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I have ever noticed of i,liis egg, found in tiie Capitol Grounds. AViisliingtou, 

 nu'ii.sures .8U liy .58 of an inch ; and the smallest, from Varrell's Station, Ga., 

 measures .OU by .50. Their average measurement is about .70 by .5-1. They 

 iue all much pointed at the smaller end. 



Spizella socialis, var. arizonse, Coues. 



WESTEBN CHIFPINO SFASBOW. 



Spizella social is, vnr. arizmia:, Cduks, V. A. N. S. 18GG. — f'ooiT.n, Oni. Cnl. I, 207. 



Sp. Char. Himilar to socialis, but tiiil .and wiii<; longer, tlio liill iiiirrower, and colors 

 paler and grayer. Unions of tlio crown lighter and less pnipli.sh, generally (ahviiys in 

 -speeiniens from southern Roeky Moinitains) with fine blaek streaks on the posterior part. 

 Ash of the cheeks paler, throwing the white of the siipereiliary stripe and throat into less 

 contrast. Black streaks of the back narrower, .and without the rufous along their edges, 

 merely streaking a plain light brownish-gray groiuid-color. A strong ashy .shade over 

 the breast, not seen in socialis ; wing-bands more ])nrel3' white. Wing, 3.00; tail. 'J.80; 

 bill, .;JC from forehead, by .18 deep. (40,81;') ^, Ajiril 24, Fort Whipple, Ariz., ])r. Coti:s.) 



Had. Western United States from Rocky Mountains to the Pacific; south in winter 

 into Middle and Western Me.vico. 



All the specimens of a large scries from Fort W]iip])le, Arizona, as well 

 as most others from west of the Kocky Mountains to tiie rtKiitic coast, agree 

 in the characters given above, as distingtiislicd from eastern specimens of 

 socialis. The variations with age and season are sim])le ])iirallels of tliose in 

 socinlif). 



Habits. The references in the preceding article to the Chipping S]»arrow 

 as occurring in the jMiddle and Western Proxinces of the United States, are 

 to be understood as applying to the present race. 



Spizella pallida, Bonap. 



CLAY-COLOBED SFASBOW. 



Emhcriza pallida, Sw. F. Bor.-.Xni. II, 1831, 251 (not of ArnrnoN). Spizella pulUda, 

 BoNAi'. List, 1838. — I5aiiii>, I'.irds X. Aim. 18'i8, 474. Spiniles 2>allidiis, Caiianis, 

 Mus. Hi'in. 18.51, 133. Emheritn sluillud-i, Afl). lUrils Am. Vli, 1843, 347, i)I. 

 (■ec(;xciii. Spizella shatlucki, Bonai'. Conspectus, 185(1, 480. 



Sp. Ciiai{. Smaller than S. socialis. B.ack and sides of hind neck ashy. Prevailing 

 color above pale brownish-yellow, with a tinge of grayish. The feathers of back and 

 crown streaked conspicnoii-sly with bl.ickish. Crown with a median pale ashy and a 

 lateral or superciliary ashy-white stripe. Beneath whitish, tinged with brown on the 

 breast and sides, and an indistinct narrow brown streak on the edge of the chin, cutting 

 off a light stripe above it. Ear-coverts browni.sh-yellow, margined above and below by 

 dark brown, making three dark stripes on the luce. Bill reddish, dusky towards tip. 

 Legs yellow. Length, 4.75 ; wing, 2.55. 



