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Young. — Above, dull brownish buffy, streaked and spotted with 

 black; beneath, light buff, the sides (but not chest) streaked with dusky ; 

 a distinct rietal streak of dusky, but (usuallj' at least) no dusky sub- 

 malar streak. 



Adult male.— hmgth (skins), 107.95-129.54 (117.36); wing, 50.80- 

 56.64: (53.85); tail, 44.45-52.83 (49.28); exposed culmen, 10.16-13.97 

 (11.94); depth of bill at base, 6.60-8.64 (7.87); tarsus, 15.75-18.54 

 (17.27); middle toe, 12.70-15.49 (14.48).^- 



Adult fewalc— Length (skins), 104.14-124.46 (113.03); wing, 49.02- 

 65.37 (62.58); tail, 44.45-51.05 (48.01); exposed culmen, 10.41-12.70 

 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 6.60-8.38 (7.62); tarsus, 15.24-18.03 

 (17.02); middle toe, 12.70-15.75 (14.48).' 



Eastern United States, west to edge of Great Plains, north to New 

 Hampshire, New York, Ontario, Minnesota, etc.; breeding south at 

 least to 38°; wintering from about the same latitude to southern 

 Florida (Tarpon Springs, Gulf Hummock, etc.), and Texas (Cook 

 County). 



Emberiza henslowii Audubon, Orn. Biog., i, 1831, 360, pi. 70 (Kentucky, opposite 

 Cincinnati, Ohio; type lost); v, 1839, 498, pi. 77. — Gikaud, Birds Long I., 

 1844, 104. 



Emberiza henslowi Audubon, Synop., 1839, 104; Birds Am., oct. ed., iii, 1841, 75, 

 pi. 163. 



Fringilla henslowii Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Canada, 2d ed., i, 1840, 571. 



Cotumicalus henslowi Bonapakte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 32. — Baird, Rep. 

 Pacific E. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 451; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 339.— Wheeler, 

 Proc. Bost. See. N. H., vii, 1859, 137 (Berlin, Massachusetts). — Hayden, 

 Rep. U. S. Gaol. Surv., 1862, 166 (Loup Fork of Platte R.).— Coues and 

 Prentiss, Smithsonian Rep. for 1861, 1862,412 (District Columbia). — Allen, 

 Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 71 (Springfield, Massachusetts); Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 ZooL, ii, 1871, 279 (e. Florida, winter).— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y.,viii, 1868, 

 287 (near New York City).— Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 237 

 (Iowa).— CouES, Check List, 1878, no. 163; 2d ed., 1882, no. 236.— Snow, 



' Thirty-four specimens. 



^Seventeen specimens. 



There is a decided difference in average measurements between specimens from 

 the Atlantic coast States and those from the Mississippi Valley, the former averaging 

 larger, especially the bill and feet. I have not been able to discover any differences 

 of coloration, however, and therefore do not separate them. Winter specimens from 

 South Carolina agree in measurements with the Western series and are without much 

 doubt migrants from the same region. Average measurements are as follows: 



