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U. S. p. E. B. EXP. AND SUEVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



List of specimens. 



• These Piiccimens, iii autumnal plumage, scarcely admit of an accurate determination. 



PASSEECULUS SANDWICHENSIS, B a i r d . 



Emheriza sandioichensis, Gm. I, 1788, 875. 



Emberiza arctica, Latham, Ind. Orn. I, 1790, 414. 



Fringilla arclica, Vigors, ZooI. of Blossom, 1839, 20, (perhaps one of the smaller species.) — "Brandt, Icon. Ross. 



2,6." 

 Euspiza arctica, Bp. Conspectus, 1850, 469. 



Emberiza chrysops, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-As. II, 1811, 45 ; tab. xlviii'; fig. 1, (Unalaschka ) 

 Saiuhnch Bunting, Lath. Syn. II, 1783, 202. 

 Unalascha Bunting, Pennant, Arctic Zool. II, 363, 320, No. 229. (Not of p. 364, No. 233.) 



Sp. Ch. — Almost exactly like P. savanna, but half an inch larger, with much larger bill. Length, 6.12 inches : wing, 3.00 ; 

 tail, 2 55. 

 Hab. — Northwestern coast from the Columbia river to Russian America. 



This species is extremely similar to the F. savanna, and is only distinguishable by its greater 

 size, and more western locality. The tail feathers also are rather more acutely pointed. There 

 is also a greenish yellow shade on the top and sides of the head, brighter than that seen in P. 

 savanna. The hill is considerably larger and longer, measuring .51 of an inch above instead 

 of .44. 



The Sandwich Bunting of Latham (Synopsis of birds) and the Unalascha Bunting of 

 Pennant (page 363, No. 229) seem to belong unquestionably to this species, and as Gmelin 

 bases his sandwichensis upon these descriptions, it must he retained. The name has no refer- 

 ence to the Sandwich Islands but to Sandwich Sound, on the northwest coast. The Unalascha 

 Bunting of Pennant, page 364, No. 233, is a different species. 



The ''temporihus atris" is not a very accurate expression in the species, but sufficiently near 

 not to be inconsistent with it. At any rate, as the descriptions of sandwichensis, arctica, and 

 chrysops, all seem to apply equally well, it will be best to take the oldest name as a provisional 

 one at least. 



