S. PALLIDA VAE. BEEWEEI, BEEWER'S SPAEROW. 151 



October, according to my observations, though some may linger later. 

 In the spring their return may be noted on the Missouri liiver, in the 

 region about Fort Eandall for instance, toward the end of April, at the 

 same time that the Bay-winged Buntings and Lark Finches airivo. 



SPIZBLLA PALLIDA var. BREWEEI, (Cass.) Ooues. 

 Brewer's Sparrow. 



Emberiza pallida, AuD., Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 66, pi. 398, f. 2; Syn. 1839, 103; B. Am. iii,' 

 1841, 71, pi. 161 {nee Sw.). (See last article.) 



Spizella •pallida, Bp. Consp. Av. i, 1850, 480.— Woodh., Sitg. Rep. 1853, 83 (New Mex- 

 ico). — Heicrm., p. E. E. Eep. x, 185^, part vi, 48 (Texas to California). — CouES, 

 Ibis, 1865, 164 (Arizona). 



Spizella breweri, Cass., Pr. Philii. Acad, viii, 1856, 40.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 475.— Kenn., 

 P. E. E. Eep. X, 18.')9, part iv, 29.— CouES, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 87.-Stev., 

 U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 465.— CoOP., B. Cal. i, 1870, 209. 



Zonotnohia (Spizella) breweri, Gray, Hand-list, No. 7399, 



Spizella palliAa var. breiveri, CouES, Key, 1872, 143. — B. B. & E., N. A. B. li, 1874, 1-3, pi. 

 27, f. 4. 



Hah, — Southern Eocky Mountain region, especially New Mexico and Arizona. Texas.' 

 California. 



List of specimens. 



19282 



76 



Pierre's Hole June 26, 1860 . F. V. Hayden 



5.00 



7.50 



2.25 



Later Expeditions. — 60408-15, Bitter Cottonwood and Fort Fetterman ; 60673-4, Big 

 Sandy and Green River. 

 Not obtained by Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. 



Brewer's Sparrow is of common occurrence in the region above given. 

 Its habits, as I observed them iu the southwest, are the same as those 

 of the typical form. 



Note. — A North American species of this genus, not occurring iu the Missouri x-egion, 

 as far as now known, is the following: 



Spizella atriodlaris, (Cab.) Baird. 



Spinites atri'iularis, Cab., Mns. Hein. i, 18"il. 133. 



Spizella atiiqularis, Bd., B. N. A. 18,58, 476; 1860, pi. 55, f. 1 ; Mex. B. Surv. ii, pt. ii, 

 1859, Birds, 16, pi. 17, f. 1.— CouES, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 87 (Arizona).- Coop., 

 B. Cal. i, 1870, 210.— COUBS, Kev, 1872, 144.— B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii, 1874, 15, 

 • pi. 26, f. 11, 12. 



Struthus atrimentalis, Couch, Pr. Phila. Acad, vii, 1854, 67. 



Spizella eviira, Codes, Ibis, 1865, 118, 164 {Young). 



Spizella cana, Bd., Mus. Smiths. ( Young). 



Sab. — Mexico, and southwest border of the United States. Arizona {Cones). Call-: 

 fornia {Xantus). 



^ZONOTEIGHIA ALBIOOLLIS, (Gm.) Bp. ,:■ 



White-throated Sparrow. 



Fringilla albicollis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 926.— WiLS., Am. Orn. iii, 1811, p. 51, pi. 22, f. 2. 

 Zonoirickia albicollis, Bp., Consp. Av. 1850, 478. — Cai!., Mns. Hein. 18.il, 132. — Bd., B. 



N. A. 1858, 463.— Ha YD., Eep. 1802, I66.-C0UES, Kev, 1872, 144, fig. 88.— B. B. 



& R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 574, pi. 26, p. 10 ; and of most late authors. 

 Fringilla immsylvaniea. Lath., lud. Orn. 1790, 446.— Bp., Svn. 1828, 108.— Sw. & Rich., 



F. B. A. ii, 1831, 256 (J?ono(ncAM).—AuD., Orn. Biog. i, 1831, 42; pi. 8; Syn. 



1839, 121 ; B. Am. iii, 1841, 153, pi. 191.— Maxim., J. f. O. vi, 1858, 276. 

 Zonotrichia piennsglvaiiica, Bp.', List, 1838, 32. 



Sab. — Eastern Province of North America, to the 65th parallel. Not observed iu 

 Alaska. Breeds from Northern New England and Minnesota northward, especially m 

 Ihe interior. Winters in the United States from Maryland (from New Yoik, Niitfall) 

 southward. West to the Indian Territory, Kansas, and Dakota. Accidental in Europe 

 (Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August 17, 1867; Zoologist, 1869, 1547; Turuhull,B. ii. Pa. 

 1869, 23; Ifeioton, P. Z. S. i0l^ii'^e&HSy-'Mi^^ft% ''^- ^- ^^~''^' 6*^')- 





