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NORTH AMERICAN IJIUDS. 



briii^is lis to the Sfime coiK'lu.sion as that nwhod in ISfiS, namely, that, 

 <,'ranting' a single species extoiKling over tlie whole of Xoith America, there 



are several yeoj;rai)hical races in (lillerent 

 regions. Thus, taking the eastern bird 

 as the standard, with its darlc coh)rs, 

 reddish wint.s, anil deep yellow super- 

 ciliary stripe, and the comparative or 

 entire absence of spots on the lower part 

 of breast, we havt; in tlie middle prov- 

 ince, and to smne extent in tiie western, 

 a race rather smaller, with more attenu- 

 ated and htnger bill, and i)aler colors ; 

 the wings grayish, tiie yellow of head 

 •being scarcely appreciable (var. nUituli- 

 nns). On the coast of California, an- 

 other series of the size and prnjiorfions of the last, liut with dark yeUow 

 superciliary stripe, — the vertex-stripe even yellowish, — dark colors, and 

 the lower part of breast, as well as the tiiroat, decidedly streaked, as well 

 as the jugulum (var. anthinn^) ; and finally on the northwest coast, from 

 I'uget Sound to Kodiak, a fnurth race, mnch larger than typical 7*. nKvainia, 

 but al)solutely umlistingui.shable in color, proportion of bill, etc. (var. sand- 

 vnrhnixis). P. ant/ihiiia is not found north of (.'alifornia, but the other two 

 of the western race may occur together at any point of the coast north, 

 perhajis, of the (Joliimbia liiver. 



Pax<frnihis savn)mfi. 



Passerculus savanna, Bonap. 



SAVANNA SPABBOW. 



FmiriUla unvnnnn, Wilson, Am. Orii. Ill, 1811, 5'), pi. xxii, f. 2. — lit. IV, 1811, 72, 

 1)1. x.\.\iv, f. i. —Am. Oni. liioK. II, lSa4, (i;! ; V, 1839, 516, [il. cix. Pimnwdui 

 siii;i,(,iii, lluN. List, 1838. — III. (.'oiispi'ctus, 1850, 480. — Cam. Mils. IMii. 1851, 131. 

 — Haiku, IJiid.s N. Am. IS.'.S, 442. — Cocks, P. A. N. S. 18t;i, 22:(. — Sa.ml'ki.s, 

 301. Emhm-,1 suvfimui, Aid. Syn. 1839, 103. — In. Mints Am. Ill, 1841, 08, j.l. 

 clx. ? Fn'ii;/il/ii hycmclis, (!.M. I, 1788, 922. — Liciit. Vi'i/ii.liiiiss, 1S23, No. 250. 

 Omi'liii's ctcsi ii|)li(ni, liascd on Pcinii'iit .Xntii' Zoiil. 11, 370 (wiiiti'r Fiiu-li), iipplii-s 

 n|Uiilly well to ii liiigu nuiiilier of spciics. Linuria savanna, UlcilAUDsnx, List, 1837, 



Sp. CiiAit. I'ViitluT.-* of till' upper parts f^onornlly with a. fciitral streak of liliirkisli- 

 browii ; tli(! .xlivaks of iIk- hack with a slight niibiis .siifl'iisioii latuially ; the fcathora 

 iMltrcil witii gray, which l.s lightest, on tho .•<i'apiilar.s, and t'oiiii.s lhcu> two gray stripes. 

 Crown with a lnoad inc'(liaii sliip(> of yclhjwish-gray. .\ snpcri'iliary siroak from tho t)ill 

 to tlie hai'k of the hoad. cyiMids, and edge of tho olbow, yollow, paliM' boliind. A yullow- 

 i,sli-vviiiti! numdihiilar stripe curving behind the ear-cov(!rts, and inarginoil above and 

 below by brown. Tlie lower margin is a scries of thickly crowded spots on thi," sides of 

 tli(' throat, wliii'li are also found on the sides of the neck, across the upper ]iart of the 

 breast, and on iIk' sides of liody, a dusky line liack of the eye, in;ikiiiir tlire<' on the side 

 of head (iiuhidiug the two inandibulaij. A few faint spots on liie throat and eliin. Rest 



