i''iiiN(;iLLii)j<: — Till-: fin<iii:s. 



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Tli(M'ss(Mitial cljiiractci' nl" the i;<'iiu.s cniisists in the loiii^' and unintcd win^s, 

 lon;;^!' llian tin' tail and witlmiii I(»n^ tcrlials ; and tlu' rather btiil, lorkcd 

 tail, with its acute tuathers. JJut onu spt-eius is rt'cognizcd at i»rcsont. 



PoocflDtes gramineus, r.Aiui). 



0BAS8 SFABBOW ; BAT-WINOEO BUNTING. 

 Var. sraiuineus* 



Fn'uffiV.f 'friininirft, (IM. Syst. Niit. I, 1788, 922. — Ari). Orn. lMo<r. I, 1831, 473 ; V, r»02, 

 111. Xf. Eiiihirizii <jrini(im»t, Wilson, Am. Oni. IV, l»ll, r»l, jil. ,\xxi, f. f*. .\ri). 

 Sva. 183i>, 102. — Ii!. Birds Am. ill, 1S41, 0.>, pi. cli.x. — Max. Cah. Jour, vi, 18.kS, 

 342. Frimjina {,Z<>iii,tiii-hiii\ tinnniucit, Sw.mnson, F. B. Am. II, 1831, 2'»4. Zi>no- 

 frichin tjraininat, Bon, List, l.s:)8. — In. (■uiis|M'(!tus, 1850, 478. PiHKcctcs gramineus, 

 r.AiKi), Birds N. Am. 18')8, 447. - Sa.mikl.s, 3o3, 



S. CiiAU. Tail-tt*atlu'rs rather ai-iiic. Ahove li^dit yi'Ilowisli-l.rown ; t1u> H'atluMN 

 everywhere streaked ahruptly with 



dark hrown, evt-n on the .<ides of tlie 

 neck, ^v hich are paler. IJeiieath yel- 

 lowish (soinetiiues reddish) white ; 

 on tlie jiiiridum and sides of neck 

 and body streaked with I>rown. A 

 faint li^irlit sn})ereiliary and niaxiUary 

 stripe; the latter niarLMued aliove 

 and helow with dark hrown : the np- 

 per stripe eontinued around the ear- 

 covert.*, which are darker than the 



brown color elsewluMe. Wind's with ^ 



the shoulder li^dit ehestnut-l.rown, ' Poorates smwineus. 



and with two dull whitish bands alonrj the ends of the coverts; the outer odpre of the 

 secondaiies also is white. Exposed portion of outer tail-feather, and edire and tip of the 

 gecond, white. Lenjrth, about (5.2.') ; win<r, ."MO; tail, 2.r)(); bill, ..'3.'] from frontal feathers 

 to point, by ,33 in depth at base ; tarsus, .72. Bill yellow, dusky above ; lei^s yellow. 

 (^I(>asurenient of No. 10,147 ^, Washiufjton, D. C) 

 IIab. Eastern Province of United States. 



Var. conflnis. 



Poocccks grdmiiicm, var. cotifiiix, liAiiin, Birds N. Am, 1858, p. 448 (in text under P. (fm- 

 miitcim). Poocafc^ (jnntn'uens, t'ouPKU & SrcKLEV, 200. — Cooria:, Orn. i'a\. I, 186. 



Sp. Ciiah. Resemblinir P. <jramhieus^ but colors paler, the dark streaks narrower. 

 Bill more slender, tarsi Ioniser. (Measurement of 40.803 ^. Fort Whipple, Arizona; 

 Bill, .30 from point of frontal feathers by ,25 in depth through base; t.'»rsus, .78; wing, 

 3.35 ; tail, 2,80). 



IIab. West(M-n and Middle Provinces of United States, south into Mexico ; Oaxaca 

 (ScL. 1859, 379 ; March). 



This species is readily identified by the absence of a median stripe on the 

 head, the chestnut-brown of the shoulder, and the white hiter.d tail-feathers. 

 The younf( birds have the ground-color above more whitish, the streaks 

 blacker, in sharper contrast ; the streaks on jugulum, etc., less sharply de- 



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