69. SPIZELLA. 667 



Birds, p. 16 (1858) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 379 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. 

 p. 114 (1862) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1862, p. 6, 1863, p. 79 ; Corns, Ibis, 

 1865, pp. 58, 164 ; Dresser, t. c. p. 489 ; Baird, Ibis, 1867, p. 270 ; 

 Duges, La Nat. p. 140 (1868) ; Allen, Bull. Mm. Comp. Zool. iii. 

 p. 177 (1872) ; Coues, Kexj N. Amer. B. p. 143 (1872) ; Baird, 

 Brewer, § Bidgiv. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 11, pi. 27. fig. 3 (1874) ; 

 Coues, B. N- West, p. 148 (1874) ; Hemh. Bep. Zool. Exp). 100th 

 Mend. p. 278 (1875) ; Coues, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 91 

 (1878) ; Sennett, t. c. p. 19 ; Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mies. i. p. 127 

 (1878); Ridgw. op. cit. iii. p. 179 (1881); Coues, Check-list N. 

 Amer. B. p. 56 (1882); Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. v. p. 540 

 (1883) ; Coues, Keg N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 381 (1884) ; Drew, 

 Auk, ii. p. 16 (1885) ; Beckh. t. c. p. 14 ; Agersb. t. c. p. 280 ; 

 Seton, Auk, iii. p. 324 (1886) ; Salvin $• Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer., Aves, i. p. 378 (1886) ; A. 0. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. 

 p. 273 (1886). 



Emberiza sliattuckii, Audub. B. N. Amer. 8vo, viii. App. p. 230, 

 pi. 493 (1843). 



Zonotricliia pallida, Gray, Gen, B. ii. p. 374 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. B. 

 ii. p. 95, no. 7400 (1870). 



Zonotricliia sliattuckii, Grag, Gen. B. ii. p. 374 (1849). 



Spizella sliattuckii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 480 (1850). 



Spinites pallidus, Cab. Mm. Hem. Th. i. p. 133 (1850). 



Spinites shattuckii, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 133 (1850). 



Adult male. General colour above light brown, the mantle and 

 upper back mottled with longitudinal black centres to the feathers, 

 which have light fulvous-brown edges ; lower back and rump uniform 

 ashy ochreous-brown ; lesser wing-coverts ashy ochreous-brown ; 

 median and greater coverts black, externally edged with sandy buff, 

 white towards the ends; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 blackish brown, externally margined with sandy buff, hoary white 

 on the edges of the primaries ; upper tail-coverts ochreous-brown ; 

 tail-feathers brown, edged with ashy brown ; centre of crown of 

 head ashy grey, white at the base of the forehead, the sides of the 

 crown forming two black bands, the feathers edged with sandy 

 brown ; hind neck and sides of neck ashy grey ; lores and a distinct 

 eyebrow white ; feathers round eye, sides of face, and ear-coverts 

 pale sandy brown, with a distinct black line along the upper edge of 

 the ear-coverts ; cheeks white, separated from the ear-coverts by a 

 narrow black line ; throat and under surface of body ashy white, 

 with an indistinct dusky malar streak separating the cheeks and 

 the throat ; breast and abdomen white ; lower throat, fore neck, 

 sides of body, and flanks pale ochreous brown : thighs and under 

 tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills 

 below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. Total length 4 - 8 inches, 

 culmen 0-35, wing 2*45, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Not different from the male. Total length 4*8 

 inches, culmen - 4, wing 2'35, tail 2-25, tarsus 0"65. 



The adult in winter plumage is more rufescent than in summer, 

 and the lateral bands on the side of the crown are rufous-brown, 

 with black centres ; there is also less ashy on the neck, and the 

 under surface has more of a fulvescent tinge ; the outer aspect of 

 the wings also is more decidedly rufous. 



