430 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
about .75. Eggs .75 x .54, plain bluish white. Had. Southern Ari- 
BON Devxvasdsecaas ers 579. P. carpalis Cours. Rufous-winged Sparrow. 
a’, Tarsus .90, or more. 
Adult: Above brownish gray, the back and scapulars distinctly streaked 
with blackish; top of head umber-brown, streaked with black, and 
divided medially by a stripe of ash-gray ; eyelids conspicuously whitish, 
but this surrounded by dusky; malar stripe, chin, throat, and belly 
white; chest pale brownish gray, changing to a more buffy tint along 
sides; a blackish streak along each side of throat; wing 2.70-2.75, tail 
3.00-3.20, exposed culmen .47-.50, depth of bill at base .27-.30, tarsus 
.90-.95. Hab. Southern Mexico (Oaxaca). 
P, notosticta Sct. & Sav. Oaxaca Sparrow.! 
Gznus MELOSPIZA Barrp. (Page 386, pl. CX., figs. 2, 4.) 
Species. 
Common Cuaractrrs.—Above grayish, brownish, olive, or rusty, more or less 
distinctly streaked, especially on the back, with darker; top of head brownish, 
streaked with darker, and divided medially by a more or less distinct grayish 
stripe, or else chestnut, becoming black on forehead ; wings and tail brownish (usu- 
ally more or less rusty), the former without distinct light bands; ear-coverts and 
superciliary stripe grayish, separated by a brownish or dusky postocular streak ; 
a whitish, light grayish, or buffy malar stripe, bordered below by a more or less 
distinct brown or dusky streak along side of throat; lower parts mainly whitish, 
the chest and sides usually streaked with rusty, brown, or dusky. Young similar to 
adults, but markings less sharply defined and colors more blended. Nest in low 
bushes or on ground. #ggs light greenish or dull bluish white, more or less spotted 
with brown. 
a. First quill not longer than seventh; malar stripe white or light grayish; chest 
not distinctly buffy. 
b. Adulé with chest white, very distinctly streaked or spotted with brown, 
rusty, or blackish ; top of head brown, divided by a more or less distinct 
median stripe of grayish, and without black on forehead or occiput; 
postocular streak brown like crown. Eggs dull whitish, pale bluish 
green, dilute brownish, etc., blotched, spotted, speckled, or sprinkled 
with brown. 
c. Wing less than 3.10, culmen less than .64, 
d', Markings of plumage very distinct, more or less sharply con- 
trasted with the ground-color, the latter grayish, olive, or 
grayish brown on upper parts. 
e'. Streaks on back more or less decidedly blackish, those on chest 
brownish (not rufous or decidedly rusty) or blackish. 
1 Peucea notosticta Sci. & Sarv., P. Z. S. 1868, 322, 
