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anstreaked ; wings and tail short; edge and bend of wing and line 
over eye yellow. L.5. W. 22. T.2. N. Am,, in fields; notes 
sharp, grasshopper-like; the bird of E. U. S. is var. passerinus 
Wilson. , (Spanish, savana, meadow.) 
cc. Tail graduated, the outer feathers much shorter than middle ones. 
911, A. henslowi (Audubon). Smaller than preceding, more 
yellow above ; breast, etc., with some sharp black streaks. L. 5. 
W. 24. T. 24. E. U. S, scarce; N. to Mass. (To Prof. J. 8. 
Henslow.) 
912. A. lecontei (Audubon). ‘Intermediate between the pre- 
ceding and the next; bill small, blue-black; back with rufous ; tail 
feathers very sharp and slender; breast unspotted ; a broad buffy 
superciliary stripe. L. 42. W.2%. T. 23. Great Plains, E. to 
Ill. (To Major J. Le Conte.) 
bb. Bill rather slender; tail feathers sharp and rather stiff; crown without 
distinct. median stripe. Seashore sparrows. (Ammodramus.) 
913. A. caudacutus (Gmelin). SmaRp-TAILED Fincn. Ashy 
olive, the back streaked with ashy buff and whitish; edge of wing 
pale yellowish; no yellow spot about eye; a bright buff super- 
ciliary stripe. L.5. W.24. T.13. Salt marshes, Nova Scotia 
to N.C. 
913b. A. nelsoni Allen. Colors of upper parts very sharply 
contrasted, especially the whitish streaks on umber-brown ground 
color ; breast less sharply streaked. Swamps, IIl., S. and E. 
914. A. maritimus (Wilson). Sra-sipE Fincu. Olive gray; 
back obscurely streaked ; a yellow spot before eye; edge of wing 
yellow; no superciliary stripe. L.6. W. 2}. T. 2. Salt marshes, 
Mass. to Texas. 
483. CHONDESTES Swainson. (xév8pos, grain; édeorns, 
eater.) 
915. C. grammacus (Say). Lark Sparrow. Streaked above, 
ashy below; ear coverts chestnut; crown chestnut, black anteriorly, 
with whitish median and superciliary stripes ; a black line through 
and below eye ; a conspicuous black streak on each side of the white 
throat; a black pectoral spot; middle tail feathers like back, the 
rest blackish, white tipped; a pale spot on primaries. L. 64. 
W. 34. T. 3. W.U.5S., E. to Ohio; abundant on prairies and 
river bluffs; a fine songster, suggesting the Bobolink. (ypappuxés, 
streaked.) 
484. ZONOTRICHIA Swainson. (avy, band; Opi, hair, i. e. 
head.) 
a. No yellow markings anywhere. 
916. Z. querula (Nuttall). BLACK-HOODED SPARROW. Crown, 
face and throat jet black; no yellow; 9 with less black. L. 7}. 
W., 34. T. 34. Micsowl region, E. to W. Ill. 
