69. SPIZELLA. 



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feathers. The white wing-bands are therefore not so pronounced, 

 but the black spot on the breast is more plainly developed. The 

 rufous crown is quite uniform, as the sandy-coloured edges are 

 worn off. 



The adult female is like the male. 



Dr. Coues says that the young birds are at first streaked. After 

 the first moult they are similar to the adult, " the chief variation 

 being in the veiling of the cap with grey." 



Nab. Eastern North America, westward to the plains, and from 

 the Arctic Ocean south, in winter to the Carolines, Kentucky, and 

 Eastern Kansas. Breeds north of the United States east of the 

 Rocky Mountains. (A. 0. U. Chech-list, I. c.) 



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Subsp. a. Spizella ochracea. 



Spizella monticola (nee Gm.), Blakist. Ibis, 1862, p. 6 ; Ball $ 



Bann. Trans. Chicago Acad. i. p. 285 (1869) ; Cooper, B. Calif. 



p. 206 (1870) ; Coues, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 590 (1878). 

 Spizella monticola ochracea, Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii. 



p. 228 (1882); Batchelder, Auk, ii. p. 236; Bretvster, Auk, iii. 



p. 139 (1886) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 272 (1886). 



Adidt male. Similar to S. monticola, but everywhere paler, the 

 rufous of the back replaced in a great degree by isabelline whitish ; 

 the rump and lower back more ashy brown. Total length 5-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-4, wing 3, tail 2-65, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 5-5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-4, wing 3-25, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-8. 



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