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unstreaked ; wings and tail short ; edge and bend of wing and line 

 over eye yellow. L. 5. W. 2f . T. 2. N. Am., in fields ; notes 

 sharp, grasshopper-like; the bird of E. U. S. is var. passerinus 

 Wilson. (Spanish, savana, meadow.) 



cc. Tail graduated, the outer feathers much shorter than middle ones. 



911. A. henslowi (Audubon). Smaller than preceding, more 

 yellow above ; breast, etc., with some sharp black streaks. L. 5. 

 W. 2J. T. 2f E. U. S., scarce ; N. to Mass. (To Prof. J. S. 

 Henslow.) 



912. A. lecontei (Audubon). Intermediate between the pre- 

 ceding and the next ; bill small, blue-black ; back with rufous ; tail 

 feathers very sharp and slender ; breast unspotted ; a broad buffy 

 superciliary stripe. L. 4f . W. 2f T. 2|. Great Plains, E. to 

 111. (To Major J. Le Conte.) 



bb. Bill rather slender ; tail feathers sharp and rather stiff ; crown without 

 distinct median stripe. Seashore sparrows. (Ammodramus.) 



913. A. caudacutus (Gmelin). SHARP-TAILED FINCH. Ashy 

 olive, the back streaked with ashy buff and whitish ; edge of wing 

 pale yellowish ; no yellow spot about eye ; a bright buff superciliary 

 stripe. L. 5. W. 2. T. If. Salt marshes, Nova Scotia to N. C. ; 

 represented in fresh water swamps (111., S. and E.) by var. nel- 

 soni Allen, which has colors of upper parts very sharply contrasted, 

 especially the whitish streaks on umber-brown ground color ; breast 

 less sharply streaked. (Lat., cauda, tail; acutus.) 



914. A. maritimus (Wilson). SEA-SIDE FINCH. Olive gray; 

 back obscurely streaked ; a yellow spot before eye ; edge of wing 

 yellow ; no superciliary stripe. L. 6. W. 2. T. 2. Salt marshes, 

 Mass, to Texas. 



483. CHONDESTES Swainson. (xovdpos, grain ; e'Seonfc, 

 eater.) 



915. C. grammacus (Say). LARK SPARROW. Streaked above, 

 ashy below ; ear coverts chestnut ; crown chestnut, black anteriorly, 

 with whitish median and superciliary stripes ; a black line through 

 and below eye ; a conspicuous black streak on each side of the white 

 throat; a black pectoral spot; middle tail feathers like back, the 

 rest blackish, white tipped; a pale spot on primaries. L. 6^. 

 W. 3. T. 3. W. U. S., E. to Ohio ; abundant on prairies and 

 river bluffs ; a fine songster, suggesting the Bobolink. (ypa/i/uKoj, 

 streaked.) 



484. ZONOTRICHIA Swainson. (foo^, band ; Qplg, hair, i. e. 



head.) 

 a. No yellow markings anywhere. 



916. Z. querula (Nuttall). BLACK-HOODED SPARROW. Crown, 

 face and throat jet black ; no yellow ; 9 with less black. L. 7^. 

 W. 8J. T. 3J. Missouri region, E. to W. 111. 



