BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—AMMODROMUS CAUDACUTUS. 453 
Under mandible yellowish ; a superciliary and maxillary stripe light chestnut, the latter 
bordered below by black ; feathers of back sharply edged with yellowish ; breast and sides tinged 
with brownish yellow with very distinct streaks .......sccsse0 ceesseeeerssreeeeerreee A, caudacutus. 
Back with distinct dusky streaks, but without well defined light edges; beneath white ; sides 
of neck and body, and across the breast, with black streaks; maxillary stripe white; wing 
coverts orange rufous, and no yellow on the edge of the Wing.......ssessseeeseessreeee Ae samuclis. 
Comparative measurements of species. 
Z Species. Locality. 3 |4 8] . a ae Nhe = 2| 2 = BS 
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7111 | Ammodramus maritimus...| Philadelphia. ...... |eeeeee 5.74 |ecwces 2.47 | 2.55 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.20 | 0.66 | 0 30 | 0.57 | 0.60 | Skin...... 
609 | Ammodramus caudacutus ..| Cape May, N. J.... | 498 cieces 2.30 | 2.07 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.19 | 0.58 | 0.26 | 0.50 | 0.56 | SKin ...... 
7098 | Ammodramus samuelis .,..| Petaluma, Cal...... | |5r80 eee. 2.42 | 2.56 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.20 | 0.58 | 0.26 | 0.50 | 0.54 | Skin ...... 
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S558) | wassisieciswas LOtseseuressseeae laeeetecte GOidvacewasss| “Gr |-508:|.sene 2,90 | 2.50 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 0.25 | 0.51 | 0.52 | Skin ...... 
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AMMODROMUS CAUDACUTUS, Swainson. 
Sharp-tailed Finch. 
Oriolus caudacutus, Gmeuin, I, 1788, 394.—Larnam, Ind. Orn. I, 1790, 186. (Not Fringilla caudacuta, Larnu.) 
Fringilla caudacuta, Witson, Am. Orn. IV, 1811, 70; pl. xxxiv, f. 3.—Avp. Orn. Biog. IH, 1834, 281: V, 499; pl. 
149. 
Fringilla (Spiza) caudacuta, Bon. Syn. 1828, 110. 
Passerina caudacuta, ViEILLorT. 
Ammodromus caudacutus, Swainson, Birds, U1, 1837, 289.—Avp. Synopsis, 1839, 111.—Is. Birds Amer. III, 1841, 
108 ; pl. 174.—Bonar. Conspectus, 1850, 482. 
Fringilla littoralis, Nurrati, Man. I, 1832, 504. (2d ed. 1840, 590.) 
Sharp-tailed oriole, Pennant, Arctic Zool. II, 261. New York. 
Sp. Cu.—Upper parts brownish olivaceous. Head brownish, streaked with black on the sides, and a broad central stripe of 
ashy. Back blotched with darker. A broad superciliary and maxillary stripe, and a band across the upper breast buff yellow. 
The sides of the throat with a brown stripe ; the upper part of the breast, and the sides of the body streaked with black ; rest 
of under parts white. Edge of wing yellowish white. Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.30. 
Hab.—Atlantic coast of the United States. 
The young is of a more yellowish tinge above and below; the streaks on the back more 
conspicuous ; the scapular feathers without the whitish edging. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex and Locality. When collected. Whence obtained. Collected by— 
No. age. 
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1954 fe} Rayner 8. Long Island -_-| Aug. 4, 1831_..--- Ds Me baltdlce ss ceaece alas ltGooN; Dawrences soa ase— 
496" |ccccance ING Wav Olktes coseeseres|ascabas sass clasas|o<se<= i John Gi, bellsosceececces 
609 3 Cape May, N.J..--.-...- June —, 1840...._|-...-- ts (oye = aye WM. Bairdss-s2-ss2=o" 
