Fi:iN<;iM.II).K — TUK FINCIIKS. 





Common Ciiauactkrs. Altovi- olivarroijs or a>!iy, tin- ciown wa>lu'<l with 

 luowu liitt rallv. tlu' dorsal li-alhrrs darkrr mitrallv ; l>«'in'alli wliitr, tiii«n'<l 

 a< ross tin' jii^'iiliim with ochraccoiis or ashy ; jiiL'nhmi sfrcakiMl; a dusky "Itriille" 

 t)M t'Ht'h si<l»* of thioat ; ahovc it a iiiaxilhiry strip*- of orlirafrous or white. 



1. A. caudacutus. .1'/ Aliovf oHv«'. the dorsal tt'ath«'rs daikcr ami tdL't'd 

 with whitish-* ichrat'f oils; su|M'r<Mliary and maxillary stri|M's drrp ^MhractoiH; 

 juLrnlimi an«l siiU-s tin^frd with thr sariif. and sluirply stn-akt-d with Mark. 

 Jiir. Wholly ochraci'ous. <larkfr aliovr; rrowii and hark strraki-il with 

 l>la(k, tlu' I'onner divided in«'ilially Ky a palr-ltnm'u strip*-; lufiust and sidrs 

 str«'ak*-d with hhuk. flah. Atlantic coast of I'nitcd States. 



2. A. maritimus. .1^/. Altovc a.>hy, the dorsal feathers; obsoletely darker 

 centiallv ; snperciliarv stripe vellowish-ashv. hri<_dit yellow over the lores; 

 maxillary stripe white; juirulnm and sides titiL'ed with ashy, the formei- 

 t>hsuli-tt-ly stn-ake<l witii dark ashy. Jtn\ Al»i»ve olivaceons. the erown and 

 hack streaked with l>lack, tin- tormer not <livitle<l hy a liirhter median lim-; 

 l>reast and sidi-s washed with ochraccous and distinctly str«'ak«'d with hlack. 

 Hub. Atlantic coast of United States. 



Ammodromus caudacutus, Sw aixf^on. 



SHABP-TAILED BirNTING. 



Oriohdi rnndanitm, Cmki.in, I, 1788, 3i»4. — LviUAM, Iiid. Oni. 1. 170m, isr. (not 

 FriiiijiUd oiiuhicuta. Lath.). FriinjiUn atm/tiruttt, Wii,so\. .\iii. (hn. IV. IMl. 7<>, 

 pi. xxxiv, f. :i. — At i>. Oni. liio;,'. II, l.s:i4, 281 ; V, 4!»9, pi. cxlix. FriniilH" {Sj>i:>i) 

 ciimliicntii, Hon. Syn. 1N2S, lid. fassiriiic vtnnfuriif'i, ViKll.i.or. AiiiiniKlrn ,,i(ts 

 onuhu-iitits, SwAiNsoN, Birds, II, lb37, -JSJ*, — Ari>. Syn»»psis, l^:ii^ 111. In. Uinls 

 Am. Ill, 1841, inS, pi. el.xxiv. — Bonai'. Conspectus, 1850, 482. -- Baii:i., Birds N. 

 Am. 18r)8, 4.')3. — Samtkls, :i(i7. FrimjlUa /iffnrah'y, Ni'TTAi.!., .Man. I, 18:V2, .".(t4 

 (2*1 cd. 184U, "»«jn). Shorp-hdhd Ofioh, Penna.nt, Arctii Zoi»l. II, 2»n, New York. 



Sp. Ciiah. rpper parts hrownish-olivaeeous. Head hnnvnish. streake*! w itli hlack on 

 the siiles. and a hroad central strijte *»f ashy. Ba<-k Motched with *larker: edir<-s of iii- 

 terscrtpnlar feathers an<l inner secondaries Avhitish, just exterior to a hlackish sutVusi«>!i. 

 A hroad superciliary an*l maxillary stripe, mcetinir behind the ashy ear-coverts, and a 

 han<l across the upper breast, buff-yellow. The si<les of the throat with a brown stripe; 

 the upper part of the brcjxst .and the sides of the body streaked with black; rest *»f 

 und<'r parts whitish. Kdsre of winir yel- 

 lowish-white. Bill yellowish Ik-Iow; dusky 

 above. The female appears to have more 

 bulT on the breast than the male. Length, 

 5 inches ; wing, 2.30. 



Huh. Atlantit.' coast of th«' United 

 States. 



The vouiiij: is of a more yellowish 

 tiii«,^e above and below; the stretaks 

 on the back more coii.s2)ieuoiis ; the 

 scapular feathers without the wliitish 



PfhriiKv Animmlromus rmi'tanitiis. 



111 autumnal and winter specimens the buff tints are much deeper than in 



