lOO SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I3I 



Pipilo fuscu3 SwAiNSON : Brown Towhee 



Pipilo fiisca SwAiNSON, Philos. Mag., n. s., vol. i, 1827, p. 434. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, and Carpinteria, California. 



Pipilo angelensis Dawson 

 Pipilo angelettsis Dawson, Condor, vol. 50, No. 2, Mar. 16, 1948, p. 39, fig. 16. 



Late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Genus CALAMOSPIZA Bonaparte 



Calamospisa Bonaparte, Geogr. and Comp. List, 1838, p. 30. Type, by mono- 

 typy, Fringilla bicolor J. K. Townsend = Calamospiza melanocorys 

 Stejneger. 



Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger: Lark Bunting 

 Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger, Auk, vol. 2, No. i, January 1885, p. 49. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Meade County, 

 Kansas (Jones fauna, Vanhem formation). 



Genus AMMODRAMUS Swainson 



Ammodramus Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s., vol. i. No. 6, June 1827, p. 435. 

 Type, by monotypy, Ammodramus bimacxdatus Swainson. 



Ammodramus savannarum (Gmexin) : Grasshopper Sparrow 

 Fringilla savannarum Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 921. (Jamaica). 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Near Haile, 4 miles north- 

 east of Newberry, Alachua County, Florida. 



Genus POOECETES Baird 



Pooecetcs Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, Rep. Expl. Surv. R. R. Pac, 

 vol. 9, 1858, pp. XX, XXXIX. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla graminca 

 Gmelin. 



Pooecetes gramineus (Gmelin) : Vesper Sparrow 



Fringilla graminea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 922. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, Los 

 Angeles, California. 



Genus CHONDESTES Swainson 



Chondcstes Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s., vol. i, No. 6, June 1827, p. 435. 

 Type, by monotypy, Chondcstes strigatus Swainson. 



