286 AVES : PASSEKES. — XLVI. 



with less black. L. G\. W. 4. T. 2|. Northern regions, S. in 

 winter to N. Y. and Ky. (Eu.) (Lat., Lapp.) 



905. C. pictus (Swainson). $ with head and upper parte 

 mostly black ; collar and under parts rich fawn color ; legs pale ; 

 inner web of outer tail feather chiefly white. ? duller. L. 6^. 

 W. 2f. N. N. Am., S. E., to 111. and Kan. (Lat., painted.) 



480. RHYNCHOPHANES Baird. (pi^y^os, beak ; <f,alva>, 

 I show.) 



906. R. maccowni (Lawrence). Black-breasted Loxg- 

 SPUR. Crown and pectoral crescent black; the black often ob- 

 scured by pale edgings ; bend of wing chestnut ; line over eye and 

 under parts white ; back and sides streaked. L. 6^. W. 3|-. 

 T. 2^. B. nearly |. Great plains, rarely E. to 111. (To Capt. J. 

 P. McCown.) 



481. POCSCETES Baird. (iroa, blue grass ; oikijttj?, inhabitant.) 



907. P. gramineus (Gmelin). Bay-winged Buntixg. Grass 

 Sparrow. Ground Bird. " Vesper Sparrow." Thickly 

 streaked everywhere; slightly buffy below. L. 6. W. 3. T. 2^. 

 liT. Am., abundant in fields, etc., known at once by the chestnut 

 bend of wing and white outer tail feathers ; a good singer. (Lat., 

 grassy.) 



482. AMMODRAMUS Swainson. Shore Sparrows. 

 (^afifios, sand ; Spafieiv, to run.) 



a. Outer pair of tail feathers longer than middle pair; wing much longer than 

 tail. {Passerculus.) 



908. A. princeps (Maynard). Ipswich Sparrow. Grayish; 

 streaks on back sandy brown, not sharply defined ; supercUiary 

 hne white in front; biU not longer than hind toe without claw. 

 L. 6. W. 3|n T. 2^. Nova Scotia to Va. and Texas, coastwise. 

 (Lat., chief.) 



909. A. sand'wlchensis (Gmelin). Savanna Sparrow. 

 Sharply streaked ; streaks on back blackish ; superciHary hne 

 and edge of wing yellowish. L. 5^. W. 2f. T. 2. N. Am., 

 abundant on plains and shores. The form E. of Rocky Mts., smaller 

 (W. 2|, etc., instead of W. 3J, etc.), is var. savanna Wilson. 

 (From Sandwich Isl., Alaska.) 



aa. Outer pair of tail feathers shorter than middle pair; wing not much, if 

 any, longer than tail. 

 b. Bill stout ; tail feathers acute but not rigid ; crown with a median light 

 stripe; inland species. (Coteraicuius Bonaparte.) 

 c. Tail double-rounded, the lateral feathers not much shorter than middle 

 ones. 



910. A. savannarum (Gmelin). Grasshopper Sparrow. 

 Much streaked above ; feathers edged with bay ; breast buffy. 



