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speed. The food of the Junco is substantially the same as that of the 

 Tree Sparrow. Both are valuable as destroyers of the seeds of nox- 

 ious plants. 



223. (5676). Junco hyemalis shufeldti Coalb 



Shufeldt's Junco. 



Similar to J. hyemalis, but with th'e head dull black, the back 

 browner, and the sides brownish-vinaceous. 



Wing, 3.05-3.14; tail, 3.75-3.89; tarsus, .73-.74; bill, .40-.43. 



Eange. — Eocky Mountain region, west to California, south to 

 Arizona, Texas and northern Mexico. Accidental in Illinois, Indiana, 

 Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, etc. 



Accidental winter visitor. There is only one record known of the 

 occurrence of this western form in Indiana. A specimen was killed 

 by Mr. Ealph S. Wickersham in the yard of Mr. Thomas Cory, in 

 West Lafayette, January 30, 1891. It was shot for food for a captive 

 Barn Owl, Strix pratincola, but observing it differed from the ordi- 

 nary Junco, it was forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution, at 

 Washington, where it was identified as this form. For the informa- 

 tion, and, finally, for the specimen, I am indebted to Dr. Erastus 

 Test, and to Messrs. L. A. and C. D. Test. Mr. H. K. Coale had a 

 specimen in his collection, taken at Waukegan, 111. (The Auk, Oct., 

 1887, p. 331). 



13.3. Genus PEUC^A Audubon. 



*224. (575a). Peucaea aestivalis bachmanii (Aud.). 



Bachman's Sparrow^. 



Adult. — Above, rufous, streaked with gray, and sometimes spotted 

 on the back with black; buff stripe over eye; dusky stripe on each side 

 of chin; below, grayish-buff, whitening on the belly; edge of wing, 

 yellow. 



Length, 5.30-6.35; wing, 3.35-3.60; tail, 3.38-3.95. 



Eange. — Mississippi Valley, north to southern Illinois and central 

 Indiana (Warren County), west to north Texas, east to east Ten- 

 nessee, Georgia and North Carolina. Breeds throughout its range. 



Nest, on ground; of grass, usually domed and cylindrical. Bggs, 

 3-4; white; .74 by .60. 



Summer resident in the southwestern quarter of the State, usually 

 not common. 



