BIRDS — FEINGILLIDAE — SPIZELLA BREWEEI. 



475 



brown, giving to it an entirely different appearance from tlie adult. The streaks in tlie upper 

 parts, too, are darker and more conspicuous. The margins of the feathers rather more rusty. 



This species is readily distinguishable from the other American Spizellas, excepting S. hreweri, 

 (which see,) in the dark streaks and median ashy stripe on the crown, the paler tints, the dark 

 line on the side of the chin, &c. 



List of specimens. 



SPIZELLA BREWERI, C a s s i n . 



Brewer's Sparrow. 



Embtriza pallida, AnD. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 66; pi, 398, f. 2.— Ib. Synopsis, 1839.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 



71 ; pi. 161. (Not of Swainson, 1831.) 

 Spizella breweH, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. VIII, Feb. 1856, 40. 



Sp. Ch. — Similar to S. pallida; the markings more obsolete ; no distinct median and superciliary light stripes. The crown 

 streaked with black. Some of the feathers on the sides with brown shafts. Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.50. 

 Hab. — Rocky mountains of United States to the Pacific coast. 



This species, if really distinct, is so very similar to the S. pallida as to require very close and 



critical comparison to separate it. One feature is the more obsolete character of the markings, 



which have not the sharpness and definition of pallida. The streaks on the hack are narrower, 



and the central ashy and lateral whitish stripes of the crown are scarcely, if at all, appreciable. 



The clear ash of the hack of the neck, too, is mostly wanting. The feathers along the sides of 



the body, near the tibia, and occasionally elsewhere on the sides, have brownish shafts, not 



found in the other. 



List of specimens. 



Locality. 



When collected. 



Rocky mountains. 

 do 



Tejon valley 



do 



Boca Grande, Mex 



Camp 127, N.M., Bill 



Williams' Fork 



El Paso, Texas 



June 15, 1834 



Mar. —,1855 



Feb. 26, 1854 

 May 4, 1852 



Whence obtained. 



S. F. Baird- 

 , do... 



Lt. Williamson. 



do 



Major Emory 



Lt. Whippple . . 

 Col. Graham 



Orig. 

 No. 



40 



174 



Collected by- 



J. K. Townseud. 

 do 



Length. 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



Dr. Heermann . 

 do 



Dr. Kennerly . 



.do. 



C. Wright. 



5.25 



7.25 



Wing. 



2.25 



