PEUCEA. 427 
“sage” bush, composed of fine thin shreds of “sage-brush” bark, 
dried grass-stems, etc. Hggs 3-4, .77 x .55, greenish white or dull 
grayish white, speckled, chiefly on larger end, with reddish brown, 
mixed with a few darker markings. Hab. Artemisia plains of 
western United States, north to southern Idaho, Montana, and 
plains of the Columbia, east to Colorado and New Mexico, south to 
northern Mexico and interior of southern California (San Bernar- 
dino County, etc.). 
(66.) 574a. A. belli nevadensis Ripew. Sage Sparrow. 
Genus PEUCAEA Aupuzon. (Page 386, pl. CX., fig. 1.) 
Species. 
Common Craracters.—Adults: Upper parts more or less streaked with rusty 
and grayish; top of head streaked with brown, or rusty, and grayish, or else plain 
rusty ; no distinct light bands on wing; lower parts plain light dull grayish or 
dull buffy, the belly white or whitish. Young: Above more tawny or buffy, and 
more distinctly streaked, than in adult; lower parts whitish or yellowish buff, the 
chest, etc., streaked with dusky. Vest on or near ground. fggs 3-5, plain white 
or bluish white. 
a. Tarsus not more than .85. 
b'. Lesser wing-coverts brown or rusty centrally, margined with paler. 
ce. Edge of wing more or less distinctly tinged with yellow. 
d', Middle tail-feathers without indications of distinct bars; flanks 
without distinct streaks. 
é. Whole belly and lower part of breast dull white, the sides, 
, flanks, and-chest pale grayish buff (deepest on chest). 
fi. Darker, the streaks on upper parts chestnut, the back 
always (?) streaked with black ; length 5.60-6.25, wing 
2.20-2.50 (2.35), tail 2.38-2.70 (2.57), culmen .50-52 
(51), depth of bill at base .26-.28 (.27), tarsus .76-.80 
(79). Eggs .73 X .60, plain pure white. Hab. Florida 
and lower Georgia. 
575. P. estivalis Licut. Pine-woods Sparrow. 
f’. Lighter, with streaks on upper parts bright rusty, the 
back often (usually ?) without black streaks; length 
5.30-6.25, wing 2.35-2.60 (2.47), tail 2.55-2.70 (2.61), 
culmen 52-.60 (.56), depth of bill .27-.29 (.28), tarsus 
.75-.83 (.78). Hab. Southern Atlantic and Gulf States 
and lower Mississippi Valley, north to North Carolina, 
eastern Tennessee, Kentucky, southern Illinois and 
