186 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Poocastes gramineus confinis Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vii, Jan., 1875, 17 (Carson, 

 Nevada).— American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. o40a, 

 part.— Feehari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 142 (San Baltazar, 

 Puebla, Dec.).— Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 323 (w. Manitoba).— Cooke, Bird 

 Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 188 (localities, dates, etc.).— Thompson, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., xiii, 1891, 592 (Manitoba; habits, song, etc.).— Mitchell, Auk, 

 XV, 1898, 309 (San Miguel Co., New Mexico, up -to 8,000 ft.).— Grinnell, 

 Pub. ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 36 (Los Angeles, California, Sept. 14 to 

 Mar. 19). 



P. [oocytes] gramineus confinis Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 407, part. 



Pooecetes cmfinis Yarrow and Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1871-73 

 (1874), 34 (Nevada). 



[Pooecetes gramineus.']'' Subsp. a. Pocecetes confinis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 672. 



POOECETES GRAMINEUS AFFINIS Miller. 

 OREGON VESPER SPARROW. 



Similar to P. g. gramineus but smaller, bill more slender, and the 

 coloration browner above and distinctly buffy below. 



Adult m«?«.— Length (skins), 131.57-140.97- (136.65); wing, 73.66- 

 80.01 (77.22); tail, 52.83-60.45 (57.91); exposed culmen, 10.16-11.43 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base, 6.35-7.63 (7.37); tarsus, 19.81-21.59 

 (20.57); middle toe, 13.21-14.48 (13.72). ^ 



Adult female.— LLQ^gih (skins), 128.02-143.51 (136.91); wing 72.39- 

 76.20 (74.93); tail, 55.88-57.66 (57.40); exposed culmen, 10.16-11.68 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37 (7.24); tarsus, 20.32-21.34 

 (21.08); middle toe, 13.46-14.22 (13.72).' 



Pacific coast district; breeding in northern California and western 

 Oregon (also in western Washington and British Columbia, including 

 Vancouver Island?); south in winter, through southern Calif ornia and 

 Lower California, to Cape St. Lucas. 



[Zonotnchia] graminea (not Fringilla (/rammea Gmelin) Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 



i, 1850, 478, part. 

 Zonotrichia graminea Newberry, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., vi, pt. iv, 1857, 88 



(Sacramento, California). — Hebrmann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 



1859, 47, part (California). 

 Poocastes gramineus Baird, Rep. Pacific E. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 447, part (Tejon 



Valley, California). — (?) Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, 



pt. ii, 1860, 200, part (Puget Sound) . — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 



N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 545, part. 

 [Pooecetes] gramineus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 137, part. 

 Pooecetes gramineus Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, p. xxxix, part; 



Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 337, part. 

 Pocecetes gramineus confinis Ridgway, Nom. X. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 197a, part. — 



CouES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 233, part.— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vi, 1883, 350 (La Paz, Lower California, wiuter). 



' Seven specimens. ^ Three specimens 



