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APPENDIX. 



COVES KEY, 1884. 



236. Coturniculus henslowi. 



237. leoontii. 



238. Amtnodramus maritimus. 



239. maritimus nigrescena. 



240. caudaoatus. 



241. caudacutus nelsoni. 



242. Melospiza lincolni. 583. Melospiza lincolni. 



243. palustris. 584. georgiana. 



244. fasciata. 581. fasciata. 



245. fasciata fallax. 581a. fasciata fallax. 



5816. fasciata niontana. 



245 Us. Add : Melospiza fasciata montana. Mountain Song-Sparrow. Resem- 

 bling M. f. fallax, and scai-oely distinguishable. Upper parts umber-brown with gray 

 margins of the feathers, giving a strong grayish cast to the plumage; the back streaked with 

 blackish-brown, and the streaks of the under parts also of this color. This is the form 

 occui'ring in the Great Basin at large. The Auk, July, 1884, p. 224. 



253 6is. Add: Feucsea mezicaiia. Mexican Summer finch. Upper parts gray suf- 

 fused with bay, streaked on most of the back with bold black bay-edged stripes; crown similar, 

 rather darker, in smaller pattern of the markings and without lighter median line. Bend of 

 wing yellow; coverts blackish, with broad grayish-bay edgings; flight-feathers dusky, several 

 inner secondaries blackish, with firm light edgings. Tail-feathers dusky, with obsolete 

 scarcely discernible cross-waves, the middle pair with paler edges their whole length, the 

 lateral ones fading toward their ends. Under parts pale grayish-brown, blanching on the 

 throat and abdomen, unstreaked excepting for a slight pair of black maxillary stripes. Bill 

 dark corn-color; feet light brown. Length 6.30; wing 2.65; tail2.80; tarsus 0.80. (Described 

 from Mexican specimens.) Mexico to the Valley of the Lower Kio Grande in Texas; a late 

 addition to our Fauna. 



' The snow-binl which breeds on the mountains of North Carolina has been named as a variety, J. h. caro- 

 Hnenais, but flie charaoterfi adduced do not seem satisfactory, The Anlt, Jan. 1886, p. 108. 



