oo-k 



NORTH AMKRICAX BTUDS. 



briuiis vis to the same coiidusion as that reached in IS.IB, namely, that, 

 granting a single species extending over the whole of X(nth America, there 



are several geograjjhical races in different 

 regions. Thus, taking the eastern bird 

 as the stan«hird, with its dark C(jlors, 

 reddish wings, and deep yellow super- 

 cili.ary stripe, and the comparative or 

 entire absence of siK)ts on the lower part 

 of breast, we have in the middle prov- 

 ince, and to soiiie extent in the western, 

 ii race ratlier sni;iller, with more attenu- 

 ated and longer bill, and paler coloi*s ; 

 the winirs <»ravish, tlie vellow of head 

 •being scarcely ap})reciable (var. nUnuH- 

 nus). On the coast of California, an- 

 other series of tlie size and pro])ortions of the last, lait witli dark yellow 

 superciliary stripe, — the vertex-stripe even yidlowisli, — dark colors, and 

 the lower part of breast, as well as ihe throat, decidedly streaked, as well 

 as the jugulum (var. antJuiuiii) ; and finally on the northwest coast, from 

 Puget Sound to Kodiak, a fourth race, mucli larger than typical P. savanna^ 

 ])ut a1)solutely undistinguishable in color, proportion of bill, etc. (var. saiuJ- 

 irirhrnsis). P. anthinvs is not found north of (.'alifornia, but the other two 

 of the western race may occur together at any point of the coast north, 

 perhaps, of the Columbia lliver. 



Pa-^tfrciflifs snvnnnn. 



Passerculus savanna, Bonap. 



SAVANNA SPABROW. 



Frinffilla savanna, Wilson, Am. Orn. Ill, 1811, 55, pi. xxii, f. 2. — In. IV, 1811, 72, 

 pi. xxxiv, f. 4. — Arn. Orn. Hio^'. H, 1834, <')3 ; V, 1839, 516, pi. cix. Piissrrculus 

 scn-ioniii, Hon. List, 1838. — In. (;oiibi»ectiis, 1850, 480. — Cad. Mus. Il.nn. 1851, 131. 

 — Baiiu), IJiids N. Am. 1^58, 442. —Cocks, P. A. N. S. 18*>1, 223. —Samuels, 

 301. Ejitberi:,! savamw. Aw. Syii. 1839, 103. — lit. liinls Am. Ill, 1841, 68, pi. 

 elx. ? Fnn'tilla hycmnlis, Gm. I, 1788, 922. — Lkht. Vciz.ivhniss, 1823, Xo. 250. 

 (Jnn-lin's desi rijition, based on Pennant Ar(;tic Zool. IT, 376 (winter Fineli>, applies 

 etiually well to a large numl)tM- of sp<>cies. Limxria savanna, Uichaudson, List, 18:^7. 



Sp. Ciiau. Featliors of tlio upper parts prtMiorally with a o-ntral streak of hlaokish- 

 brown; the streaks of the haek widi a .slijrht nilbus sulfiision latorally ; the feathers 

 edited with gray, whieh is liirhtest on the seai)ul:irs, and forms there two <rray stripes. 

 Crown with a l»road median stripe of yellowish-j^ray. A superciliary streak from the bill 

 to the back of the head, eyelids, and edj^e of tlie elbow, yellow, paler behind. A yellow- 

 i.sh-whiu; niandibnlar stripe eur.inj? behind tlie ear-cov(?rts. and maririned above and 

 below by brown. The lower maririn is a series of thickly crowded spoti^ on the sides of 

 the throat, whirl; are also foinid on the s , of the neck, across the upper part of the 

 breast, and on the sides of body, a dusky : •; - ack of the eye, inakinsr three on the side 

 of head (including the two mandibulurj. A le>.' faint spots on the throat and clan, llest 



