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paign, Illinois, Jan.).— Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 

 1878, 583 (Milk R., N. Dakota, breeding habits; song; descr. nest and eggs). 



Rhyncophanes maccownii Henev, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 107 (New 

 ' Mexico). 



Rhyncophanes maccowni Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 589. 



Rhyncoplianes maccownii Swinbuhne, Auk, v, 1888, 321 (Apache Co., Arizona, 

 winter). 



Rhyncophanes mccownii Brewster, Auk, x, 1893, 237 (Chilhwack, British Colum- 

 bia, June 2, 1887 and 1890) . 



Rhynchophanes maccowni 'RiDG-w AY, Field and Forest, ii. May, 1877, 197 (Colo- 

 rado); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 178; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 

 190.— Sennbtt, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 16 (Gal- 

 veston, Texas, Feb..; habits).— Co l:es. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 97; 

 Check List, 2ded., 1882, no. 223— Allen apd Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, viii, 1883, 161 (Colorado Springs, Colorado, May). 



R. Ihynchophanes'] maccowni Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 359. 



Rhynchophanes mccownii American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 539.— CooKB, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 187 (localities, dates, etc.); 

 Birds Colorado, 1897, 101 (winter resident).— Merriam, North American 

 Fauna, no. 5, 1891, 102 (Birch Creek, Idaho, 1 spec. Aug. 6).— Fannin, 

 Check List Birds British Columbia, 1891, 35 ( Chilli wack).—Goss, Birds 

 Kansas, 1891, 438 (winter resid., chiefly west and middle parts, Oct. to 

 Mar.).— Nehrling, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 81. 



R. [hynchophanes'] mccownii Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 406. 



Rhynchophanes mccowni Thompson, Auk, x, 1893, 50 (Dalesbro, Assiniboia).— 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 38 (San Diego, n. w. Chihuahua, 

 Feb. )— Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 107 (Chilliwack, British Columbia, 3 specs. 

 June). 



Genus CALAMOSPIZA Bonaparte. 



Calamospiza Bonaparte, Geog., and Comp. List, 1838, 30. (Type, Fringilla 



bicolor Townsend, = Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger. ) 

 Cory dalina^ AmvBOi^, Synop., 1839,129. (Type, Fringilla bicolor Townsend, = 



Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger. ) 



Medium-sized or rather large terrestrial Fringillidse (wing more 

 than 76.20 mm.) with rather s^tout bill (exposed culmen more than 

 half as long as tarsus, basal depth greater than basal width); wing 

 rather long (nearly four times as long as tarsus), with truncated tip 

 (ninth to sixth primaries abruptly longest, but ninth shorter than sixth) ; 

 tail about three-fourths as long as wing, nearly even; tarsus more than 

 one-third as long as tail, stout; adult male in summer black, with a 

 large white patch on wing-coverts; adult male in winter, adult female, 

 and young, conspicuously streaked. 



Bill rather large, conical, much deeper than broad at base; exposed 

 culmen more than half as long as tarsus, gently convex terminally and 

 basally, nearly straight in middle portion; gonys nearly straight, its 

 length about equal to basal width of mandible; maxillary tomium 

 faintly notched near tip, nearly straight to beneath nostril, where 

 abruptly deflected at an angle of about 45°, but soon turned backward 



'"Name from KopvSaX/\.6i, a lark." 



