518 NOIITII AMKRICAN BIUU8. 



ivil, iiiid lit times iiliiiost lilack. In somu, tine olivc-lirown dots covit tlio o^^g 

 so coinplL'toly as to maivc it aiijicar as of mu! unitorni dci'ii cnitir. In titlior.s 

 till) lii'owii is li_nlit('r and mttw. ui' a rcddisli line, and a;;ain in otliisrs tlio 

 niiukinj^s iiru in inc^uliir distribnlion, anil of dilliavnt sliadrs. Tiii-y nitus- 

 nro .Hit iiy .(io of an iin-li. 



Nest witli oj^ys (7414), eoUoctod on Aiidi'vsnn iJivor, Franlvlin I'my, June 

 27, l)y 11. MiicFarlani', was luiilt on the j^round, und is deeply saiieui-sliuped, 

 nieasiirinj,' '.\~'> in external and 'I.'.W in iiileriial dianieler ; tlie depth 2.75 

 exteriorly and l.od interiorly. It is coinposed of coar.se wiry gras.s-stems, 

 and .softly lined with feathers of Lin/tijiiis. The o^gs, five in number, have 

 the ground-eolor liuht umlier-druii, this faintly blotched with deeper livid 

 slate, and with a few stra^ugly lilaek lines, niueii as in certain Ichriild and 

 in C/ioiitfcstdi. Thoy measure .8ti of an inch in length by .(i'.i in breadth. 



Flectrophanes pictus, Swainhon. 



SMITH'S BUNTIKO ; FAINTED LONOSPVB. 



Emlieriza (P/eetroplitnici) /)ii/ii, Sw. V. I!. Am. II, 1S31, 250, jil. 4i» (.spring). — Nutt. 

 Man. II, 58!). /'/,drii/il(inii.'< j;'rhi.i. All). Syii. IMi'.l, '.Ml. — III. iiiid.s Am. Ill, 1841, 

 52, pi. I'liii (liicliiirilMin'.s spiiinicii). — U.viuif, liiids N. Am. l!«,'.8, 4;i4. — D.m.i, & 

 H.WNi.-iiKi;, Ti'. ell. A. .S. I, isil'.i, 28;! (AliisliiO. /uiihcrhn pir/n, Aid. Oiii. Ww^. V, 

 18;)!l, !tl, pi. rcci-. ('(ii/i-ii/)liiiiii:s /lirhi.i, ( '.Mi. Mils, llcin. 1851, 127. I'kdroplMtlcS 

 xmithi, Aril. Birds Am. VII, 1844, ;i;!7, jil. (•(•ccl.xxxvii oviiitci). 



Sp. Cii.Mi. }f<ilo, Spiiiiir. Top anil .>;i(l('s of licml liliick. A line from liiil ov(>r the 

 eve. loi'i's. lower anil |io.<tciior boriliT «il' the liliii'k i-lii'cks, t'ais (cni'ircli'd liy lilack), ami a 

 small pati'li in llic nape, white. Miitiic iimler parL-^. and extendimj: lotmd neck to iiapo 

 (wliiTo it lioiinds abniplly the lilaek of liead), lnill' or liudit einiiaiiion-yellow ; tin; iindor 

 tail-covert ]inler ; tlie inside of wiiiLis. wliile. Featliors of iippc'r siirlhcos lilack, edjj;e J 

 with yellowish-irrav ; shoiilders or lesser coverts and the j^reater lilack; iiiiddlc white, 

 InrminLr a eonspicuoiis jiatcli. (Quills eilL;eil e.xlernally with white, this involviiiL!- iho 

 whole outer weh cif outermost primary. Whole of outer anil most of second tail-tealher 

 white. IJill dusky; lower inandilile and lei;s yellowish. Leii^'tli, 5.50; wini!-. Ji.'iO ; 

 tail. 2.7") ; hill, A'>. 



Feinitle. The iiiarkings ol' male (iiintly indicated, but the Mack and hiifV wanting. 

 Head aliovo hrowii, streaked centrally with paler. A narrow dark line on each sido the 

 throat, and hrownish streaks acro.«s the jiigiihim, and alouu- sides of liodv. Traces visible 

 of the whitt! marks of the head. Bill and feel as in the male. 



n.AR. Prairies of Illinois and Missouri Plains, in winter; in snminer north to the 

 Arctic Ocean. 



This sjiccies is quite similar in form to P. /tippoiiirufi, althouoh with slen- 

 derer bill, itnd perhaps lonoer hind claw. While the colors of adult males 

 are very ditl'erent, the females have a decided resemblance; they may, how- 

 ever, be distinguished in all stages by the black oi' dusky legs of lapponieiis 

 and the yellow of pictus, and perhajis by the more dusky upper mandible of 

 the latter. 



