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Specimens of this nice from Sitka are ahsolutely niulistinfjuishable from 

 eastern r.^tvintun excejjt in size; the eoU»rs and ju'oportion of bill being 

 the same. A youn<4 bird (from Kodiak) ditl'ers from that of navanna in 

 larger size, and a briLjht reddish-fulvous tinji:e to upper parts, and a deep 

 yelhnvish-fulvous tinge on jugulum and along the sides. 



Habits. This variety is the north west -coast form of the common Savan- 

 na S2)arrow, and is h)und during the summer from Oregon to Alaska. Dr. 

 Suckley states that he found tliis sjjecies an abundant spring visitor at Fort 

 Steilacoom. Dr. ('ooj)er, in his Zoology of Washington Territory, states it to 

 be only a passenger through that section, migrating northwanl, at the end of 

 April, in i)airs, and not returning until the ei.d of Septendjer. They come 

 back in tiocks, and frequent the shores and prairies along the sea-coast. Their 

 plumage seems to be the same at all seasons. Xotliing is known of their 

 note. They are supposed to spend their winters in Southern (Oregon and 

 California, thong] 1 their actual presence has not l>een detected in either State. 

 They do not remain during the sunnner near the Columl)ia, but pass to the 

 north, or to the interior plains east of the ( 'ascade IJange. Dr. Cooper states 

 that their habits closely resemble those of /*. authinns. 



Mr. Dall states that two specimens of this species were taken at Sitka by 

 ^fr. Bischoff. 



Passerculus savanna, var. anthinus, Bonap. 



CAUFOBNIA SHORE SFABBOW. 



Pasfterailus anthinus, Honap. Coniptes Keiulus, XXVII, Dee. 1853, 919, Russian America.^ 

 — Ib. Notes Ornith. Ddattre, 1854, 19. — Bauid, Birds X. Am. 1858, p. 445.— 

 Cooi'KK, Oni. Cal. I, 1870, 183. 



Sf\ CiiAU. Similar to /*. .s7/>7n/««^/. but smaller. B( noath tinjrcd with reddish. Breast 

 and upper part of belly thickly spotted with sharply defuied sairittate brown spots, 

 exhibitinu: a tenden<y to agsrregation on the middle of the belly. Superciliary stripe and 

 one in the middle of the crown decided irreenish-yellow. the head jrenerally tinged with 

 the same, iu? also the back and sides of the neck. Cnder tail-coverts somewhat streaked. 

 Length, 5.00; wing, 2. GO; tail. 2.24. 



IIab. Coast of California, near San Francisi.'o ; " Russian America. Kodiak " (Bonaparte). 



This is the most stromjlv marked of the several races of P. snvcnina, dif- 

 fering from all tiie otiiers in several im])ortant respects. The markings be- 

 neath are more generally dispersed, extending back upon the lower ])art of 

 the l)reast, and forward over the throat ; the lower tail-coverts have distinct 

 medial blackish streaks, though thev are somewhat concealed. The median 

 strijie on tlie crown is decidedly greenish-yellow, not pale ashy ; the whitish 

 edges to the interscapular feathers, so conspicuous in the other mces, are more 

 concealed, presentino^ a more uniformly brown surface above, with broader 



^ From tlie fact that this form is not fount! in any part of Alaska, nor. indeed, north of Califor- 

 nia, it is ](rol>able that the localities of anthiitas and ulaudinus were traus}K)&'Hi in Bouapartc'3 

 original descriptions. 



