542 NORTH AMERKWN JIIRDS. 



iiiakiiiji all possililo allowaiico lor seasonal difrcivDces in coloration, we liavo 

 i'oiiiiil it inipossihio to rccoMcilo tlieni witli tlu; ('. Inilnli. 



In this spufius there is a slij^lit siiperticiiii resiMnhlaiice to I'oorntcs ffra- 

 iin'iiciis; liiit upon comparison it will lie i'ound to lie entirely diHerent: tiuis, 

 /'. ijrii in incus lacks the median litiht stripe on tlie crown, has the lessor wing- 

 coverts rni'ons and the lateral tail-leathers white, wliile tlie streaks are all 

 blackish and the gnnnid-cohtr diflerent; tlie generic details, too, are ijuite 

 diflerent. 



llAiiiTS. Tliis species has been olitaiiied only in Eastern Massachusetts, 

 where, in the neigldiorhood of Ijiswicli, it was i'ound among tiie sand-hills by 

 the sea-sliore. Tlie jdace wliere the individuals taken were met with is a 

 rather remarkable tract, three miles in lengtii and nearly one in bre.adth. It 

 is as treeless as the (!reat I'lains, and as bleak and barren, with no vegetation 

 excej)t a scant growth ol' coarse grass. ]\Ir. iMaynard obtained ids first speci- 

 men early in Decendjer, 18(18. Although others were seen, yet this was all 

 he was then able to obtain. He lias since taken others in the same place 

 and season. Nothing is known as to its habits. It uttered, as it rose, a siiort 

 chirp ol' alarm. 



Passerculus rostratus, Raiud. 



BAN DI£60 SFABEOW. 



EmhtrizK rnntrn/a, Cvssin, I'l-. A. N. Si'. VI, 1852, 348. Ammodrmmis rostratus, C'as.sin, 

 111. I, ISiiu, '2'2(i, pi. x.xxviii. I'usscrculus rostmlus, ISaiiiu, IJirds X. Aiu. 185ii, 44(5. 

 — Cool'Kli, Oni. Cal. 1, LS70, 1S4. 



Si'. ("fi.\h. Bill very loiipj (.5") nf an inch aliovc). W'lioln iippci' part.s and sidos of 

 head and nock pule bi'ownish-ffiiiy (alniD.-Jt I'ulvou.s), nearly every li'atliei' witli a darker 

 central bloli.li, darki'st aloui;- the AiaW. A .^'aieelv appieciablc central .stripe in the 

 crown, an oliscurc y<'ll()\vi.>h-\vliit(! .su]H'r<'iliarv, and a whilish maxillary one. Under 

 part.-! ])nro while; strc.nkcd on the breast and th(^ .sides of throat and body with dark 

 brown (the streak paler externally). Under tail-covert.s nnspotted white. Tail and 

 win^' leathers and winjjs niaririneil with the <'i)lor of the back; the edges of tert'arius 

 rather paler. Leni;th, 5..'50; winjr, L'.ilO; tail, 2.;!(). 



II.\n. Coa.st of C'alilbrnia, .south to Cape St. Lucas; month of Colorado River (Dit 

 Uai.,mi;i!). 



The bill of this species is very long and conical, the cutting edge nearly 

 stniight. Tlie wings arii rtithcr long, the tertiaries nearly as h)ng in the 

 closed wing its the ]iriiiiaries ; the second, third, and fourth tpiills longest, 

 the first rather h)nger than the fifth. The tail is short and emarginate, tiio 

 fenthers ntirrow, acute, and moderately stilf. The tarsi are long ; the claws 

 little curved. 



This species resembles the P<is<inrii!iis .lavrnini. rather more than any of 

 the other sparrows witli spiitted lireasts ; the bill is, however, very much 

 longer and larger, exceeding any of our American sjiecies of its size, the 

 upper outline more convex. Its cohus are much paler, and it lacks the 



