28G AYES : PASSERES. — XLVI. 



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

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



905. C. pictus (Swainson). £ 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^. 

 AY. 2f. X. X. Am., S. E., to 111. and Kan. (Lat., painted.) 



480. RHYNCHOPHANES Baird. (/5vyxos,beak; QaLva, 



I show.) 



90G. 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. G^. AY. 3£. 

 T. •_'!. B. nearly \. Great plains, rarely E. to 111. (To Capt. J. 

 P. McCown.) 



481. POOCZETES Baird. (noa, blue grass ; oikj)tt)?, inhabitant.) 



907. P. gramineus (Gmelin). Bay-winged Bunting. Grass 

 Sparrow. Ground Bird. " Yesper Sparrow." Thickly 

 streaked everywhere; slightly buffy below. L. 6. W. 3. T. 1\. 

 X. 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. 



(«/i/ioy, sand ; S/ju/xeif, to run.) 



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

 tail. (Pusserculus.) 



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. G. AY. 8 \. T. 2^. Xova 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\. \V. 2f. T. 2. N. Am., 

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

 (AY. 2-|, etc., instead of W. 3^, etc.), is var. savanna AVilson. 

 (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, 



