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and bend of wing and line over eye yellow; L. 5; W. 

 2f ; T. 2. U. S., in fields; notes sharp, grasshopper-like. 



2. A. henslowi, (Aud.) Baird. HE,XSLOW'S SPAKROW. 

 Smaller; more yellow above; breast, etc., with some 

 sharp black streaks; L. 5; W. 2; T. 2|. E. U. S., 

 scarce; N. to Mass. 



3. A. lecontei, (Aud.) Baird. LECOXTE'S SPARROW. 

 Intermediate between the preceding 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. 2^; T. 2^-. Chicago, Ills. 

 (E. W. Nelson) to Texas and N. W. ; very rare. 



** Bill long and slender; tail feathers sharp and rather stiff; sea- 

 shore Sparrows. (Ammodromus.) 



4. A. maritimus, (Wils.) Sw. SEA-SIDE FIXCH. Olive 

 gray; back obscurely streaked; a yellow spot over eye; 

 L. 6; W. 2; T. 2, Salt marshes, Atlantic coast. 



5. A. caudacutus, (Gm.) Sw. SHARP-TAILED FIXCH. 

 Back sharply streaked; no yellow spot over eye, a 

 bright buff superciliary stripe; L. 5; W. 2; T. If. 

 Atlantic coast. 



Var. nelsoni, Allen. NELSOX'S SHARP-TAILED FIXCH. 

 Shores of Lake Michigan about Chicago ; common. 

 (E. W. Nelson.) 



12. CHONDESTES, Swainson. LARK SPARROWS. 



1. C. grammaca, (Say.) Bon. LARK FIXCH. Streaked 

 above, ashy below; crown and ear coverts chestnut, 

 blackening on forehead, with whitish median and super- 

 ciliary stripes; black lines through and below eye; and 

 a conspicuous black line on each side of the white 

 throat; a black pectoral spot; middle tail feathers like 

 back, the rest blackish, white tipped; L. 6; W. 3; T. 



