BIRDS — FRINGILLIDAE — PASSERCITLUS ANTHINUS. 



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PASSERCULUS ANTHINUS, B o n a p . 



Passerculus anthinus, Bonap. Comptes Rendus, XXVII, Dec. 1853, 919, Russian America. - 

 Delattre, lfc54, 19. 



-Ib. Notes Ornith. 



Sp. Ch. — Similar to P. savanna, but smaller. Beneath tinged with reddish. Breast and upper part of belly thickly spotted 

 with sharply defined sagittate brown spots, exhibiting a tendency to aggregation on the middle of the belly. Superciliary stripe 

 and one in the middle of the crown decided greenish yellow, the head generally tinged with the same ; as also the back and 

 sides of the neck. Length, 5.00 ; wing, 2.66 ; tail, 2.24. 



Hab. — Coast of California, near San Francisco ; Russian America ; Kodiak. (Bonaparte.) 



This species is the smallest of its group, and differs from all in the much greater amount of 

 spotting on the under parts. The streaks, indeed, extend over the whole breast and uj^per part 

 of the abdomen, instead of being mainly confined to the jugulum. They are dark brown, well 

 defined, and unusually sagittate. The superciliary stripe is bright greenish yellow, as is also 

 a stripe along the median line of the head above. The feathers on the sides of the head behind 

 the auriculars, are strongly tinged with the same color. There is an indication of a brown 

 tinge around the lower part of throat, as in Lincoln's finch. The feathers in the middle of the 

 back are darker than usual. 



This species differs from alaudinus in the strong shade of yellow on the head, the much 

 darker tints above, and the thick crowding of larger and better defined spots beneath, with a 

 faint tinge of reddish. The under tail coverts are more distinctly streaked. 



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