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Specimens of tliis race from Sitkn, are absolutely mHlistingiiishable from 

 eastern R mvuitiui except in size ; tiie colors and jiroportion of bill being 

 the same. A yonnj,' bird (from Kodiak) differs from that of soranna in 

 larger size, and a brigiit redilish-fnlvous tinj^'e to upper parts, and a deep 

 yellowish-fulvous tinjic on Jnj^'ulum and along tlie sides. 



JLvuiTH. Tliis variety is the north west -coast form of the common Savan- 

 na Sparrow, and is found during the sunnner from Oregon to Alaska. Ur. 

 Suckley states that he found this s])eeies an abundant spring visitor at Fort 

 Steilacoom. J)r. Cooper, in his Zoiilogy of Wasliington Territory, states it to 

 be only a passenger tlnviigh tiiat section, migrating nortliward, at the end of 

 April, in i)airs, and not returning until tlie end of Seiitember. They come 

 back in Hocks, and frequent the shores and prairies along the sea-coast. Their 

 plumage seems to lu; the same at all seasons. Xothing is known of their 

 note. They are sujiposed to spend their winters in Soutiiern Oregon and 

 California, though tiieir actual ja-esence has not been detected in either State. 

 They do not remain (hning the sunur.er near the Columl)ia, but pass to the 

 north, or to the interior plains east of the Cascade IJange. Dr. Cooper states 

 that their habits closely resemble tiiose of /'. (nit/nnim. 



Mr. Dall states that two specimens of this species were taken at Sitka by 

 ^fr. liischoff: 



Passerculus savanna, var. anthinus, Bonap. 



CAUFOBNIA SHOBE SFAKBOW. 



Pnimroihi.idiil/ihiiis, Ijonap. Comptos Itoiulu.s, X.KVll, Dec. isr)3, 919, Russian Ami-rica.l 

 — In. Notes Oriiitli. Dclattiv, 1854, 19. — Baird, Birds N. Am. I808, p. 445.— 

 CooiM-.i!, Oiii. ('al. I, 1870, 183. 



Si'. CiiAii. Similar to /'. saruniK/, but smaller. Beneath tinned with reddi.sh. Breast 

 and upper part of belly tliiel<ly spotted with sharply defined sajrilfato brown .'jpotf, 

 e.vhibiting a teiideney to ajTgregation on the niiildle of the belly. Superciliary stripe and 

 one in the middle of Ihe erown <k'cided trreenish-yellow, the head jreiierally tinged with 

 the .'same, a,*; also the baek ami sides of the neuiv. tender tail-eoverts somewhat streaked. 

 Lenirtli, 5.00; wing, 2.()(i; tail, •_'.'_'4. 



ILvn. Coast of CaHfornia, neai- San l'rancisc:o ; " Russian America. Kodiak " (Bonapautk). 



This is the most strongly marked of tlie several races of P. ,wr«?i?jn, dif- 

 fering from all the otiiers in several important respects. The markings be- 

 neath are more generally disi)er,sed, extending l)ack upon the lower part of 

 the breast, and forward o\er the throat ; the lower tail-coverts have distinct 

 medial blackish streaks, though they are somewhat concealed. The median 

 strijie on the crown is decidedly greenish-yellow, not pale ashy ; the whitish 

 edges to the intersca])ular feathers, ,so conspicuous in the otiier races, are more 

 concealed, presenting a more uniformly brown surface above, with broader 



> From tlio fact that this form is not fouiul in any part of .Maska, nor, indeed, north of ralifor- 

 iiia, it is ])robalile tliat the loc.ahlies of aiUliinus and ulaudiniis were transposed in Bonaparte's 

 original descriptions. 



