286 AYES : rASSERES. — XLVI. 



with less M.K k. L. C,\. W. 4. T. 2f. Northern regions, S. in 

 winter to N. V. and Ky. (/i«.) (L.it., Lapp.) 



90j, C. pictus (Swainson). ^ with head and upper parts 

 mostly l)hT,ck ; collar ami under parts rich fawn color; legs pale; 

 inner web of outer tail feather chielly white. 9 duller. L. G^. 

 W. 2|. N. N. Am., S. K., to 111. and Kan. (Lat., painted.) 



480. RHYNCHOPHANES Raird. (/iiryxor, heak; (f)aivQ>, 

 I show.) 



90G. R. maccowni (Lawrence). lii.ACK-imKASTKD Lon'o- 

 SPUU. Crown and i>ectoral crescent black; the black often ol>- 

 scured by i)ale edjjings ; l)end of wing chestnut ; line over eye and 

 under parts white; back and sides streaked. L. 6:^. AV. 'S^. 

 T. '_'^. B. nearly ^. Great plains, rarely E. to 111. (To Caj)t. J. 

 ]♦. McCown.) 



481. POCECETES IJaird. (jroa, blue grass ; otVjjrTjj. inhabitant.) 



907. P. gramineus ((Jmelin). B.\Y-wixGED BiXTixG. Grass 

 Spakkuw. Gkuind Bikd. " Vksper Sparrow." Thickly- 

 streaked everywhere; slightly huffy below. L. 6. W. 3. T. 2^. 

 N. Am., abundant in fields, etc., known at once by the chestnut 

 bend of wing and white outer tail feathers ; a good singer. (Lat., 

 grassy.) 



482. AMMODRAMUS Swainson. Siiork Sparrows. 

 (afifxos, sand ; dpafiuv, to run.) 

 a. Outer pair of tail fontliers longer than middle pair; wing much longer than 

 tail. (Passtrtulas.) 



90S. A. prjnceps (Maynard). Ipswich Sparrow. Grayish; 

 streaks on back s;indy l)rown, not sharply defined ; sui)erciliary 

 line white in front; bill not longer than hind toe without ilaw. 

 L. 6. W. l\\. T. 2^. Nova Scotia to Va. and Te.\as, coastwise. 

 (Lat., diief.) 



909. A. sandwicheusia ((imelin). Savanna Si-akrow. 

 Sharj)ly streaked ; streaks on back l)la<-kish ; superciliary line 

 and edge of wing yellowish. L. 5^. W. 2|. T. 2. N. Am., 

 abundant on plains and shores. The form K. of Rocky Mts., smaller 

 (W. 2|, etc-., instead of W. 3 J, etc.), is var. savanna Wilson. 

 (From Sandwich Isl., Alaska.) 



na. Outer pair of tail feathiTs shorter than middle pair; wing not much, if 

 any, longer (lian tail. 

 A. Bill stout; tail feathers acute hut not rigid; crown with a median light 

 ^tri|•e; inland species, (('nturniculus Hotiaparte.) 

 c. Tail double-rounded, the lateral feathers not much shorter than middle 

 ones. 



910. A. aavanuarum ((Jmelin). (Jrassiioppkr Sparrow. 

 Much streaked above ; feathers edged with bay ; breast huffy, 



