KIMNOIM.IO.K — TIIK FINCHKS. 



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Common CllAliACTKUS. Aliovc olivacroiis av asliy, the crown waslicd willi 

 lirowii latfially. tlio dorsiil liallnis ilarUcr iciilrallv ; lnMii'alli wliilc, tiii^cil 

 ai riiss I 111' jii;.'iiImiii with ocliraccoiis orasliy ; jiif^iiliiiii sli-caktMl; a iliisky " I iridic " 

 on cacli side ol liiidal ; almvc it a maxillary slri|ii' ol' ocliraccoiis or while. 



1. A. caudaoutuc. Ail. Aliovc olivi'. tiic ilorsal I'callici'.i dnrkiH' and cd^'cd 

 willi wliitisli-ochfaccons; sn|icrciliai'V and Tiiaxillary stripes deep ochraceons; 

 jnjrnlMni and sides linj;ed with tlie same, and sharply streaked wilh Mack. 

 Jill'. Wholly ochraceons, ilarker ahove; ( rown and hack streaked wilh 

 hiack, the Conner divided ni'diaily hy a pale-hrowii stripe; hreasl and sides 

 streaked with hluek. /fuli. Alliuilic coast of United States. 

 '2. A. maritimuB. Ad. Ahove ashy, the dorsal leathers ohsoletely darker 

 centrally; superciliary stripe yellowish-ashy, hri^'hl yellow over the lores; 

 maxillary stripo white; jii},'ulniii and sides tingud with ashy, the lormer 

 ohsoletely streak<'d with dark ashy. Jnv. Ahovi^ olivaceous, the crown ami 

 hack streaked wilh lilaik, ihe liiriner not divided hy a li^dilcr median line; 

 hrenst uiid sides washed wilh ochraceons and dislinelly stieaked with Mack. 

 Hub. Alluntiu coast of United States. 



Ammodromus caudacutus, SwAixsny. 



SHARP-TAILED BXTNTINO. 



Oriohin rniiiliinihis, (Imi-.i.in, I, I'.s.s, ;i!M. - I.aiiiam, Iml. Oni. I, I'Oii, lS(i (not 

 Fi-iiiijilla ciitiiliiciilii, I.ATll.). Friiii/il/ii cii iiilm-utit, Wii.,so\, Am. Oiii. IV. l.Sll, 7", 

 pi, .\.\xiv, I", ;i. — Ani. Orn. Ww^. 11, 1834, 281 ; V, 41t!t, pi. cxlix. Ju-iniilll'i (.s>//:-/) 

 mudnciitii, Hon. .Syn. 182S, llil. /'(m-vic/hc cinnliinitu, ViKii.i.or. Aniiii'iilrniiiiis 

 ciiudid-ulus, SwAix.sox, Birds, II, lS;i7, l!8it. —Am. .^^yiiopsis, Ks:i!l, 111. In. I'.irds 

 Am. Ill, 1811, 1(18, pi. clxxiv. — Uonap. Cmispntus, 18.5(p, 48'2. l?Ali;i), Hiids N. 

 Am. 18;kS, 4.'.:!. — .Samiki.s, :jii7. Fn'ii'ji/ln llifi>niH.'\ NrrrAi.i,, .Man. I, \x:i2, Mi 

 (2d cd. 184n, ."lUO). Sliiii-p-liiiliil (h-iiik, I'ksna.nt, Antic /<iiil. II, 2i'>l, New York. 



Sp. CiiAK. Upper parts hrownisli-olivaceons. Head lirownish. sticakecl wilh M 

 the sides, and a hroad ec^ntral slri|i<' ol' ashy. Ba<'k Molched wilh darker; edirc- 

 terseapnlar ti'athers and inner secondaiics whitish, just exterior to a lila<'kish sii 

 A broad superciliary and maxillary stripe, nieetini,' behind tlit; ashy ear-coverts, 

 h.'incl across the upper breast, bufl'-yellow. The siiles of the throat with a brown 

 the upper part of the breast and the sides of the body streaked with black; i 

 under parts whitish. Iv|ii-c of wiinj' yel- 

 low i.sh-white. Bill yellowish below; dusky 

 above. The female appears to have more 

 bulT on th(! breast than the male. liciigtli, 

 5 inches; wiiifr, 2.l!n. 



H<tb. Atlantic coast of the Unite(l 

 States. 



ack on 

 : of in- 

 ll'nsion. 

 and a 

 stripe ; 

 est of 



Till! yoiiiio; i.s of n mow. ycllowisli 

 tiiioo above and lieU>w; the streaks 

 on the back more con.spieiioiis ; tlie 

 sciiimlar leathers without the whitish 

 edoino. '■" "■■ ■ 



Ill auttuniial and winter speciinen.s the buff tints are iiiuuh deeper than in 



Aminivlrnmiis raiirtttnitiis. 



