598 FRINGILLID-E. 



buffy white, with light brown centres ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts light brown, with whitish margins ; quills dusky below, ashy 

 fulvous along the inner web : " bill coral-red ; toes dark ; tarsi pale " 

 (Coues). Total length 6 - 8 inches, culmen 055, wing 3 - 4, tail 3 - 4, 

 tarsus 1. 



Adult in winter plumage. Rather more rufescent than in summer, 

 the black head obscured by ashy tips to the feathers, not only on 

 the crown, but on the facial markings and on the throat; the sides 

 of the crown and ear-coverts pale sandy rufous, where the summer 

 plumage is ashy grey ; the white wing-bars somewhat less pro- 

 nounced and tinged with fulvous : " bill light reddish brown, 

 usually obscured on ridge and at tip, and paler at base below ; feet 

 flesh-coloured, obscured on the toes ; iris brown " (Coues). 



Hub. Interior United States and British Provinces, especially 

 the Valley of the Mississippi, Lower Missouri, and Red Iliver of the 

 north ; scarcely as far west as the Rocky Mountains (?) ; east to 

 Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, and probably Illinois ; south to Texas 

 ( Coues). 



a. 3 ad. sk. Souris River, Sept. 18, 1873 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Dr. E. Coues ; Sm. no. 

 65794). 



b, c. S ad. sk. 49th Parallel, May (G. N.A.Boundary Com- 



Dawson). mission [P.]. 



d. ^ Ad. hiem. sk. Texas, Dec. 3, 1880 (J. D. U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



Ogilby; Sm. no. 81091). 



e. Ad. hiem. sk. San Antonio, Texas, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. L. Heermann). 



f. c? juv. sk. Gainsville, Cook Co., Texas, Sclater Coll. 



Dec. 10 (W. Breivster). 



g. c? ad. sk. Gainsville, Feb. 17 ( TV. Sclater Coll. 



Brewster), 

 h. J ad. sk. Gainsville, Nov. 14 (G. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Rogsdall). [P.]. 



2. Zonotrichia albicollis. 



White-throated Sparrow, Edwards, Gleanings, ii. p. 198, pi. 304 



(1760). 

 Le Moineau de Pensilvanie, Briss. Orn. vi. App. p. 77 (1760). 

 White-throated Finch, Lath. Gen. Sgn. ii. pt. i. p. 272 (1783). 

 Frinsnlla albicollis, Gm. Sgst. Nat. i. p. 921 (1788); Wils. Amer. Orn. 



iii. p. 51, pi. xxii. fig. 2 (1811) ; Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 25 (1823). 

 Frino-illa pennsylvanica, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 445 (1790); Aud. 



B.Amer. pL viii. ; id. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 42 (1831), v. p. 497 (1839) ; 



id. B. Amer. 8vo, iii. p. 153, pi. 191 (1841); Neuwied, J. f. O. 



1858, p. 276 ; E. Adams, Ibis, 1878, p. 425. 

 Fringilla (Zonotrichia) pennsylvanica, Swains. $ Rich. Faun. Bor.- 



Amer., Birds, p. 256 (1831). 

 Zonotrichia pennsylvanica, Jard. ed. Wils. Amer. Orn. i. p. 340 



(1832) ; Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. fy N. Amer. p. 32 (1838). 

 Zonotrichia albicollis, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 288 (1837) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. ii. p. 373 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 478 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. 



Hein. Th. i. p. 132 (1850) ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 463 (1858) ; Scl. 



Cat. Amer. B. p. 113 (1862) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1802, p. 6, 1863, p. 76 ; 



