FUINOILLIIXK — TIIK I'INCIIK.S. 



545 



TIio cssontiiil oliiiractcr of the jj;nmis coiisi-slis in tlio loiif; Uiid jxiiiitcd w iiij^'s, 

 longiT tliiiii tli(i tail and witliout long Icrtials; and tlic nitlier still, lurked 

 tail, with its acnto luathui's. JUil uno species is reeuguized at present. 



Fooceetes gramineus, l-Aiin 



OBASS SFABBOW ; BAY-WIKOED BUNTINQ. 

 Vnr. icriiiiiliieii8> 



FrliKjiJhi iiriiiiniiai, Gm. Syst. Xat. I, 17SS, i)^L». — Ari). Oiii. Bi >«. I, 1S:J1, 473; V, 502, 

 |il. xc. Kmhcn'zii (iriimiiiai, Wil.siiN, Am. Oni. IV, 1811, .ll, jil. xxxi, 1'. .I. —Am. 

 Syii. 183U, 102. -III. IJiid.s Am. Ill, 1841, 05, pi. cllx. — .M.vx. C'lili. .Tour, vi, 1858, 

 342. Ffiiiijilhi. (/iiiiiiliii-hM iirtniiiiH'ti, Swainson, V. H. Am. II, 1831, 254. Zinio- 

 Irifhiii ijniiiiliicii, IJo.N. last, 1838. ---Ir. ('Diisiicctus, 1850, 478. I'lmcaJcs (jnun incus, 

 li.UKl), nird.sN. Am. 18,'i8, 447. - Samiki.s, 3(I3. 



Above lijjlit j'l'Uowisli-lirown ; llip i'ciiliiors 



Vonratt'S i^miniiifiis. 



Sp. Chah. Tiiii-rciiilins riitiicr iicutc. 

 overywlieru .struiikL'd iibiupily with 

 (lark lirown, even on the .^lidcs of the 

 nei'k, \vhi<'h are iiiilor. lieiioutli ycl- 

 lowisih (soincliiiics reddish) \vliil<'; 

 on the jujfulum iiiul .side.-< ol" neck 

 and body .streaked with brown. A 

 faint light ."iiperciiiary and maxillary 

 .stri|)e ; the latter niari;lned above 

 and below with dark brown : the \\\>- 

 per stripe contiimed around the ear- 

 coverts, which are darker than the 

 lirown color elsewhere. Winf:s with 

 the shoulder light ehestiuit-brown, 

 and with two dull whitish l)ands along the ends of the eovert.s ; the outer edge of the 

 secondaries also i.s while. Kxin)sed ;iortion of outer tail-feather, and edge and tip of the 

 second, white, fiength, abo\it (i.'Jo ; wing, ii.lO; tail, 2.")(); liiJI, .;i;5 from frontal fealiiers 

 to point, by .33 in depth at ba.se ; tarsus, .72. Bill yellow, dusky above ; legs yellow. 

 (Measurement of No. 10,147 $, Wa.shington, D. C.) 



Had. Ea.stern Province of United States. 



Var. conflnis. 



Pooccrtrs firi(miiieii.i, vnr. aoifitiix, liAiiMi, liinls N. Am. 1858, p. 448 (hi text under P. r/m- 

 miiifiis). Poolw/ch ijnniiiiicKs, Codi'r.i; & Sitklkv, 200. — Coon- ii, Oru. t'al. 1, ISO. 



Sp. CliAii. Resembling P. iirmniiieiis, \m{ colors paler, the dark streaks narrower. 

 Bill more slender, tarsi longer. (Measurement of 40,803 ^, Fort WhipiiU-, Arizona: 

 Bill, .30 from point of frontal feathers by .25 in depth through base; tiusu.s, .78; wing, 

 3.3."} ; tail, 2.80). 



ILvn. Westi'rn and Middle Provinces of United States, south into ilexico; Oaxaca 

 (Sci,. 1859, 370 ; March). 



Tliis .sjiecies is readily identified by the absence of a median stripe on the 



head, the chestnut-brown of the shoulder, and the white lateral tail-feathers. 



The young birds have the ground-color above more whitish, the streaks 



blacker, in sharper contrast ; the streaks on jugul'.an, etc., less sharply de- 



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