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136 FRmoiLLiD^, riNcriES, etc.- gen. 66. 



and fige, though the colors may be darker and sharper, or brighter and more 

 diifiise, according to season and wear of the feathers. WiLS., iii, .55, pi. 22, 

 f. 1; NuTT., i, 489; Aud., iii, 68, pi. 160; Bd., 442. P. cdaudinus Bd., 

 446; Coor., 181, is indistinguishalde savanna. 



Var. ANTiiiNus Bd., 445 ; Coop., 183 ; Ell., pi. 13, may be recognized. Bill 

 longer, slenderer (as in fig. 82) ; spots below very numerous, close, sharp, dark. 

 California coast, abundant in the salt marslies. 



Var. SANDViCEXSis Bd., 444 ; Coop., 180. A large northern race : 6 or more 

 long ; bill ^, stout ; head more j'ellowish. Nortliwest coast. 



Sea-shore Sjiarroio. With the form of a savanna sparrow, bat the bill 

 elongated as in Ammodromus, yet very stout and turgid, with decidedly 

 convex cuimen, ^ an inch long. No evident j'ellowish over cya or ou edge of 

 wing; no evident median stripe on crown. Brown- 

 isli-gray, back and crown streaked with dusky, 

 )elo\v didl white, confluently streaked with brown 

 everywhere except on bell}' and crissum. AVings 

 and tail dusky gray, the rcctriccs with paler edges, 

 the primaries with whitish edges, the wing coverts 



Fig. 83. Sen-shore Sparrow. -, ,. , ,, ,^, i.. n -,i 



and secondaries broadly edged aud tipped with 

 gra\ish-bay ; an obscure whitish sui^erciliary line ; under mandible 3'ellow- 

 ish, legs pale ; 51 ; wing 2§ ; tail 2. Pacific coast, U. S. ; a curious species, 

 common, maritime, representing, with var. antldnus, the Ammodromi in the 

 marshes of the seashore. Cass., 111., 226, pi. 28; Bd., 446; Coues, Il)is, 



1866, 268; Coop., 184 kostkatus. 



St. Lucas Sparwiu. Siniihir to jus^'fliw.s; same size ; bill not so heavy: 

 "A stripe of pale j-ellow runs from the bill to the eye, a longer stripe of pale 

 3'ellow extends from the under mandible down the side of the throat * * * 

 differs from all its allies in the obscure grayish coloring of the upper parts, 

 with no reddish-brown, and in having its under plumage more closely and 

 fully spotted." San Jose, L. California; a variety of the last? Lawk., 

 Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1867, 473; Coop., 185. . . . guttatus. 



^Vc- 66. Genus POOECETES Baird. 



Bay-vnnged Bunting. Grass Finch. Thickly streaked everywhere above, 

 on sides and across breast ; no yellow anywhere ; lesser wing coverts chest- 

 nut and 1-3 pairs of outer tail feathers partly or wholly white. Al)ove 

 grayish-brown, the streaking dusi^y and brown, with grayish-white; below 

 white, usually noticeably butfy-tinged, the streaks very numerous on the 

 fore parts and sides ; wing coverts and inner quills much edged and tipped 

 Avith hay ; crowu like back, -without median stripe, line over, and ring round, 

 eye, whitish; feet pale; 5f-6J; wing 2J-3i, with inner secondaries 

 lengthened; tail 2J-2|. North America; a rather large, stout species, 

 known on sight by coml)inatioii of chestnut lesser wing coverts and white 

 outer tail feathers ; the sexes are alike, and the variations in color are only 

 such as are indicated under i'. savanna; western specimens average paler 

 and grayer, representing var. confinis Bd., 448. A very abundant bird, 



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