BIRDS — FEIN GILLIDAE — ^EUSPIZA TOWNSENCII. 



495 



In specimens from the border of tlie plains the hlack on the throat is restricted to the upper 

 portion, immediately under the head. The streaks on the hack are broader and less distinct. 

 The first quill is longest, as in most specimens. 



In a young male, from Carlisle, the tail feathers are all acute and acuminately pointed. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. 

 No. 



1169 

 1067 

 1459 



8178 



8182 

 6380 

 5381 

 9268 

 9261 

 9265 

 9258 

 9263 

 9260 

 9254 

 9248 

 9270 

 9269 

 9256 

 9262 

 9254 

 9249 

 9257 

 5702 

 5704 

 7087 

 5705 

 6281 



Sex. 



Locality. 



When col- 

 lected. 



Whence obtained. 



Orig'l 



No. 



Collected by — 



Length. 



Stretch 

 ofwings, 



Wing. 



Remarks. 



Carlisle, Fa. 

 , do , 



do 



West Northfleld, III. 



Union co., Ill 



Independence, Mo.. 



Shawnee mission, K. T. 



, do 



Fort Pierre, Neb..., 

 Fort Lookout, Neb.. 

 do , 



Loup Fork of Platte. 

 do 



Aug. 22,1843 

 Jan. 19,1843 

 May 6,1844 



May 19 



April 20 



May 6, 1857 



July -,1857 



July 3,1857 

 June 18,1856 

 June 11,1856 



July 10 



Aug. 30 



Aug.. 3 



July 29 



a. F. Baird . 

 .....do 



do 



N. W. University 

 do 



Wm. M. Magraw. 



do 



do 



Lieut. Warren. 



6.75 

 6.08 

 6.66 



11.00 

 8.33 

 10.75 



3.42 

 3.00 

 3.42 



R. Kennicott . 

 do 



Dr. Cooper . 



114 



do.. 



.do., 



, do 



Dr. Hayden 

 do 



.da.. 

 ■ do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



.do.. 



.do.. 



do..- 



Elk Horn river. 

 do 



July 10 . 

 ....do.... 

 July 24 . 

 July 3 . 

 July 1 . 

 June 80 . 

 ....do.... 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



.do.. 



do 



do 



Fremont on Platte 



East of Fort EUey, K. T, 



Republican Fork 



do 



Platte river 



Texas 



....do 



,...do 



July 1 



June 16,1856 

 July 2, 1856 

 June 12,1857 

 July 19 



.do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



•.do.. 



Lieut, nryan ... 



do 



Dr. Hammond. 

 Lieut. Bryan. . . 

 Capt. J. Pope.. 



14 



54 



1 



124 



do 



W. S. Wood. 

 , do 



6.75 



6.25 

 6.00 

 6.25 

 6.25 

 7.00 

 6.75 

 6.00 

 6.75 

 7.00 

 6.37 

 6.00 

 6.37 

 6.62 

 6.62 

 6.75 

 6.37 

 6.37 

 6.12 



10.62 



9.75 

 9.75 

 10.00 

 9.75 

 10.50 

 10.25 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.25 

 10.00 

 9.75 

 9.50 

 10 50 

 10.87 

 10.62 

 10.75 

 10.50 

 10.50 



3.37 



3.50 



3.25 

 3.37 

 3.00 

 3. GO 

 3.37 

 3.25 

 3.25 

 3.50 

 3.37 

 3.25 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.50 

 3.60 

 3.37 

 3.50 

 3.37 

 3.37 



Iris brown, bill and feet 



grayish. 

 Iris br'n, bill bl'k, and 

 flesh color, feet brown. 



Iris light brown. 



W. S. Wood . 



Iris dark brown. 

 Iris dark brown . 



Iris dark brown . 



BUSPIZA TOWNSENDII, Bo nap. 



Townsend's Bunting. 



Embtnza tovmsendii, Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 183: V, 90 ; pi. 400.— Is. Syn. 1839.— In. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 62; 



pi. 157.— NoTTALL, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 528. 

 Eiispiza townsendii, Bon. List, 1838. 



gp_ Ch_ Malt. Upper parts, head and neck all round, sides of body and fore part of breast slate blue ; the back and upper 



surface ofwings tinged with yellowish brown ; the interscapular region streaked with black. A superciliary and maxillary line, 

 chin and throat, and central line of under parts from the breast to crissum, white ; the edge of the wing, and a gloss on the breast 

 and middle of belly, yellow. A black spotted line from the lower corner of the lower mandible do wn the side of the throat, 

 connecting with a crescent of streaks in the upper edge of the slate portion of the breast. 

 Length, 5.75;' wing, S.86; tail, 2.56. 

 Hoi.— Chester county, Pennsylvania. But one specimen known. 



This curious bird has long been a puzzle to ornithologists in the uncertainty whether it is 

 only a variety of the Euspiza americana or a distinct species. Thus far but one specimen is 



