FBINGILLIB^ : FINCHES- BUNTINGS, SPABMOWS, ETC. 379 



364. J. h. annec'tens. (Lat. annectms, annexing ; ad, to, and necto, I join.) Pink-sided Snow- 

 bird. Characters in general of J. catmc&ps (No. 265) ; differs by more abrupt deiinition of the 

 white belly from the ashy breast, and pinkish sides : by so much resembling oregonus. Southern 

 Rocky Mt. region, from Wyoming, and especially Colorado, to New Mexico and Ai-izonaj 

 migrating latitudinally with season, but chieiiy working up and down the mountains. 



365. J. h. ca'niceps. (Lat. caniceps, gray-headed ; canus, gray.) Geay-headed Snow-bird. 

 Clear ash, purest on head, paler below, and fading gradually into white on belly; interscapulars 

 abruptly, definitely, chestnut or rusty-brown ; lores blackish ; biU flesh-color ; iris brown ; no 

 fulvous wash on sides ; no chestnut on wings in the typical form. Rather larger than hiemalis; 

 length about 7.00 ; wing over 3.00 ; tail about 3.00. The sexual and seasonal changes are not 

 so well marked as in the heavily-colored hiemalis and oregonus, but parallel as far as they go. 

 Very young birds are streaked, like all the rest. Rocky Mts. of the U. S., from Wyoming 

 southward ; Wahsatch and Uintah Mts. Five or ax of the styles of Jwnco, including J. 

 hiemalis, occur together in the mountains of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. 



S66. J. h. dorsa'lis. (Lat. dorsaUs, pertaining to the back; dorsum, the back.) Red-backed 

 Snow-bird. Characters in general of J. camceps; but with the biU black and yellow, as in 

 cinereus. Mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. 

 867. J. h. cine'reus. (Lat. cinereus, ashy; cinis, ashes.) Cinereous Snow-bird. Mexican 

 Snow-bird. Like J. camceps. Under parts paler ash, fading sooner and more insensibly into 

 white ; chestnut of back intense, and spreading over the wing-coverts and inner secondaries ; 

 upper mandible black ; lower yellow ; iris yellow. Mexico to the U. S. border. Mt. Graham, 

 Arizona. 

 83. SPIZEL'LA. (Ital. diminutive form of Lat. spisa, from Gr. __..,._ 



iTiriia, a finch.) Chipping Sparrows. Embracing small .^^^SolSSB^^ 



species, 5-6 inches long, with the long, broad-feathered, forked ^^WWg^^HHMSjgF 



tail about equalling (more or less) the rather pointed wings; 



with no yellowish anywhere, and no streaks on the under parts 



when adult; interscapular region distinctly streaked ; rump plain 



(except atrigularis) ; yowng fuUy streaked. Point of wing formed 



by 2d to 4th or 5th quill ; 1st usually between 5th and 6th. BiU 



small, conic. Tarsus little if any longer than middle toe and fig. 237. — Chippy's head, ae 



claw; lateral toes about equal. Tail-feathers widening a little large aslife. (E.G.) 



to broadly oval tips. Numerous species, Eastern and Western, inhabiting shrubbery ; three 



of them familiar Eastern birds. 



Analysis of Species, 

 Eastern and Western species with the crown of the adult chestnut. 



Bill black and yellow ; forehead not hla^^k ; twodistinct white wing-bars; dark spot on breast; large: 



about 6.00 long . .... ... Timiticola 268 



Bill and forehead black ; wing-bars not conspicuous; breast ashy- white, without spot ; length under 6. 



Tail decidedly shorter than wing . .... damestica 269, 270 



Bill brownish-red; forehead not black; wing-bars indistinct; breast bufly white, without spot. 



Length under 6.00 . .... agrestis 271 



Western species, with the crown not chestnut, and streaked like the back. 



Crown divided by a median stripe, and its streaks separated from those of the back by an ashy 



interval. Tail equal to wings ... pallida 272 



Crown not evidently divided, and streaked continuously with the back. Tail longer. . . . breweri 272 

 Western species, with the crown of the adult dark ash. Face and throat black. Tail decidedly longer 



than wing . ... atrigularis 274 



368. S. montl'cola. (Lat. manticola, inhabiting mountains ; m,ons, monUs, a mountain ; coh, I 

 dwell ; incola, an inhabitant.) Tree Sparrow. Winter Chip-bird. BiU black above, 

 yeUow below ; legs brown ; toes black. No black on forehead ; crown chestnut (in winter 

 specimens the feathers usuaUy skirted with gray), bordered by a grayish- white superciliary and 

 loral line ; a postooular chestnut stripe over auriculars, and some vague chestnut marks on 



