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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIliDS. 



282. Passerella iliaca (Merr.) Sw. b 374. c 188. R 235. 



Fox Sparrow. 



283. Pas-^ercila iliaca unalascensis (Gm.) Ridg. b 376. c i89. r 235a. 



Townsend^s Fox Sparrow. 



284. Passerella ilit ca schistacea ( Bd.) All. b 37g. c isoa. r 236c. 



Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. 



285. Passerella iliaca megarhyncha (Bd.) Ilcnsh. b — . c — . r 2356. 



Large-billed Fox Sparrow. 



286. Jalamospiza bicolor (Towns.) Bp, b 377. c loo. r 25G. 



Lark Bunting. 



287. Spiza americana (Gm.) Bp. b 378. c loi. r 254. 



Black-throated Bunting. 



288. Spiza townsendi (And.) Ridg. b 379. c 192. r 255. (?) 



Tow^nsend's Bunting. 



stripes on the head ; Gr. ypdn/m, ypamtiKSs. Usually written fjrammara or grammacus, for 

 wliiiih there is no authority. And even the corrected form is bad enough ; for graminiciis 

 does not mean lincatus, striped, marked with lines, but linearis, linear, iiaving the quality 

 of a line. 



283. Pas-sfir-el'-lS i-lI'-5-c5. An arbitrary diminutive of Lat. passer, like splzella from spiza. 

 — For iliaca, see Tiirdus iliacus, No. 4. Applicability of the name inobvious ; it may be 

 intended to note some resemblance to the thrush in mention, or refer to the conspicuous 

 markings of the flanks. 



283. P. i. u-nS-Ias-c5n'-sIs. The name of the Aleutian Island for which this species is named, 



has no settled orthography : Unalashka, Unalasclika, Unalasclia, Ouna-, Oona-, Aoona-, 

 Aona-, &c. In the present case, Pennant wrote Unalasclia Bunting, of wliich Gmelin 

 made Emtieriza unalascheensis, and was nearly followed by Ridgway ; but the word may 

 be euphonized as above, just as we have alascrnsis as the name of a wren, No. 78. 

 Tliis stands as Passerella lownsendii in the orig. ed. 



284. P. i. sch!s-ta'-c6-S. Lat. (late) .•sc/y/.s/afpii.'!, slaty, relating to slate; in this case, in color; 



srhislns or trxiirTifj, split, cleft, or fissile, capable of easy cleavage, as slatc-sione is. The 

 same stem is seen in srhism, schismatic. 



This stands as P. lownscmlii var. schistacea in the orig. ed. 



285. P. i. m6g-5-rhyn'-cha. Gr. la^ya, great, large, and ^vyxos, Lat. rhi/nchiis, snout, muzzle, 



beak. More exactly to be written merjalnrhi/ncha. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List ; since revived bj' II. W. Ilcnshaw. 



286. C51-5-m5-spiz'-S bi'-cai-8r. Lat. calamus or Gr. Kd\afjios, a reed, rush, cane, flag; and 



spiza. See under Passer, Xo. 102, and Afrlospiza, No. 212. — Lat. bicolor, two-colored; bis, 

 twice ; in allusion to the black-and-white of the male. 



287. Spiz'-5 [pronounced Speedzali] 5m-er-T-ca'-n5. See under Mdnspiza, No. 242. 



Tills stands as Euspiza amcr. in the orig. ed. For the change, sec Ridg., Pr. Nat. 

 Mus., II, 1880, p. 3. 



288. S. town'-s«nd-i. To J. K. Townsend. 



Given as Euspiza towns, in the orig ed. No second specimen of this alleged species is 

 known, and it is not improbable that the type came from an egg laid by .S'. americana. 

 But even such Immediate ancestry would not forbid recognition of " specific characters ; " 

 tlie solitary bird having been killed, it represents a species which died at its birth. 



