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SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — rASSJ^^EES— OSCINES. 



culnion 0.50 louj^. No yoll()\yish ovor ovo or mi oduc uf wiiii; ; im cviilont moilian stripo on 

 criiwn. Briiwuish-gray, obsoletely stR'ak<'il w'uh il:irk liiin\-ii, iiuist iiutiocalilc on crown and 

 iiiiildle of back; entire under parls dnll wliite, continently streaked with cU'ar brown every- 

 wliere except on throat, middle ol' l)elly, and crissnni. Wings and tail dnsky-i^ray, the 

 rectrices with paler edt;-es, the [iriniaries with whitish edi;es, the winy--coverts and secondaries 

 broailly edged and tipped with grayisli-bay. An idiscnre \; hitish superciliary line. Jiill light 

 brown, nnder nnmdible paler or yellowish ; legs pale. Lenglh 5.^5 ; whig 2.5(l-'~'.7r) ; tail "J. 01). 

 l\icific coast, U. S., especially California.; a. cnrions s]iecies, conunon, maritime, rejiresenting, 

 with var. diitliiniis, the AiiDiiodndiii in the marshes of the seashore. 

 331. r. s»tta'tus. (Lat. guttatus, spotted; giillK, a drop.) St. Li (As S.\v.\nn.\ Sparkciw. 

 l)ill shaped as in iv^tratKH, relativ(dy as stent, bnt smaller ; cnlmen (I. I') ; depth at base O.i?.'). 

 Bird snniller : pattern of coloration the sanu^, bnt toni^ darker; streaking of the under ]iarts 

 sharper, heavier, and darker. Instead of tln^ light brownish-gray of ro.ttr<itii.'i the upper parts 

 are here dark, almost idivaceous, brown, so that the dark streaking of the crown and inter- 

 scapulars is less noticeabk'. The same difference (d)aracterizes tlu' under parts. t\ipe St. 

 Lucas. 



Obs. There is a. sparrow of the L. Cala. (Julf coast and islands lilic gultntitx : larger; 

 wing 2.7.5 ; hill 0.50, at base O.liO deep, thus ;is large as that of nialriitua, but regularly coiuc, 

 with straight cubneu suddenly dellected at end, ami ]ii'rfectly straight commissure; upper 

 mandible and tip of lower blackish; rest apparently yellowish. An ii. xp. f 1'. sanotoriim 

 N., Mus. S. I., San Benito Isl. (Sco Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., March, 1SS3, p. 5:iS.) 

 76. POaC'CETES. (CJr. ttot;, jmh\ grass ; olKti-qi, nil-ctcs, an inhabitant.) Ur.\s.s SrAUUdWS. 

 ISill uuiderate, cvUmcn, gonys and connnissure nearly straight. Wings long, longer than tail, 

 tip formed by first ■!■ (piiUs ; inner sci'ondaries somewhat (dougate, h'ss so than in J'a.isnriilils. 

 Tail emarginate, with rather broad firm feathers, not acundnate at ends. Tarsus about as long 

 as nu<ldle toe without (daw; lateral toes of about c(pial lengths, their (daws scarc(dy rea(diiug 

 base of middle claw; hind claw as usual, not longer tluiu its digit. I'lumage thiidilv streaked 

 (■verywhen^ above, on sides li(dow and acro.ss brea.st ; bend uf wing (diestnnt ; 1-!! outer tail 

 feathers white ; cvowu without light luedian stripe; no trace of yellow anywher(>. 

 233. I', gi'aiiu'iu'us. {]/aU uniiiiiiicux, applied to a grass-loving bird; (irirmcn, grass. Fig. '.';.'S.) 



(Jkas.s Finch. BAY-w'iN(iioi> Buntinh. 



-^=Z "" ^^_ Viosi'ioi;-iiii!i>. yMiove, grayish-brown, 



clos(dy and uniforudy marked with dnsky- 

 ccntred br(jwn-edged streaks, and further 

 variegated by pah^ ffeay edging (4' tho 

 feathers. Crown (|uite lik(^ b;ick, though 

 the marking is in suiallor iiattern ; suiier- 

 ciliary line and oy(^-ring whitish. Under 

 inirts dull white, usually noticeably buff- 

 tinged in tho streaked areas, thickly streaked 

 across breast and along sides with dusky- 

 centred brown-edged strealcs, anterioidy 

 tending to c.oncentrate in lateral chains 

 bounding the white throat ; above this 

 Fir.. 228. ^ Bay-wi.igcd Bunting, ro(l(.(;e,l. (Slicppard chain a maxillary brown stripe ; auricniars 

 del. Nichols bo.) vari((d with light and dark brown. Quills 



fuscous, the longer ones with grayish-white edging, the K(>c(mdari(\s and great(>r and nn-dian 

 coverts with broad firm brown and white edges and tips ; lesser coverts bright chestnut, wdienco 

 the name "bay-winged." Outer tail-feather larg(dy or wdiolly white, next pair or two pairs 

 largely whit(^ in decreasing amount. Llpjier mandible brown; lower, and the feet, llesh- 



