BIRDS — FEINGILLIDAE — SPIZELLA BBEWEEI. 



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brown, giving to it an entirely different appearance from the adult. The streaks in the upper 

 parts, too, are darker and more conspicuous. The margins of the feathers rather more rusty. 



This species is readily distinguishable from the other American Spizdlas, excepting S. hreweri, 

 (which see,) in the dark streaks and median ashy stripe on the crown, the paler tints, the dark 

 line on the side of the chin, &c. 



List of specimens. 



SPIZELLA BREWEEI, C a s s i n . 



Brewer's Sparrow. 



Embenza pallida, Ato. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 66 ; pi, 398, f. 2.— Is. Synopsis, 1839.— Ib. Birds Araer. Ill, 1841, 



71 ; pi. 161. (Not of Swainaon, 1831.) 

 Spizella breweH, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. VIII, Feb. 1856, 40. 



Sp. Ch. — Similar to S. pallida; the markings more obsolete ; no distinct median and superciliary light stripes. The crown 

 streaked with black. Some of the feathers on the sides with brown shafts. Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.50. 

 Hab. — Rocky mountains of United States to the Pacific coast. 



This species, if really distinct, is so very similar to the S. pallida as to require very close and 



critical comparison to separate it. One feature is the more obsolete character of the markings, 



which have not the sharpness and definition of pallida. The streaks on the back are narrower, 



and the central ashy and lateral whitish stripes of the crown are scarcely, if at all, appreciable. 



The clear ash of the back of the neck, too, is mostly wanting. The feathers along the sides of 



the body, near the tibia, and occasionally elsewhere on the sides, have brownish shafts, not 



found in the other. 



Ziist of specimens. 



