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364. J. h. annec'tens. (Lat. annectens, annexing ; arf, to, and jiecio, I juin.) Pixk-sided Snow- 

 bird. Characters in general of ./. canicejis (No. 265) ; differs by mure abrupt detinitiou of the 

 white belly from the ashy breast, and pinkisli sides ; by S(j inucli resembling wegonus. S(juthem 

 Eocky Mt. region, from Wyoming, and especially CiJ<-)rado, to New Mexico and Arizona ; 

 migrating latitudinally with season, but chiefly working up and down the incjuntains. 



205. J. h. ca'niceps. (Lat. cankeps, gray-headed ; canus, gray.) Grav-headeu SNOW-wurj. 

 Clear ash, purest on head, paler below, and fading gradually into white on beUy ; interscapulars 

 abruptly, definitely, chestnut or rusty-brown ; lores blackish ; bill flesh-color ; iris brown ; no 

 fulvous wash on sides ; no chestnut on wings in the typical form. Rather larger than hiemalis; 

 length ab<jut 7.00 ; wing over 3.00 ; tail about 3.00. The .sexual and seasonal changes are not 

 so well marked as in the heavily-colored hiemalis and oregonus, but parallel as far as tliey go. 

 Very young birds are streaked, like all the rest. Rocky iVIts. of the U. S., from Wyoming 

 southward ; Wahsatch and Uintah Mts. Five or six of the styles of Junco, including ./. 

 hiemalis, occur together in the mcumtains of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. 



206. J. h. dorsa'lis. (Lat. dorsalis, pertaining to the back ; dorsum, the liack.) Red-backed 

 Sndw-bird. Cliaracters in general of J. ccmiceps; but with the bUl blaclv and yeUow, as in 

 cincreus. Mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. 



267. J. h. cine'reus. (Lat. cinereus, ashy ; cinis, ashes.) Cinereou.s Sxow-bird. Mexican 

 Snow-bird. Like .7. ccmiceps. Under parts paler ash, fading sooner and more insensiljly into 

 white; chestnut of back intense, and spreading over the wing-coverts and inner secondaries ; 

 upper mandible black ; lower yelhjw; iris yellow. Mexico to the U. S. border. Mt. Graluim, 

 Arizona. 



83. SPIZEL'LA. (Ital. dinjinutive form of Lat. spiza, from Gr 



(TTTiXa, a finch.) ClllPPiNG Sparrow.S. Embracing small 4J^^i^^^^^^S^^^/ 

 species, .5-0 inches long, with the long, broad-feathered, forked ^^^^^'^^^^^jjE*^ 

 tail about equalling (more or less) the rather pointed wings ; ~^*~ "i^^^V ' _~ 



with no yellowish anywhere, anil no streaks on the under parts ^ ^.r**;^^-' 



when adult; interscapular region distinctly streaked ; rump plain %*0?^^S'5' 



(except atrigularis) ; »/oi*»(jr fully streaked. Point of wing formed ^^-^J 



by 2d to 4th or 5th quiU ; 1st usually lietween 5th and 6th. Bill 



small, conic. Tarsus little if any longer than middle toe and fig. 237 — cbippy's licia, 



claw; lateral toes about equal. Tail-feathers widening a little large as Ufe. (E. C; 



to broadly oval tips. Numerous species. Eastern and Western, inhabiting shrubbery ; tliree 



of them familiar Eastern birds. 



Analysis nf Species. 

 Eastern and Western species with tlie crown nfthe adult chestnut. 



Bill black and yellow ; forehead not hlacl<; two distinct white wing-bars; dark spot on brea.st ; large; 



about 6.00 long mmiticola 268 



Bill and forehead black ; wing-bars not conspicuous ; breast ashy-white, without spot ; length under G. 



Tail decidedly shorter than wing ilomestica 269, 270 



Bill brownish-red; forehead not black; wing-bars indistinct; breast huffy white, without spot. 



Length under 6.00 agrestis 27] 



Western species, with the crown not chestnut, and streaked like the back. 



Crown divided by a median stripe, and its streaks separated from those of the back by an ashy 



interval. Tail equal to wings palliiln 272 



Crown not evidently divided, and streaked continuously with the back. Tail longer. . . , bmreri 272 

 Western species, with the crown of the adult dark ash. Face and throat black. Tail deciiledly longer 



than wing atrigidarls 274 



268. S. monti'cola. (Lat. monticola, inhabiting mountains ; mons, montis, a mountain ; colo, I 

 dwell; incola, an inbabitant.) Tree Sparrow. Winter Chip-bird. Bill black above, 

 yellow below ; legs brown ; toes black. No black on forehead ; crown chestnut (in winter 

 specimens the feathers usually skirted with gray), bordered by a grayisli -white superciliary and 

 loral line ; a postocular chestnut stripe over auriculars, and some vague chestnut marl;s on 



