CHONDESTES GEAMMACA, LAKK FINCH. 159 



■whitish. Chin, pure white, boiimled on each side by a sharp maxillary line of blaokiah, 

 •with a rusty-red tinge. On the lower throat, a large, dififuse and partially disconlinii- 

 OHs blotch of this same blackish-red, cutting off the white chin from the white of the 

 rest of the under parts, connecting with the maxillary streaks, and stretching along 

 the sides of the neck and breast in a series of rich dnsky-chestunt streaks. On tlio 

 middle of the breast the blotch generally runs out into the white in a sharp point, but 

 its size and shape vary interminably. The markings here described are all included in 

 the jet-black hood aud breast-plate of the perfect spring dress ; and between the two 

 extremes every intermediate condition may be observed at various sea.sons. The rest 

 of the plumage does not differ very materially from that of the adults. This is, 

 excepting Z. coronata, the largest of our Sparrows. Length, 7.00 to nearly y.OO inches ; 

 extent, 11.00 or more ; wing, 3.50 ; tail, rather more ; bill, along culmen, 0.45 ; t^irsus, 

 1.00 ; middle toe and claw rather less. In the fall the sexes are not distinguishable 

 by any outward mark. 

 Note. — The only remaining North American species of the genus is the following : 



ZONOTRICHLi CORONATA, (Pall.) Bd. 



Emberiza coronata, Pali.., Zoog. K.-A. ii, 1811, pi. — . 



Zonotnchia coronata, Bd.. B. N. A. 1858, 461.- Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 186P, 



201.— Heeem., p. E. E. Eep. x, 18.^9, pt. vi, 48 (breeding).— Dall & Bann.. 



Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 284 (Alaska).— CooP., B. Cal. i, 1870, 197.— Codes, Key, 



1872, 145.— B. B. & E., N. A. B. i, 1874, .573, pi. 26, f. 1. 

 Enibei'iza atrieapilla, Aud., Oru. Biog. v, 1839, 47, pi. 394. 

 Fringilla atrieapilla, Aud., Syn. 1839, 123; B. Am. iii, 1841, 162, pi. 193. 

 FnngiUa aurocapilla, Nutt., Man. i, 2d ed. 1840, 555. 

 Zonotrichia aurocapilla, Bp., Consp. i, 1850, 478. — New;)., P. E. E. Eep. vi, 1857, 88. 



Hab. — Pacific coast, from Alaska to Southern California, and probably eastward to 

 the Eooky Mountains. 



CHONDESTES GEAMMACA, (Say) Bp. 

 Lark Finch. 



Fringilla grammaca. Say, Long's Exp. i, 1823, 139. — Bp., Am. Orn. i, 1825, 47,pl. 5, f. 3.— 

 Bp., Syn. 1828.- Nutt., Man. i, 1832, 480.— Aun., Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 17, pi. 390. 



Chondestcs grammaca, Bp., List, 1838, 32; Cousp. Av. i, 1850, 479. — WooDii , Sitg. Eep. 

 1853, 86.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 456.— Bd., Pr. Phihi. Acad. Nov. 1859 (Cape St. 

 Lucas). — Heerm., P. E. E. Eep. x, 1859, part vi, 48. — Coop. it. Suck., N. H. 

 Wash.Ter. 1860,200.— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Eep. 1860 (Ohio, three specimens). — 

 Hayd., Eep. 1862, 166.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1859, 379 (Oasaca).— Dress., Ibis, 1865, 

 488 (Texas).— Allen-, Pr. Ess. Inst> i v, 1864, 84 (ilassachusetts).— JIayn., Guide, 

 1870, 142 (Massachusetts). — Coues, Pr. Phil. Acad. l-:66, 84 (Arizona). — Allen, 

 Mem. Bost. Soc. i, 1868, 495, 517 (Iowa and Illinois).— Su.micil, ihid. 1869, 5.52 

 (Vera Cruz, in winter). — Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 281 (Massachusetts). — 

 Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 404.— Merk., ibid. 1872, 680.— Coop., B. 

 Cal. i, 1870, 103.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1^72, 177.— Hold., Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 1872, 201 (Wyoming). — Trippe, ibid. 237 (Iowa, breeding). — S"NOW, B. Kans. 187,;. 

 7.— Coues, Key, 1872, 146, fig. 90.— B. B. & E., N. A. B. i, 1874, 562, pi. 31, f. I- 



MLibniza grammaca, AuD., Svn. 1839, 101. — Aud., B. Am. iii, 1841, 63, pi. 158. — "Bp., 

 Am. Orn. 8™ ed. iii, 65, pi. 158."— Putn., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1856, 244 (Gloucester, 

 Mass., one specimen, in 1845, S. Jilhou). — Maxlvl, J. f. O. vi, 1858, 343. 



Chondestes slrigatus, Sw., Phil. Mag. i, 1827, 435 (Mexico). 



Hab. — Prairies and p'ains of the V/est, from Illinois and Iowa, &c., to the Pacific: 

 occasional in Ohio ; accidental in Massachusetts. Cape St. Lucas. South into Mexico. 



List of spedniens. 



19348 

 19349 



Yellowstone E. 

 do 



July 12, 1870 

 do 



G. H. Trook.. 

 do 



6.75 

 6.50 



11.00 

 11.00 



3.76 



3.50 



Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — 4820-21, Upper Missouri Eiver ; 4822-23, Big Sionx 

 Elver; 5382-83, Powder Eiver; 5384-85, Fort Lookout; 9228-31, 9233-36, 1938, Loup 

 Fork of Platte Eiver ; 9232, Fr(5mont, on Platte Eiver ; 9237, Sand Hills. 



Later Expeditions.— 60^7 , Bitter Cottonwood Creek; 61668-71, 61776, Utah ; (;2307, 

 Wyoming. 



This is one of the most abundant and characteristic birds of the 



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