BIRDS — FRINGILLIDAE — COTURNICDLUS HENSLOWI. 



451 



List of specimens. 



Oatal. 

 No. 



731 

 1728 

 1121 

 8183 



8188 

 8184 

 897a 

 8971 

 8974 

 8973 

 8978 

 8969 

 8970 

 8977 

 8966 

 8976 

 8975 

 6334 

 6333 



dex and 

 age. 



Locality. 



O 

 <? 



C? 

 S 



c? 



Q 

 9 



c? 



<? 

 (? 

 S 

 3 

 9 



Carlisle, Pa 



do 



do 



Shawnee Mission, K. T 



do 



,.. do 



Loup Forit . 



do 



do 



do 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



Bill Williams' Fork, N M 

 Los Nogale.<i, Mexico. . . 



When col- 

 lected. 



Sept. 20, 1842 

 Oct. 23, 1844 

 July 15, 1843 

 July 3, 1857 



July 4, 1857 

 July — , 1857 



July 27 



July 21 



Aug. 3 



July27 



July 24 



Aug. 3 



July3 



July 27 



July 28 



July 3 



July 27 



June — , 1855 



Whence obtained. 



S. F.Baird 



do 



do 



Wm. M. Magraw. 



do 



Lieut. Warren .. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



lo 



do 



Lieut. Whipple. 

 Major Emory. . . . 



Orig'l Collected by- 

 No. 



119 Dr. Cooper .. 



122 

 120 



175 

 85 



do 



Dr. Hayden . . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Dr. Kennerly. 

 do 



Fjength. 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



4.37 

 5.16 



5.00 

 0.25 

 5.25 

 5.12 

 4.67 

 4.75 

 5.50 

 5.12 

 4.87 

 4.75 

 4.75 

 5.12 

 4.87 



8.00 

 8.16 



8.25 

 7.87 

 8.50 

 8.2S 

 7.75 

 8.23 

 9.00 

 8.37 

 8.00 

 8.50 

 8.00 

 8.62 

 8.25 



Wing. 



2 62 

 2.43 



2.62 



2.62 

 2.25 

 2.50 

 2.37 

 2.75 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.62 

 2.50 

 2.62 

 2.25 



Remarks. 



Iria brown ; bill slate and 



flesh; feet brown 



, do do 



, do do 



Iris light brown . 



Iria brown. 



Eyeg black. . 



COTURNICULUS HENSLOWI, Bo nap. 



Henslow's Bunting. 



Emhenzahenaloxci, Ano. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 360 ; pi. 77.— Ib. Syn. 1839, 104.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 75 ; pi. 



163.— NuTTALL, Man. I, 1832. App. 

 Columtcuius htnslowi, Bon. List, 1838. — Ib. Conspectus, 1S30, 481. 

 Frir^illa htnslowi, Nuttall, Man. I, (2d ed.) 1840, 571. 



Sp. Ch. — Upper parts yellowish brown. The hood, neck, and upper parts of back tinged with greenish yellow. Inter- 

 scapular feathers dark brpwn, suffused externally with bright brownish red ; each feather with grayish borders. Tertiaries, 

 rump, and tail feathers abruptly dark brown centrally, the color obscurely margined with dark red. Crown with a broad black 

 spotted stripe on each side ; these spots continued down to the back. Two narrow black maxillary stripes on each side the head, 

 and an obscure black crescent behind the auriculars. Under parts light brownish yellow, paler on the throat and abdomen. 

 The upper part of the breast, and the sides of the body, conspicuously streaked with black. Edge of wing yellow. A strong 

 tinge of pale chestnut on the wings and tail. Length, 5.25 ; wing, 2.15 ; tail, 9.15. 



Hab, — Eastern United States as far nottli as Washington ; westward to the Loup Fork of Platte. 



There are few birds whose colors are more difficult to describe than those of Coturniculus 

 henslowi and passerinus. Far from having exhausted all the varied patterns and tints of the 

 present species, I have, however, given enough to show the princij^al differences from its allies. 



The bill is very thick and large ; the wings very short ; the tertiaries as long as the primaries ; 

 the first five primaries nearly equal. The tail feathers are stifi", very narrow^ and acute ; pointed 

 on both webs ; the tail itself considerably graduated. 



A specimen from Kansas (5716) has the under part dirty white ; the spots smaller, fewer, and 

 more sharply defined. The distinct spots on the breast, and the yellowish head and neck above, 

 without ashy margin, will readily distinguish this species from G. passerinus; the reddisli being 

 also confined to the interscapular region. The form of the two is, however, mncli the same. 



Western specimens are paler in tint, with the streaks on the under parts smaller and narrower. 



