FRINGILLIDA. — CLXVII. 287 
unstreaked ; wings and tail short ; edge and bend of wing and line 
over eye yellow. L.5. W. 22. T.2. N. Am,, in fields; notes 
sharp, grasshopper-like; the bird of E. U. S. is var. passerinus 
Wilson. (Spanish, savana, meadow.) 
cc. Tail graduated, the outer feathers much shorter than middle ones. 
911. A. henslowi (Audubon). Smaller than preceding, more 
yellow above; breast, etc., with some sharp black streaks. L. 5. 
W.21. T. 24. E.U.S., scarce; N. to Mass. (To Prof J. 5. 
Henslow. ) 
912. A. lecontei (Audubon). Intermediate between the pre- 
ceding and the next; bill small, blue-black; back with rufous; tail 
feathers very sharp and slender; breast unspotted ; a broad buffy 
superciliary stripe. L. 42. W.24. TT. 23. Great Plains, E. to 
Ill. (To Major J. Le Conte.) 
bd. Bill rather slender; tail feathers sharp and rather stiff; crown without 
distinct median stripe. Seashore sparrows. (Ammodramus.) 
913. A. caudacutus (Gmelin). SHARP-TAILED Fincu. Ashy 
olive, the back streaked with ashy buff and whitish; edge of wing 
pale yellowish ; no yellow spot about eye; a bright buff superciliary 
stripe. L.5. W. 2k. T.13. Salt marshes, Nova Scotia to Nue..; 
represented in fresh water swamps (Ill., S. and E.) by var. nel- 
soni Allen, which has colors of upper parts very sharply contrasted, 
especially the whitish streaks on umber-brown ground color; breast 
less sharply streaked. (Lat., cauda, tail; acutus.) 
914. A. maritimus (Wilson). Sra-sipE Fincu. Olive gray; 
back ebscurely streaked ; a yellow spot before eye; edge of wing 
yellow; no superciliary stripe. L.6. W. 2}. T. 2. Salt marshes, 
Mass. to Texas. 
483. CHONDESTES Swainson. (xovdpos, grain; édearns, 
eater.) 
915. C. grammacus (Say). Lark Sparrow. Streaked above, 
ashy below; ear coverts chestnut ; crown chestnut, black anteriorly, 
with whitish median and superciliary stripes ; a black line through 
and below eye; a conspicuous black streak on each side of the white 
throat; a black pectoral spot; middle tail feathers like back, the 
rest blackish, white tipped; a pale spot on primaries. L. 6}. 
W. 34. T. 3. W.U.S., E. to Ohio; abundant on prairies and 
river bluffs; a fine songster, suggesting the Bobolink. (ypappuxés, 
streaked.) 
484. ZONOTRICHIA Swainson. ((wvy, band; Opié, hair, 2. e. 
head.) 
a. No yellow markings anywhere. 
916. Z. querula (Nuttall). BLAcK-HOoDED Sparrow. Crown, 
face and throat jet black; no yellow; 9 with less black. L. 7}. 
W, 34. T. 34. Missouri region, E. to W. Ill. 
