286 AVES : PASSERES. XLYI. 



with less black. L. 6. W. 4. T. 2f. Northern regions, S. in 

 winter to N. Y. and Ky. (Eu.) (Lat., Lapp.) 



905. C. pictus (Swainson). g with head and upper parts 

 mostly black ; collar and under parts rich fawn color ; legs pale ; 

 inner web of outer tail feather chiefly white. 9 duller. L. 6. 

 W. 2f. N. N. Am., S. E., to 111. and Kan. (Lat., painted.) 



480. RHYNCHOPHANES Baird. (pvy^oy, beak ; <aw, 

 I show.) 



906. R. maccowni (Lawrence). BLACK-BREASTED LONG- 

 SPUR. Crown and pectoral crescent black; the black often ob- 

 scured by pale edgings ; bend of wing chestnut ; line over eye and 

 under parts white ; back and sides streaked. L. 6^. W. 3|. 

 T. 2. B. nearly . Great plains, rarely E. to 111. (To Capt. J. 

 P. McCown.) 



481. POOC-aEJTES Baird. (rroa, blue grass ; oiKrjrfjs, inhabitant.) 



907. P. gramineus (Gmelin). BAY-WINGED BUNTING. GRASS 

 SPARROW. GROUND BIRD. " VESPER SPARROW." Thickly 

 streaked every where ; slightly buff y below. L. 6. W. 3. T. 2. 

 N. Am., abundant in fields, etc., known at once by the chestnut 

 bend of wing and white outer tail feathers ; a good singer. (Lat., 

 grassy.) 



482. AMMODRAMUS Swainson. SHORE SPARROWS. 

 (/z/u)?, sand ; dpafj.clv, to run.) 



a. Outer pair of tail feathers longer than middle pair; wing much longer than 

 tail. (Passerculus.) 



908. A. princeps (Maynard). IPSWICH SPARROW. Grayish; 

 streaks on back sandy brown, not sharply defined ; superciliary 

 line white in front; bill not longer than hind toe without claw. 

 L. 6. W. 3. T. 2. Nova Scotia to Va. and Texas, coastwise. 

 (Lat., chief.) 



909. A. sandwichensis (Gmelin). SAVANNA SPARROW. 

 Sharply streaked ; streaks on back blackish ; superciliary line 

 and edge of wing yellowish. L. 5. W. 2|. T. 2. N. Am., 

 abundant on plains and shores. The form E.'of Rocky Mts., smaller 

 (W. 2J, etc., instead of W. 3, etc.), is var. savanna Wilson. 

 (From Sandwich Isl., Alaska.) 



aa. Outer pair of tail feathers shorter than middle pair; wing not much, if 



any, longer than tail. 

 b. Bill stout; tail feathers acute but not rigid; crown with a median light 



stripe; inland species. (Coturniculus Bonaparte.) 



c. Tail double-rounded, the lateral feathers not much shorter than middle 

 ones. 



910. A. savannarum (Gmelin). GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 

 Much streaked above ; feathers edged with bay ; breast buffy, 



