts is the reverse of the case of the Yellow- 

 winged Sparrow, the young of which are more streaked below than the adults. Eastern U. S., 

 strictly, N. to New England, Mich., Minn., and Ontario, not very commonly ; W. to the edge of 

 the Great Plains ; winters in the Gulf States. Not abundant on the whole, nor easily observed ; 

 song a simple zip, zip, zip, zirip, zipzirip, zipzirip, zirip, with head held back, bill up, and tail 

 down. Common about Washington, D. C, where it breeds, in fields and meadows; nest on 

 the ground, in tufts of grass. Eggs 4-5, greenish- white, profusely speckled with reddish, 

 0.75 X 0.57. Coturniculus henslowi of all previous eds. of the Key; Emberiza hensloicii 

 Aui). 1831- Ammodromus henslowi Gray, 1849; Am mod ramus (Coturniculus) henslowii 

 A. O. U. Lists, 1886 and 1895, No. 547. 



A. (C.) h. occidenta'lis. (Lat. of the Occident, western.) Western Henslow's Spar- 

 row. Dakota Grasshopper Sparrow. Similar to A. (C) henslowi, but general color- 

 ation paler (as in the corresponding case of A. (C.) savannarum perpalUdus) ; under parts 

 whiter; back and scapulars with broader black streaking and much less chestnut, the wings 

 and tail grayer. Wing 2.18; tail 1.95; tarsus 0.69; bill from nostril 0.31 ; its depth at nostril 

 0.32. Moody Co., S. Dakota, and probably other places along the E. border of the Great 

 Plains (the Nebraska record of henslowi probably belongs here). Brewst. Auk, Apr. 1891, 

 p. 145 ; A. 0. U. List, 2d ed. 1895, No. 547 a. 



A. (C.) lecon'tei. (To Maj. J. Le Conte, of Philadelphia.) Le Conte's Grasshopper 

 Sparrow. Le Conte's Bunting. Adult $ 9 : Bill smaller and slenderer than in either of 

 the foregoing, dark horn-blue above, paler bluish below ; iris black. Tail long, decidedly ex- 

 ceeding wing when full grown, and remarkably graduated ; lateral feathers ^|- inch shorter 

 than central pair; all extremely narrow, tapering, and acuminate, even more so than in the 

 Sharp-tailed Finch (Animodramus caudacutus) ; outstretched feet not reaching to its end. 

 Wings short and much refunded ; primaries in closed wing hardly ^ inch longer than second- 

 aries. Length 4.90-5.10; extent 6.90-7.10; wing 1.90-2.00; tail 2.00-2.25 or a little more; 

 bill 0.40; tarsus 0.67. No trace of yellow on bend of wing, nor any yelk)W loral spot. No 

 black maxillary or pectoral streaks ; markings of under parts confined to sparse, sharp, blackish 

 streaks on sides. General coloration Tnore or less buff, according to age and season. Crown 

 with black lateral stripes, separated by a whitish stripe becoming ochi-ey on forehead. Sides 

 of head buff, brightest on long broad superciliary line, enclosing slaty-gray auriculars, which 

 are bordered above by a black postocular line, sometimes chiefly appearing as a dark speck 

 behind them. Cervical feathers bay, black-shafted and whitish -edged, forming a distinct in- 

 terval between markings of back and crown. Dorsal feathers in bold pattern, with black ter- 

 minal central field, little rufous and much whitish or bufiy edging: streaking extending on 

 rump and upper tail-coverts. Wing-coverts and inner secondaries colored boldly to correspond 

 with the back. Under parts buffy-white, sometimes quite whitish, again much more buffy, 

 with season, usually quite buff with only belly whitish. Fresh moulted fall birds are often en- 

 tirely deep buff below, excepting belly, which is white, in mai'ked contrast. Young: Bill still 

 smaller, reddish-brown instead of bluish ; general color buff above, whitish below, more or less 

 buffy on breast and sides; markings of upper parts black, without bay and brown variegation, 

 except on wings and tail, which are nearly as in the adults ; sparse black streaks of under parts 

 usually appearing across breast as well as on sides. An interesting, long-lost species, but re- 

 discovered : Yellowstone region (Atidubon, 1843); Texas (Lincecum); N. Dakota, breeding 

 (Cones, 1873); Illinois (^Nelson, 1875); Iowa (Newton, 1875); Minnesota (Tiffany, 1878); 

 North Carolina (Brimley, 1894); South Carolina (Loomis, 1881) ; New York (Fuertes, 1897). 

 The normal range of the species may now be given as the Great Plains of the U. S. and ad- 

 joining British Provinces, from Assiniboia and Manitoba to Texas, and E. iu migration to the 



