472 
| Catal. No, 
1015le 
824 
do. 
10150 
5556 
10269 
1937 
2890 
1905 
4335 
do. 
Comparative measurements of species. 
U. S. P. R. R EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
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Spizella monticola.... Hees |aoe 3.04 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.20 | 0.54 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.41 | Skin....... 
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Spizella pusilla.......| Washington, D. C........| l5 2.93 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.18 | 0.48 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.40 | Skin, 2 
vecceeAUsccesevecseess| Carlisle, Bennvestesejscsiieie] Q 5. 2.66 | 0.69 | 0.67 | 0.18 | 0.43 | 0.20 | 0.35 | 0.36 | Skin.....0. 
[eavesdUDssisweciesisvieess! cecsacQOssecee spncesoneed 5.25 | 7.75 | 2.42 }...... Scan |6 6arioa| coded Seascale ease | Secreta] © wee eu|(KESH se secie 
| Spizella socialis . .| Washington, D. C.. 5. 2.41 | 0.65 | 0.60 0.15 | 0.46 
ahosos dO.serseeceeeens| Petaluma; Call.cesensseses | 5. 2.60 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.17 | 0.44 | 
faleisiars CO 'sisle « (2)...| Red river, Pembina. ...- «)ss.e0s how 2.69 0.64 | 0 65 | 0.16 | 0.44 
Fort Union, Neb.......+.. lotrel Ee 2.53 | 0 67 | 0.67 | 0.16 | 0.46 
Rocky Mountains........, @ | 5. 2.64 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.16 | 4.40 
ce ses DO .cccverccccccensives Q | 5. 2.62 | 0.70 | 0 60 | 0.14 | 0,42 
Agua Nueva, Coahuila... @ | 5. 3.07 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 0.18 | 0.48 | 
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SPIZELLA MONTICOLA, 
Tree Sparrow. 
Fringilla monticola, Gu. Syst. Nat. [, 1788, 912. 
Zonotrichia monticola, Gray, Genera. 
Spinites monticolus, Capanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 134. 
Passer canadensis, Brisson, Orn. IIT, 1760, 102. 
Fringilla canadensis, Lau. Index, I, 1790, 434.—Aup. Orn. Biog. IT, 1834, 511: V, 504; pl. 188. 
Emberiza canadensis, Sw. F. B. Am. IJ, 1831, 252.—Auvp. Syn. 1839.—Is. Birds Amer. II], 1841, 83 ; pl. 166. 
Spizella canadensis, Bon. List, 1838.—In. Conspectus, 1850, 480. 
Fringilla arborea, Wits. Am. Orn II, 1810, 12; pl. xii, f. 3. 
Moineau du Canada, Burron, Pl. Enl. 223, f. 2. 
‘© Mountain Finch, Latu. Syn. II, 1, 265.” 
Sp. Cu.—Middle of back with the feathers dark brown centrally, then rufous, and edged with pale fulvous, (sometimes with 
whitish.) Hood and upper part of nape continuous chestnut; a line of the same from behind the eye. 
neck ashy. A broad light superciliary band. 
Sides of head and 
Beneath whitish, with a small circular blotch of brownish in the middle of the 
upper part of the breast. Edges of tail feathers, primary quills, and two bands across the tips of the secondaries, white. 
Tertiaries nearly black ; edged externally with rufous, turning to white near the tips. Lower jaw yellow; upper black. 
Length, 6.25 inches ; wing, 3. 
Hab.—Eastern North America to the Mi§souri ; also on Pole creek and Little Colorado river, New Mexico. 
This species varies in the amount of whitish edging to the quills and tail. 
Catal.| Sex. Locality. | When col- | Whence obtained. 
No. | Jeeted. 
1280 3 | Carlisle, Pa..........| Feb. 28, 1844/ 8. F. Baird ........ 
866 | QD |e..ee-dO....esc0ee see | Nov. 22, 1842'|...... darneaaes sean 
871 | os Sandan): Fonte todas 
7561 Wm. Hutton......- 
IGE Wasaoag BostonsIMassi¢esce<c.|s-c00eesescees TM Brewercwsteie 
10230 |......| Sherburne, Mass..... leccsie sa0000 -.| A. 8. Babcock.... 
6352 Fort Leavenworth.. eal Nov. 27, 1854 | Lieut. Couch...... 
6953 lMececc|(sceoss0sciccsessccess| Ua. 20; L850! co. c6 Ar bY seadacadvae 
5409 |......) Cedar Island, Neb....| Oct. 15, 1856 | Lieut. Warren.. 
5410 | G | Medicine river. eeeeen|(Octs BL T856 |e eicicis AO. siccieissisis oes | 
5710 | @ | Pole Creek, K.T.....) Aug. 2, 1856) Lieut. F, ‘I’. Bryan, 
6354 |......| Little Col’do are Dec. 18, 1853 | Lieut. Whipple....|... 
6355''|(Seeenc | HEOOT GO .ccceers sos-| Dec: 20, 1853'|...... COsnacineccces . 
List of specimens. 
Orig. 
No. 
| 
Collected by— 
Kennerly and 
Molhausen. 
Length.) 
Stretch | Wing. 
lof wings. 
6.25 9.50 | 3.00 
6.00 8.83 | 2.75 
6.25 9.67 3.08 
8.50 3 
8.50 3 
