452 U. 8. P. R. R. EXP, AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Locality. | When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig.| Collected by— | Length.| Stretch) Wing. Remarks. 
| lected. No. of wings. 
.| Liberty county, Ga..... | Dec. —, 1848} Prof. Jos. Leconte.|..... |..eeee aisle siwistateiaieinte' {sie e(eibleiels 
Unknown ......+ ccs Norisetslstelestetels a Ba E's Bardon ccianan|llselteela catcisasiee sales seen] se naielsies 
Prince George’s, Md.... July 4, 1843 )...... dO seccccccees|cccces W. M. Baird ....| 5,25 
East of Fort Riley, K. T.| June 13, 1856 | Lieut. F.T. Bryan.| 7 | W. 8. Wood..see.|s. seeee 
Loup Fork of Platte . | June 10, 1857| Lieut. Warren.....|..... Dr. Hayden...... 4,75 
COTURNICULUS LECONTII, Bonap. 
Leconte’s Bunting. 
Emberiza lecontii, Aup. Birds Amer. VII, 1843, 338; pl. 488. 
Coturniculus lecontii, Bon. Conspectus, 1850, 481. 
Sp. Ca.—‘ Bill much more slender than in Emberiza henslowi. First quill the longest, the rest diminishing rapidly. Tail 
emarginate and rounded, with the feathers acute. Upper parts light yellowish red, streaked with brownish black ; the margins 
of the feathers and scapulars pale yellowish white. Tail feathers dusky, margined with light yellowish. Lower parts, with 
the cheeks and a broad band over the eyes, fine buff. Medial line yellowish white. The buff extending to the femorals and 
along the sides, streaked with brownish black. Throat, neck, and upper parts of the breast without any streaks, and plain 
buff.” 
Hab.—Mouth of Yellowstone. 
“Length, 4.40; wing, 2.13, first quill longest; tail, 1.90; bill along ridge, .37, along edge, 
nearly .50 ; both mandibles dark blue, lighter along the edges. Eyes brown. Legs, feet, and 
claws dull flesh color. Tarsus, .56; middle toe, .50; its claw, .12; hind toe, .24, its claw 
rather more than .25.’’ 
I am obliged to copy the description of this rare sparrow from Mr. Audubon, as I have no skin 
at hand. The type of the species was presented to me many years ago by Mr. Audubon, but 
it has somehow been mislaid. I do not feel sure that it is not an Ammodramus rather than a 
Coturniculus. 
AMMODROMUS, Swainson. 
‘Ammodramus, Swainson, Zool. Jour. Il, 1827. Type Oriolus caudacutus, Gm. 
Cu.—Bill very long, slender, and attenuated, considerably curved towards the tip above. The gonys straight. The legs 
and toes are very long, and reach considerably beyond the tip of the short tail. The tarsus is about equal to the elongated 
middle toe ; the lateral toes equal, their claws falling considerably short of the base of the middle one; the hind claw equal 
to the lateral one. Wings short, reaching only to the base of the tail ; much rounded ; the secondaries and tertials equal, and 
not much shorter than the primaries. The tail is short, and graduated laterally ; each feather stiffened, lanceolate, and acute. 
Color.—Streaked above and across the breast ; very faintly on the sides. 
The essential characters are the slender and elongated bill, more so than in any other North 
American sparrows ; the long legs reaching considerably beyond the tail, with the lateral claws 
falling considerably short of the middle one; the very short rounded wings, and the cuneate 
tail, with its stiffened and lanceolate feathers. : 
A species, A. samuelis, is closely related, although more densely streaked below, and with 
less stiffened and lanceolate tail feathers. It is, in some points, more like Fringilla palustris. 
Synopsis of species. 
Bill blue; a yellow spot in front of the eye; above nearly uniform olivaceous ; a white max- 
illary stripe, with a black one below it ; breast with obsolete plumbeous streaks.....4. maritimus. 
