BIRDS — FRINGILLIDAE ZONOTRICHIA. 



457 



List of specimens. 



Oatal. 

 No. 



10267 

 10266 

 4820 



4821 

 4832 

 4823 



5384 



5385 

 5382 

 5383 

 1902 

 1U03 

 5890 

 5701 

 5700 

 8333 



8328 

 8376 

 7531 

 9;^8 

 9229 

 9238 

 9234 

 9230 

 9233 

 9236 

 9235 

 9231 

 92^ 

 9237 

 5031 

 4968 

 4083 



6295 

 4590 

 6299 

 5557 

 5558 

 4393 



Sei. 



Locality. 



West Northfield, III. 



Cairo, 111 



Upper Missouri .... 



do 



Big Sioux river. 

 do 



Fort Lookout, Neb. 



do 



Powder riverj Neb.. 

 do 



Fort Union, Neb ... . 



do 



Fort Riley, K. T.... 

 Repub. Fork, K.T. 

 Platte river, K. T. . 

 Independence, Mo . 



.do., 

 .do.. 



do.... 



Loup Fork. 

 do.... 



.do., 

 .do., 



.do., 

 .do. 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



Fremont, on Platte 



Sand Hills 



Western Texas 



Port Chadboume, Texas 

 New Leon, Mexico .... 



Fort Thome, N. M. 

 Colorado river, Cal. 

 Tejon Valley, Cal . 



Petaluma, Cal 



do 



Fort Dalles, O. T... 



When col- 

 lected. 



April 28, 1855 

 May 9, 1857 

 May 14, 1836 



.do. 



May 14. . 

 June 22 . 



do 



Aug. 1, 1S56 

 Aug. 4, 1856 

 June — , 1813 



Oct. 18, 1856 

 July 19, 1856 

 May 6, 1857 



June 3, 1857 

 Jan. — , 1857 



Augusts 



August 4 



do 



July 30, 1857 



August 6 



July 28 



Augusts 



July 27 



August 4 



July 1 



August 12 



Dec. 30, 1854 



April — , 1856 

 May 21, 1855 



Whence obtained. 



N. W. University.. 



do 



Lt. G. K. Warren . 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



do 



S. F. Baird 



do 



Dr. Hammond 



Lt. Bryan 



do 



Wm. M.Magraw . 



.do., 

 .do. 



do 



Lt. Warren. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Capt. J. Pope 



Dr. Swift, U. S. A. 

 Lt. Couch 



Dr. T. C. Henry. 

 Major Emory .... 

 Lt. Williamson. . 



£. Samuels 



do 



Dr. G. Suckley. 



Orig. 

 No. 



385 

 123 

 56 



289 

 674 

 176 



Collected by- 



Length. 



R. Kennicott. 



do 



Dr. Hayden.. 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



J. J. Audubon. 

 do 



Mr. De Vesey . 

 W. S. Wood.. 



do 



Dr. Cooper 



.do. 

 .do. 



do.... 



Dr. Hayden . 



do 



do 



do 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 do. 



Stretch 

 ot'wings. 



6.50 



6.37 

 6.50 

 6.37 

 6.50 



6.75 

 6.50 

 6.50 



6.75 

 7.00 



7.12 

 5.75 

 7.00 

 6.75 

 7.00 

 6.25 

 6.75 

 6.75 

 6.50 

 6.75 

 7.00 



6.00 



9.75 

 11.00 

 10.0-2 

 11.12 



11.00 

 10.75 

 11.00 



11.25 

 10.50 



11.25 



10.25 

 10.75 

 10.75 



10 50 

 10.75 

 11.00 

 11.25 

 10.25 

 11.00 



Wing. 



3.50 



3.50 

 3.50 

 3.75 

 3.62 



2.75 

 3.50 

 3.00 



3.25 

 3.25 



A. Schott 



Dr. Heermann. 



6.75 



3.75 

 3.25 

 3.50 

 3.50 

 3.50 

 3.23 

 3 50 

 3.50 

 3.75 

 3.25 

 3.50 



Remarks. 



Iris light brown ; pupil 



black. 

 do 



Iris light brown; pupil 

 black. 



do 



do.. 



do 



Iris brown ; bill black ; 



feet grayish. 

 do 



.do.. 



Iris dark brown . 



.Iris gray? 



Iris brown 



Iris gray.^ 



Iris brown 



Iris brown . 



Iris dark brown. 



Iris brown . 



Eyes brown ; bill bluish 

 lead color ; feet dark 

 flesh color. 



Iris hazel , 



ZONOTRICHIA, Swainson. 



Zonotrichia, Swainson, Fauna Eor. Am. II, 1831. Type Emberiza leucophrys. 



Ch. — Body rather stout. Bill conical, slightly notched, somewhat compressed, excavated inside ; the lower mandible 

 rather lower than the upper ; gonys slightly convex ; commissure nearly straight. Feet stout ; tarsus rather longer than 

 middle toe ; the lateral toes very nearly equal. Hind toe longer than the lateral ones ; their claws just reaching to base of 

 middle one. Inner claw contained twice in its toe proper; claws all slender and considerably curved. Wings moderate, not 

 reaching to the middle of the tail, but beyond the rump ; secondaries and tertials equal and considerably less than longest 

 primaries ; second and third quills longest ; first about equal to the fifth, much longer than tertials. Tail rather long, moderately 

 rounded ; the feathers not very broad. 



Back streaked. Rump and under parts immaculate. Head black, or with white streaks, entirely different from the back. 



This genus embraces the most beautiful of American sparrows, all of the largest size in their 

 sub-family. 

 June 15, 1858. 



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