iM;i.\(!ii.i.in.K — TiiM KiN("iii:s. 53;-} 



quill almost l(>ii;,'c'st. The Icljs aw \<n\<i, tiie oiitstri'U'lu'd lues i'ciU'liiii,i; U- 



tlu! oml of Uk; tail ; tiic liitciiil too coiisiilonilply sliditi'i' liiaii tlic iiiiddlc, 



wliicli is nut iiuuii l(iii,i,'('i' tluiu tlie liimlui'. Tlio tail is .sIkhI, iiaiTDW, iiiid 

 tiiiiiiij;iiiato ; the. ruallit^is aiiiitu. 



Specios and Varieties. 



Common C'liAit.vcTiMis. Aliovr L'tnyisli-Kiuwii, ImmicmIm wliiic ; wlioli' upiiur 

 siirliicf. as well ,i.< iln' \nvn>\ iiml siili -s. siiciUcd wMli dusky. Alight siiiier- 

 ciliiiry stiipc, iiiul ,a wliilisli iiiiixilliiry one, tin' latter hordi'ivd aljovc and liclow 

 by .stl'i|>cs ol' cdalcsi'iMl dusky si leaks. 



A. Itill small, tlio fiilnicii slightly (•(Hhmvi' in ihu iiiiddlu portion; a iHc(liaii 

 light stfipc on the <To\vii. 



I. P. savanna. Snpci-ciliary stripe yellow iinteriorly ; streaks on iho 

 hack lilaekisli, sharply ili'lined. 



Til run I (I lid iijijirr jiiirt 0/ iiliilomcn iinsfrrill.iil ; vrrli:r-.ilriiir iril/i- 

 imf ifi Ihiir liiH/i', 



T'ill .;! I IVom llii'ehead ami ."J.") in depth at the liase; wing, 'J.S.'i; 

 tail, 'J.-'jII. Colois deep; outei' snrliic'e ol' wing (in spring) deeideilly 

 reddisli. //((/(. Eastern I'rovin C N'urlli .Vinerii'a . \nv. xn rn ii n a . 



Uill, .;!2 ami ,20, or less; wing, *2.7."); tail, L'.lO. Colors very pale ; 

 outer sniliK'u of wing (in spring) pale nshy. //((ft. Western I'rov- 

 inee of .North AiniMiea, e.\eepl coast ol' Calilnrnia, where replaced 

 \iy \i\v. aiilliiiius Mu-. al 11 It il i u II s. 



J5ill. .;>" and .27, or eonsidei-alily more; wing. li.lO; tail, 2.10. 

 Colors as in mvuuuu. IliiU. Xorthwust coast, of Xorth .\meriea 



var. .V (( /( (/ "■ / (■ /( p II .s' / .« . 



Tliroot ttiiil upper part of abdomen flrtnlid ; ri'rle.r-sln'/ie kIiiuiiiIi/ 

 fiiiijed ivitli i/ilhiir, 



rSill, .;i;! and .10; wing, 2..')l); tail, l.iio. CoWa darker than vtn-. 

 saraiiiia, the groinid-eolor imue nnii'urni, and the lilaek streaks 

 heavier and more nninerous. Iliih. Coast of California. var, (iii I li in ii s. 



2. P. princeps. Superciliary stripe white nntoriorly ; streaks on ilic 

 back .sandy-l)r<iwn, liadly defined. Wing. .">.2') ; tail. 2.ti0; lull. .4") and 

 .2:5; tarsu.s, .!),') ; middle toe. .StI. //ab. Kasterii Ma.s.'^achii.sctts (north- 

 ern regions in sinnmer?). 



B« Bill robust, the enlnien arched ; no mpflian light stripe on the crown. 

 Siiiieri'iliary stri[)o white anteriorly ; streaks on the back .Kandy-browii, 

 ob.'iolet<'. 



3. P. rostratus. 



Bill, .4.'! aid .nO; wing, 2.00; tail. 2.2."). O round-color aliovc 

 fulvous-gray, beneath white; the streaks, aliove and below, sandy- 

 l)rown. Colors mncli as in /'. priiirriis. Huh. Coast of Cali- 

 fornia, to the niotilh of the Colorailo lliver; Cape St. Lucas in 

 winter ......... var. ro.i I r<i f n s. 



Bill, .3.'5 and .22; wing, 2.")'); tail, 2.00. (iioinid-eolor above 

 phinibeons-gray ; lieneath white ; streaks tilackish-lirown. Ilah. 

 Cape St. Lucas (resident?) vav- (j n t tn t ii.i. 



A careful cxauiiiintiou of the very larL^e series of FKAnnrii/xx tillied to 

 savanna iu the museuiu of the Suiithsouiau Institution, recently made, 



