BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 173 



within the past thirty years throughout the whole extent of the 

 Atlantic coast plain. 



[Emberiza'] americana Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 872 (based on Black- 

 throated Bunting Pennant, Arot. Zool., ii, 364).— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 

 411. 



Emberiza americana Wilson, Am. Orn., i, 1808, 411; iii, 1811, 86, pi. 3, fig. 2. — 

 NuTTALL, Man. Orn. U. S. and Canada, i, 1832, 461.— Audubon, Orn. Biog., 

 iv, 1838, 579, pi. 384; Synopsis, 1839, 101; Birds Am., oct. ed., iii, 1841, 58, 

 pi. 156.— Maximilian, Journ. fiir Orn., vi, 1858,341 (Upper Missouri R. ) . 



Fringilla americana Bonapahtb, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1824, 46 (Obs. 

 Nom. Wilson's Orn., no. 85; crit. ) ; Ann. Lye. N. Y., ii, 1828 (Synopsis, 1828, 

 107). 



Coelebs americana Lesson, Trait6 d'Orn., 1831, 441. 



Euspiza americana Bonapahte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 32. — Woodhouse, 

 in Rep. Sitgreaves' Expl. Col. and Zufii R., 1853, 87 (Indian Territory, 

 Texas, New Mexico).— Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 494; 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 378.— Sclatee and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 18 

 (Guatemala); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, 836 (coast Honduras). — 

 Cassin, Proo. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, 140 (Turbo, Colombia) .-Law- 

 rence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 298 (Panama R. R.); viii, 1865, 181 

 (Greytown, Nicaragua) ; viii, 1868, 286 (vicinity New York City); ix, 1868, 

 104 (Tabacales, San Jos6, and Dota, Costa Rica); Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., 

 ii, 1874, 277 (Mazatlan) ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 21 (Juchitan, 

 Guichicovi, and Tehauntepec, Oaxaca, Sept., Oct.). — Coues and Prentiss, 

 Smithsonian Rep. for 1861 (1862) , 413 (District of Columbia, abundant May to 

 Sept.). — Hayden, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, xii, 1862, 168 (abundant along the 

 Missouri and its tributaries). — Allen, Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 84 (Massa- 

 chusetts, rare); Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1868, 505 (w. Iowa, n. Illinois); 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 177 (Kansas; Colorado); Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H., xvii, 1874, 17, 29, 59 (Ft. Rice, North Dakota, to Bad Lands of Little 

 Missouri). — Deessek, Ibis, 1865, 490 (San Antonio,Texas, breeding). — Salvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 142 (David, Chiriqui) ; 1870, 190 (Chitra, Vera- 

 gua). — Sumichrast, Mem. Bost Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 552 (Vera Cruz, winter). — 

 Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 191; Birds N. W., 1874, 164.— Ridgway, Bull. 

 Essex Inst., v, 1873, 183 (Colorado). — Baikd, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 65, pi. 28, figs. 11, 12; iii, 1874, 516 (Denver, Colo- 

 rado).— Hensh aw. Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 119 (San 

 Pedro, Arizona, Sept.); Zool. Exp. ^VT 100th Merid.,1875, 295 (San Pedro, 

 Cienega, Camp Crittenden, and Camp Lowell, Arizona, Aug. 22 to Sept. 11 ) . — 

 Boucaed, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 58 (San Jose and Volcan de Irazii, 

 Costa Rica, Mar.) .— Puedie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 45 (Medford, 

 Massachusetts, breeding) .— Beewstee, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 122 

 (descr. young); iv, 1879, 41 (do.).— Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 

 190 (near Hingham, Massachusetts, breeding). — Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. 

 and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 392 (Lomita, Texas, breeding).— Gibbs, Bull. 

 CJ. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 487 (Michigan, breeding north 

 to 43°).— Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 123 (Medford, Hingham, 

 and Hyde Park, Massachusetts, breeding).— Trotter, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 iv, 1879, 235 (near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, breeding). — Roberts and 

 Bennee, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 15 (Grant and Traverse counties, 

 Minnesota, breeding). — Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882,9. 



[Euspizal americana Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 148.— Sclatee and Salvin, 

 Nom.Av. Neotr., 1873, 33. 



