286 AVES : PASSERES. — XLVI. 
with less black. L. 64. W.4. T. 2%. Northern regions, S. in 
winter to N. Y.andKy. (Eu.) (Lat., Lapp.) 
905. C. pictus (Swainson). ¢@ with head and upper parts 
mostly black ; collar and under parts rich fawn color; legs pale; 
inner web of outer tail feather chiefly white. 9 duller. L. 6}. 
W. 22. N.N. Am., 8. E., to Ill. and Kan. (Lat., painted.) 
480. RHYNCHOPHANES Baird. (fuyyos, beak; gaiva, 
I show.) 
906. R. maccowni (Lawrence). BLAck-BREASTED Lonc- 
spuR. Crown and pectoral crescent black; the black often ob- 
scured by pale edgings ; bend of wing chestnut ; line over eye and 
under parts white; back and sides streaked. L. 64. W. 38. 
T. 24. B. nearly 4. Great plains, rarely E. to Ill. (To Capt. J. 
P. McCown.) 
481. POCHCETES Baird. (méa, blue grass; oixytns, inhabitant.) 
907. P. gramineus (Gmelin). Bay-wincep Buntine. Grass 
Sparrow. Grounp Birp. “VESPER Sparrow.”  Thickly 
streaked everywhere; slightly buffy below. L.6. W. 3. T. 24. 
N. Am., abundant in fields, etc., known at once by the chestnut 
bend of wing and white outer tail feathers; a good singer. (Lat., 
grassy.) 
482. AMMODRAMUS Swainson. Snore Sparrows. 
(dupos, sand ; Spapeiv, to run.) 
a, Outer pair of tail feathers longer than middle pair; wing much longer than 
tail. (Passerculus.) 
908. A. princeps (Maynard). Jeswicn Sparrow. Grayish; 
streaks on back sandy brown, not sharply defined; superciliary 
line white in front; bill not longer than hind toe without claw. 
L.6. W. 3}. T. 24. Nova Scotia to Va. and Texas, coastwise. 
(Lat., chief.) 
909. A. sandwichensis (Gmelin). Savanna Sparrow. 
Sharply streaked; streaks on back blackish; superciliary line 
and edge of wing yellowish. L. 54. W. 28. T. 2 N. Am, 
abundant on plains and shores. The form E. of Rocky Mts., smaller 
(W. 2%, ete., instead of W. 34, etc.), is var. savanna Wilson. 
(From Sandwich Isl., Alaska.) 
aa, Outer pair of tail feathers shorter than middle pair; wing not much, if 
any, longer than tail. 
6. Bill stout; tail feathers acute but not rigid; crown with a median light 
stripe; inland species. (Coturniculus Bonaparte.) 
c. Tail double-rounded, the lateral feathers not much shorter than middle 
ones. 
910. A. savannarum (Gmelin). GrassHopPpeR Sparrow. 
Much streaked above; feathers edged with bay; breast buffy, 
