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BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—EUSPIZA TOWNSENDiI. 495 
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In specimens from the border of the plains the black on the throat is restricted to the upper 
portion, immediately under the head. The streaks on the back are broader and less distinct. 
The first quill is longest, as in most specimens. 
In a young male, from Carlisle, the tail feathers are all acute and acuminately pointed. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. | Sex. Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. Orig’!| Collected by— |Length.| Stretch |) Wing. Remarks, 
No. lected. | No. of wings., 
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1169 rel Carlisle, Pascss+.cc0ese| AUB. 22,1843 | She Hel Sd ALO alata sale eie's <falejlislebisiainio’ejn’e ciel emesis 6.75 | 11.00 | 3.42 
1067 | QD |eeeesedO.cscsceseeeceee| JAM, 19,1843 | 0000-dOvscsoveces|ooseselscseeeseees seeeee 6.08] 8.33) 3.00 
1459)] 1.0) |saz=e dol aes Bee dae dts Mayer 60,1044 | 25+05cd0is vexaesaa:| cases eceayesesdesedense|| 6.06)|) 10s758) “349: 
West Northfield, Ill....| May 19 eee N. W. University|..... Rie WEnnleo tes sec! csieis cc sisieaune leeds del 
Wien eo., Tks vecniesse April 20.2... Salsa ewOUcaismscnel! betes |ecsnem MOVs cateaienied| cack <sealiscceie's Bono eb 
8332 | dG | Independence, Mo..... May 6,1857| Wm. M. Magraw.| 55 | Dr. Cooper ...... 7.00 | 10.50 3.37 | Tris brown, bill and feet 
grayish. 
8i78| G | Shawnee mission, K.T.| July —,1857 | ..000.dO.. coveeces| 114 J... OOivicsss esen}) Getd "|, 1OV62 3.50 | Iris br’n, bill bl’k, and 
flesh color, feet brown. 
sive| Q |...... dO-gesesenecseeens) JUIVMe Sy 105 (saree «AO-civcee.ca4|: 218) |crevasd0rwarcessss 6:25 9:75 | 18195; |\Ssaneeee Hoasmeedeemees 
5380 C Fort Pierre, Neb.......| June 18,1856 | Lieut. Warren...|...... Dr. Hayden ..... 6.00 9.75 | guar Iris light brown, ..... 
5381 ret Fort Lookout, Neb.....| June 11,1856 Iaremiarets UOssjeinaletaaa|eaweaal| acct Oras cceet a 6.25 10.00; 3, 
9268 | qo feceeee Oseasseaiecscwieses | OUlY. 6.25 0:75 3; 
9261 3 Loup Fork of Platte....| Aug. 7.00 10.50 3... 
9265] Gi |.ceess OO ssieecevascectee as) ANZ. sieeweise QO: 6.75 | 10.25 ae 
9258 QO ase + | July seeee. d0s 7 6.00 | 10.00 3: 
9263 fol ae eee teeceeeee 6.75 | 10.00 3. 
9260 | Gi |... dO... caassecvese see! JULY 7.00] 10.95] 3. 
9254 | Gi foveeerdO.c sees cesses cece |eeeedOrveveveeleee 6.37 |. 10.00 3, 
9248 | QD [oceeeedOrseverscvcecceee| JULY 24 .eeee]e 6.00] 9.75) 3. 
9270 | QD |eveeesdOreveeeeece [July 3.6.04]. 6.37] 9.50] 3. 
9269| GO |...... GO-ssctencseswnses (July. Lissceless 6.62] 1050} 3. 
9256 | G | Elk Horn river......... June 30..... 6,62 | 10.87 3.5 
9262| ¢ yen Osvratsactercinceceisiss| esac 0b atazeices| 6.75 | 10.62] 3.3 
92E4 |ereeee| eeeee li orecaadncsarene do acel 6.37] 10.75] 3, 
S249 ay | seaweed WOssccsosnenes slows waa dO senses 6.37] 10.50] 3. 
9257 |......| Frémont on Platte.....| July 1.....)/.... 6.12 10.50 3c 
5702 | G | East of Fort Riley, K.T.| June 16,1856 | Lieut. Bryan .... 14 eevcver(evese eeisie 
5704 | G | Republican Fork .....|July 2,18568]...... dOresacstenes tes D4 le eset sae 
7087 3 Seven mOOresseesacinsiibicee | UUNE 12, 1857 | Dr. Ilammond... Vil aineule'wute cla(eieaietetaia||seioaveiciaie Meera | Srereieetais) 
5705 Q Platte river .... see. sees! July 1 cas | Lieut. Bryativewss| lek. (EVV Sa VVOOU sicies'l cee slices: cleciase| Kecaaeee 
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EUSPIZA TOWNSENDII, Bonap. 
Townsend’s Bunting. 
Emberiza townsendii, Aup. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 183: V, 90; pl. 400.—In. Syn. 1839.—Is. Birds Amer. III, 1841, 62; 
pl. 157.—Nurraut, Man, I, 2d ed. 1840, 528. 
Euspiza townsendii, Bon. List, 1838. 
Sp. Cu.—Male. Upper parts, head and neck all round, sides of body and fore part of breast slate blue ; the back and upper 
surface of wings tinged with yellowish brown ; the interscapular region streaked with black. A superciliary and maxillary line, 
chin and throat, and central line of under parts from the breast to crissum, white ; the edge of the wing, and a gloss on the breast 
and middle of belly, yellow. A black spotted line from the lower corner of the jower mandible down the side of the throat, 
connecting with a crescent of streaks in the upper edge of the slate portion of the breast. 
Length, 5.75; wing, 2.86; tail, 2.56. 
Hab.—Chester county, Pennsylvania. But one specimen known. 
This curious bird has long been a puzzle to ornithologists in the uncertainty whether it is 
only a variety of the Huspiza americana or a distinct species. Thus far but one specimen is 
