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By coloration,' they may be distinguished as follows : 



Common Characters. Crown and back strealceil with blai>k upon an ashy, olive, or 

 chestnut ground; beneath whitish, tinged across the breast with ochraceous or ashy, 

 Ii-lain, or witli blackish streaks on tlie bi-east. A liglit snpcrcili.ary stripe. 



A. A dusky streak on each side of the light malar .stripe. 



1. C. henalowl. Bill very robust, .28-.32 from nostril and .'ij .28 deep at base. A'hill: 

 Head grayish oehraeeous, lighter lienealli; a stripe of bl.ack streaks on eaeli side 

 of the crown: also a post-aurieular black streak, and a less distinct black streak 

 on each side of the lighter malar stripe: breast streaked with black. 



B. No dusky streak on either side of liglit malar stripe. 



2. C. lecontei. Bill very narrow (much as in .louaofZcnniKS caudacutus), .25-.30 from 

 nostril and .20 deep at base. Adntl: Head fine buff, tlie anriculars, lores, and pos- 

 terior two thirds of the middle stripe on the crown, grayish white: a black stripe 

 on each side of crown; sides (but not breast) streaked with black. Young: above 

 ochraceous, ^vitll broad streaks of black on the back; medial stripe of crown en- 

 tirely buff; beneath white, the juguluni bulTy, narro\vly streaked with dusky. 



3. C, passerinus. Bill robust, .28-.32 from nostril, and .25-.3a deep. Adult: Head, 

 throat, juguluni, and sides ochraceous buff; edge of wing gamboge-yellow: a yel- 

 low spot above the lore; no streaks on jugulum on sides. Crown (diestnut-brown 

 or black, divided by a medial, narrower stripe of buff or pale gray. Young: Super- 

 ciliary and middle crown stripes pale grayish: beneath pale buify; the jugulum 

 streaked with dusky; no distinct yellow on lore or edge of wing. 



Aimnodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.) 



GEASSHOPPER SPARROW, 



Popular synonyms. Yellow-winged Sparrow: Grass-bird; Grouml-bird; Grasshopper- 

 bird. 



FriiigiUn pnsserinaVfiijS. Am. Orn. iii. IKll.Ti!, pi. 2r>, fig. 5.— AUD. Orn. Biog. ii, 1831, 1811; 

 V, 1839, 407, pi. i;i(l. 

 Emherizapasserhia AUD. Synop. 18.39,103; B, Am. iii, 1842,73,pl, 162. 

 Coturnicnhts ijnsseriniis BojNAP. 1838.— Baibd, B. N. Am. 1858, 4.50; Cat. N. Am. B. IS.VJ, 

 No. 338.— COUES, Key, 1872, 137; Check List, lS7:i No. I(i2: 2d ed. 1882, No. 234; B.N. 

 W. 1874, 1.31.— B. B. & E. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874. 553. pi. 25. flg. 4.— RiDGW. Nom. N. Am. 

 B. 1881, No. 198. 

 Fringilla sai-annarum Gmel.— NuTT. Man. i, 1832,494; 2d ed. i. 1840,570. 



Hab. Eastern United States, breeding throughout, but wintering in Southern States, 

 Cuba, Porto Eioo, eastern Mexico, and south to Costa Eica. 



"Sp. Chab. Feathers of the upper parts brownish rufous or (diestnut-browu, mar- 

 gined narrowly and abruptly with ash-eolor: reddest on the lower part of the back and 

 rump: the feathers all abruptly black in the central portion: this color visible on the 

 interscapular region, where the rufous is more restricted. Crown blackish, with a cen- 

 tral and superciliary stripe of yellowish tinged with brown, brightest in front of the eye. 

 Bend of the wing bright yellow, lesser coverts tinged with greenish yellow. Quills and 

 tail-feathers edged with whitish: tertiaries much variegated. Lower parts brownish 

 yellow or buff, nearly white on the middle of the belly, darkest on the jugulum. The 

 feathers of the upper breast and sides of the body with obsoletely darker centres, these 

 sometimes wanting. Sides of breast against bend of wing with a few black streaks, 

 usually concealed. Length .about 5 inches: wing. 2.40; tail, 2.00. 



"The young of this species lias the jugulum and sides of the 

 breast streaked with bhiek, much more distinct than in the adult, 



