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habits).— Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 186 (Aleutian islands; 



Kadiak; habits, etc. ) . — To wnsend. Cruise " Corwin, " 1885 ( 1887 ), 101 ( Una- 



laska, Oct. 16).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1890, 144 (coast British 



Columbia during migration).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 48, 63 



(coast British Columbia, winter). 

 A. [mmodramus] sandwichenm Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 408. 

 Emberiza arctica Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790,414 (based on Unalascha Bunting 



Pennant, Arctic Zool., ii, 320, 363, no. 229, and Sandwich Bunting Latham, 



Gen. Synop., iii, 202). 

 (7) i^njiffla arciica Vigors, Zool. Voy. "Blossom," 1839,20. 

 \_Euspiza] arctica Bonaparte, Consp. Av. , i, 1850, 469. 

 Euspiza arctica Baird, in Stansbury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 331 (northwest 



coast). 

 Zonotrichia arctica Finsch, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem., iii, 1872, 46 ( Alexandre vsk, 



Emberiza chrysops Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., ii, 1826, 45, pi. 48, fig. 1 (Unalaska). 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS SAVANNA (Wilson). 

 SAVAMlfAH SPARROW. 



Similar to P. s. sandwichemiti, but decidedly smaller (wing averag- 

 ing much less than 76.20 and never more than 73.66), the bill much 

 smaller, both actually and relatively; coloration averaging browner, 

 with superciliary stripe less continuously or conspicuously yellow. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 115.57-137.16 (127.00); wing, 65.02- 

 72.64: (69.34); tail, 45.97-53.09 (49.28); exposed culmen, 10.16-10.92 

 (10.41); depth of bill at base, 6.60-7.11 (6.86); tarsus, 20.07-22.35 

 (20.83); middle toe, 14.73-16.51 (16.49). ^ 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 114.30-129.54(122.94); wing, 63.50- 

 71.12 (66.29); tail, 43.18-50.29 (47.24); exposed culmen, 10.16-10.67 

 (10.41); depth of bill at base, 6.35-7.37 (6.60); tarsus, 20.32-22.^5 

 (20.83); middle toe, 14.48-16.00 (15.24).' 



Eastern North America, breeding from Connecticut, Pennsylvania 

 (Bradford, Crawford, Clinton, Elk, and Erie counties), Ontario, north- 

 western Indiana (Calumet, English, and Wolf lakes), etc. , northwiard to 

 Ungava (Fort Chimo), western side of Hudson Bay, etc. ; migrating 

 south in winter to Gulf coast, Bahamas, and Cuba; casual in Bermudas. 



(?) Fringilla hyemalis (not of Linnseus, 1758) Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 922 (New 

 York; based on Winter Finch Pennant, Arct. Zool., ii, 376). 



FringiUa savanna (not F. sarannanHn Gmelin) "Wilson, Am. Orn., iii, 1811, 55, 

 pi. 22, fig. 3; iv, 1811, 72, pi. 34, fig. 4.— Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., 

 i, 1832, 489.— Audubon, Orn. Biog., ii, 1834, 63; v, 1839, 516, pi. 109. 



Passerina savanna Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxv, 1817, 26. 



"lAnaria savanna RicuARBBON, List, 1837." (Baird.) 



Passerculus savanna Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp". List, 1838, 33. — Gundlach, 

 Journ. f iir Orn. , 1856, 6 ( Cuba) ; 1874, 121 ( Cuba) ; Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, 1, 

 1866, 283.— Baird, Rep.'Paciflc R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 442; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 



' Sixteen specimens. ' Fifteen specimens. 



