FRINGILLIDiE, FINCHES, ETC. — GEN. 64, 65. 135 



enne, Wyoming. (Allen.) Lawr., Ann. Lye. Nat. Flist. N. Y., 1851, v, 

 122; Cass. 111., 228, pi. 39; Bd., 437 maccownii. 



64. Genus CENTEONYX Baird. 

 ' BcdrcVs Bunting. Hind claw rather longer than its digit ; hind toe and 

 claw not shorter than the middle one. Wings pointed, but inner secondaries 

 not lengthened as in Panserculns. Tail eniarginate. Thickly streaked 

 everywhere al)ove, on the sides, and across the breast ; al)ove, grayish streaked 

 with dusky, below white, with blackish maxillary, pectoral and lateral 

 streaks; crown divided by a brownish-yellow line; a faint superciliary whit- 

 ish line ; no yellowish on bend of wing; outer tail feathers whitish. A curi- 

 ous bird, apparently related to PlectropJumes in form, but with the general 

 appearance of a savanna spiirrow or bay-winged bunting. Only one speci- 

 men known. Yellowstone, Aud., vii, 359, pi. 500; Bd., 441. "Massa- 

 chusetts," Maynard, Am. Nat., 1869, 554, and Guide, 112, frontispiece ; 

 Allen, Am. Nat. 1869, 631 ; Brewster, Am. Nat. 1872, 307. I have 

 seen the later supposed specimens, the fresh measurements of one of which 

 (6J ; wing 3^ ; tail 2| ; bill .4 ; tarsus nearly an inch) are much larger than 

 those recorded by Audubon, and there are many other discrepancies. The 

 bird should be diligently sought for, as a full investigation will reveal some- 

 thing not now anticipated bairdii. 



. 65. Genus PASSERCULUS Bonaparte. 



\ c ' Savanna S}Xtrrow. (Plate iii, figs. 16,17, 18, 16n, 17«., 18«.) Thickly i/ 

 streaked everywhere above, on sides, and across breast; a superciliary line, 

 and edge of the wing, yellowish; lesser wing coverts not chestnut; legs 

 flesh-color ; bill rather slender and acute ; tail 

 nearly even, its outer feathers not pure white; 

 longest secondary nearly as long as the primaries 

 in the closed wing. Above, brownish-gray, 

 streaked with blackish, whitish-gray aud pale ba}^ 

 the streaks largest on interscapulars, smallest on 

 cervix, the crown divided by an obscure whitish 



->• ,. 1 II . 1 a-^ • Fig. 83. S;tviiiina SpaiTOw. 



hne; sometimes an obscure yellowish surlusion (um too siuiuier.) 



about head besides the streak over the ej'e. Below, white, pure or 

 with faint huffy shade, thickly streaked, as just stated, with dusky — the 

 individual spots edged with brown, mostly arrow-shaped, running in chains 

 along the sides, and often aggregated in an obscure blotch on the breast. 

 Wings dusky, the coverts and inner secondaries black-edged and tipped with 

 bright bay; tail feathers rather narrow and pointed, dusky, not noticeably 

 marked. 5^-5| ; wing 2i-2f ; tail 2-2-J ; middle toe and claw together 1 J ; 

 bill under J. North America; a terrestrial species, abundant everywhere 

 in fields, on plains, by waysides, and along the seashore ; migrator^', "-rcija- 

 rious. With a close general resemblance to several other species, it may be 

 readily distinguished by the foregoing marks. It varies but little with sex 



