BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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[FringiUa] savannannn (tMelix, Syst. Xat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 921 (based on The 



Savanna Bird Sloane, Xat. Hist. Jamaica, ii, 306, pi. 259, fig. 3).— Latham, 



Index Om., i, 1790, 443. 

 C'.[otumiadus'] savanuarum A. and E. Newtox, Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 104. 

 Ammodramus savannariim CoRv, Auk, iii, 1886, 212, part (Jamaica; Porto Rico); 



Birds W. I., 1889, 99, part (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, part (do.).— 



Haetert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. iii, 1892, p. xii (Bonaire; Curasao).— 



Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 179 (Jamaica). 

 Ammodromus mvannarum Shahpe, Cat. Birds Brit. JIus., xii, 1888, 687, part 



(Jamaica).— (?) H.4.rteht, Ibis, 1893, 314 (Curasao), 327 (Bonaire; crit.). 

 Cotiirinciihis tixicms GossE, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 242 (Jamaica); Illustr. Birds 



Jamaica, 1849, pi. 60.— Sclatbr, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, 74 (crit.) ; Cat. 



Am. Birds, 1862, 116 (Jamaica) . 

 ICoturniadus'] tixicms Sclater and Salvin, Rom. Ay. Neotr, 1873, 32. 

 Cloturniculus'] Uxicrus (err. typ.) Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 481. 

 [Ammodramus} ti.ricras Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 96, no. 7423. 

 Coturniculua passerinus (not FringiUa passerina Wilson) March, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila., 1863, 298 (Jamaica) .—Baied, Brewer, and Kidgway, Hist. N. 



Am. Birds, i, 1874, 553, part (Porto Rico; Jamaica). — Gundlach, Anal. Soc. 



Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 203 (Porto Rico).— Cory, Birds W. I., 1885, 13, 



part (Porto Rico; Jamaica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves,i, 



1886, 384, part (Porto Rico; Jamaica). 

 FringiUa passerina (not of Wilson) Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., x, 1866, 254 



(Porto Rico) . 

 FringiUa {Coturn iculus) passerina Sundevall, Ofv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockholm, 



1869, 597 (Porto Rico). 



COTURNICULUS SAVANNARUM PASSERINUS (Wilson). 

 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



Similar to C s. savannarum, but decidedly larger (except bill and 

 feet), and coloration rather lighter. 



Adult nude.— Length (skins), 111.Y6-121.92 (llt.OQ); wing, 58.67- 

 62.23 (60.96); tail, 41.15-45.72 (44.45); exposed culmen, 10.67-12.19 

 (11.43); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.87 (7.37); tarsus, 19.81-20.83 

 (20.07); middle toe, 14.73-15.49 (14.99).^ 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 107.95-119.38 (114.05); wing, 68.42- 

 62.74 (60.20); tail, 40.39-45.72 (43.94); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.94 

 (11.43); depth of bill at base, 6.60-7.62 (7.11); tarsus, 19.05-20.83 

 (19.81); middle toe, 14.22-15.24 (14.99).' 



^ Nine specimens, all from eastern United States. 



^Nine specimens, including four from Cuba (Jlarch 18-30). The latter compare 

 in average measurements with five from the United States, as follows: 



