BIRDS —FRINGILLIDAE—COTURNICULUS HENSLOWI. A451 
List of specimens. 
Catal. |Sex and| Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig’l \Collected by—| Length. | Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. age. | lected. No. of wings. 
731! | Carlisle, Pa Sepp 20s 1642)|| Gas Batrdosses a|seveee|ssasencecnscs 4.37 | 8.00 
1728 Q coeces do eee] Oct. 23, 1844 ]...06. CO vsiwcucesc|iacecss| scccccvecsces 5.16 8.16 
wi} o |... Os. daistcdeesesees|JWy 151843 |. causes domeehiqvene| bases Nh siecerresueisa se ldemsteeds|mmenes ae 
8183 fot Shawnee Mission, K. T.| July 3, 1857 | Wm. M. Magraw..| 119 Dr. Cooper ..}| 5.25 8.25 2.62 | Iris brown; bill slate and 
a | flesh ; feet brown...e... 
8188 fot Ganson AOscccicvee saiseioues July 4, 1857]...... NOcestinassas |b Banos do... -.| 5.00 8.25 2.62 
) C7 rs nd Oe Oe +s.| July —, i857) Lieut. Warren ...| 120 | Dr. Hayden,.| 5.25 7.87 2.25 
8972 roi Loup Fork . JULY 27... ceccfeccves AO. cvcveescsfescecs Jeonee dO..cee» 5.25 8.50 2.50 
8971 | © Tuly Bhissessalsecvss MO teemensses|enine ss ce dOxesens 5.12 | 8.95 | 2.37 
8974 Aug. 3. ccccceleoeees DO svevscvssulusices|ecses dOvceees 4.67 1.15 2.75 
8973 July 27 4,75 8,25 2.50 
8978 «| July 24 5.50 9,00 2.50 
8969 Aug. 3 5.12 8.37 2.50 
8970 July 3 4.87 8.00 2.50 
8977 July 27 4.75 8.50 2.62 
8966 July 28 4.75 8,00 2.50 
8976 TULY! Si eisisees 5.12 8.62 2.62 
8975} O joie AG sees cveneeste veal luly.27 4.87 | 8.25 | 2,95 
6334 |cccseee Bill Williams’ Fork, N.M.|....ee+e.eeee- Lieut. Whipple..} 175 | Dr. Kennerly.|....sees|eeeesees[ecceeeee 
6333 |.. | Los Nogales, Mexico...| June —, 1855 | Major Emory..... 85 eesti On. occsfocceccve|ccccsers|scvevees 
COTURNICULUS HENSLOWI, Bonap. 
Henslow’s Bunting. 
Emberiza henslowi, Aup. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 360; pl. 77—Is. Syn. 1839, 104.—In. Birds Amer. III, 1841, 75; pl. 
163.—Nortra.t, Man. [, 1832. App. 
Coturniculus henslowi, Bon. List, 1838.—Is. Conspectus, 1850, 481. 
Fringilla henslowi, Nutratt, Man. I, (2d ed.) 1840, 571. 
Sp. Cx.—Upper parts yellowish brown. The hood, neck, and upper parts of back tinged with greenish yellow. Inter- 
scapular feathers dark brown, 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 jight 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, 2.15. 
Hab,—Eastern United States as far north 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 principal 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 stiff, 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 C. passerinus; the reddish being 
also confined to the interscapular region. The form of the two is, however, much the same. 
Western specimens are paler in tint, with the streaks on the under parts smaller and narrower. 
