668 FKINGUXLID.E. 



Hah. Interior of North America, from Illinois and Iowa west to 

 the Kocky Mountains, Arizona, and Cape St. Lucas, and from Texas 

 north to the Saskatchewan Plains (A. 0. U. Check-list, I. c). 

 Mexico ; Cuba. 



a. Ad. sk. Turtle Mountain, July 23, 1873 U.S. Nat. Mus. [P."|. 



(E. Coues ; Sin. no. 65864). 



b, c. c? $ ad.sk. Pembina, Dakota, June 7, 1873 Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



(E. Coues; Sm. nos. 63983, 

 63987). 



d. <3 ad. sk. 49th Parallel, May 24, 1874 N.A. Boundary Coni- 



(G. Dawson). mission. 



e. Ad. sk. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Missouri (G. A. Lawrence). Sclater Coll. 



g. $ ad. sk. Nebraska (Dr. Hayden ; Sm. Sclater Coll. 



no. 4804). 

 h. Ad.sk. Gainsville, Texas (G. H. Bag- H. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



dale). [P.]. 



i. Imm. sk. Crittenden, Arizona, Sept. 1, U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



1874 (H. W. Henshaw ; Sm. 



no. 68571). 

 k. $ ad. sk. Puebla, Mexico, Jan. 1865 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. Boucard). 

 I. $ ad. sk.' Puebla. A. Boucard [C.]. 



7. Spizella breweri. 



Emberiza pallida (nee Swains.), Audub. B. Amer. pi. cccxcviii. ; id. 



Orn. Biogr. v. p. 66 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. hi. p. 71, pi. 161 (1841). 

 Spizella pallida (nee Swains.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 480 ; Woodh. in Sitgr. 



Bep. Exped. Zuni § Color. B. p. 83 (1853) ; Coues, Ibis, 1865, 



p. 164 ; Allen, Ball. Mus. Comp. Zool. iii. p. 177 (1872) ; Snow, B. 



Kansas, p. 10 (1872). 

 Spizella breweri, Cass. Broc. Bhilad. Acad. 1856, p. 40 ; Baird, B. 



N Amer. p. 475 (1858) ; id. Mex. Bound. Surv., Birds, p. 16 (1858) ; 



Coues, Broc. Bhilad. Acad. 1866, p. 87 ; Cooper, B. Calif, p. 209 



(1870); Merrill, Broc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 417 (1878); Bidgw. 



Broc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. pp. 3, 179 (1881); Coues, Check-list N. 



Amer. B. p. 57 (1882) ; Belding, Broc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 541 



(1883), vi. p. 343; Brown, Auk, i. p. 121 (1884) ; Coues, Key N. 



Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 381 (1884) ; Drew, Auk, ii. p. 16 (1885)'; A. 



O. U. Check-list N Amer. B. p. 273 (1886) ; Salvin $ Godman, 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 379 (1886). 

 Spizella pallida, var. breweri, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 143 (1872) ; 



Baird, Brewer, § Bidgw. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 13, pi. 27. fig. 4 



(1874) ; Coues, B. A.- West, p. 151 (1874) ; Hensh. Bep. Zool. 



Expl.lOOth Merid. p. 279 (1875). 

 Zonotricbia breweri, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 94, no. 7399 (1870). 



Adult male. Very similar to S. jiaWda, but wanting the black 

 bands on the side of the crown, which is almost uniform brown with 

 black streaks, thus resembling the back : " bill yellow, greyish brown 

 towards the end; feet flesh-coloured; claws dusky brown" 

 (Audubon). Total length 4-7 inches, culmen - 4, wing 2-45, tail 

 2 - 3, tarsus 0"65. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 4 - 6 inches, 

 culmen 0-35, wing 2-45, tail 2-2, tarsus 0'7. 



