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ish, the chest more or less distincth' streaked with the same; greater 

 wing-coverts and edges of tertials light bufly brownish; back obso- 

 letelj' streaked with dnsky. 



Ad^ilt m^^/.-.— Length (skins), 121.93-133.35 (IM.Yl); wing, 61.72- 

 66.04 (63.25); tail, 57.66-62. Y4 (59.18); exposed culmen, 9.65-9.91 

 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 6.10-6.35 (6.35); tarsus, 18.03-19.81(18.80); 

 middle toe, 12.70-14.73 (13.21); white spot on lateral tail-feather, 9.91- 

 17.78 (13.97).^ 



Adult female. ^l.Qx^^'ih (skins), 120.65-135.89 (127.51); wing, 60.45- 

 66.04 (61.98); tail, 55.37-62.23 (58.42); exposed culmen, 9.65-10.16 

 (9.91); depth of bill at base, 6.33-6.35 (5.59); tarsus, 17.53-18.54 

 (18.03); middle toe, 12.45-13.21 (12.70); white spot on lateral tail- 

 feather, 12.19-17.78 (15.24).' 



Middle and eastern Texas (except along Gulf coast?), north to Okla- 

 homa, western Kansas, and eastern Colorado(?), South into States of 

 Tamaulipas (Mier) and Nuevo Leon (Rodriguez, Jan.), northeastern 

 Mexico. 



Emherkri bilinmt a Gassii^, Proo. Ac. Nat. Sci.Phila., v, Oct., 1850, 104, pi. 3 (Texas) ; 

 Illustr. Birds Cal., Tex., etc., 1854, 150, part, pi. 23 (Texas).— B.urd, in Stans- 

 bury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 330 (Eio Grande). — Woodhouse, in Sit- 

 greaves' Expl. Zufii and Col. E., 1853, 87 (San Pedro R., Texas). 



Poospisa bUineata Sclatbh, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,1857, 7, in text. — Baikd, Rep. 

 Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 470, part (Tamaulipas, Mexico, Ringgold Bar- 

 racks, Frontera, etc., Texas); Rep. U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 

 15, part (do) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 355, part. — Heermank, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., X, pt. iv, 1859, 14, part (San Antonio, Texas). — Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 

 488 (Matamoras, Tamaulipas; Eagle Pass and San Antonio, Texas) . — Botcher, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 149 (Laredo, Texas, June to Oct.). — Cooper, 

 Orn. Cal., 1870, 203, part.— CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 172, part.— Snow, 

 Birds Kansas, 1873, 7 (w. Kansas). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 590, part (Texas) .— Sbnnett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. 

 Surv., V, 1879, 390 (Lomita, Texas; descr. nest, eggs, song, etc.). 



[Poospiza] bilineata Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 141, part. 



AmpMspiza bilineata Coues, Birds N. W. ,1874, 234, part; Check List, 2d ed. ,1882,no. 

 258, part.— Sennett, BuU.U.S.Geol.andGeog.Surv.Terr., iv,1878,18 (Browns- 

 ville and Hidalgo, Texas).— Merrill, Proc. U". S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 127 (Fort 

 Brown, Texas). — Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 224, part. — Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 573, part. — Hasbkouck, 

 Auk, vi, 1886, 240 (Eastland Co., Texas) . — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am.,Aves, i, 1886, 367, part (Texas; Tamaulipas) . — Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus.,x, 1888, 677 (San Antonio, Texas; habits).— Sh.\rpb, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xii, 1888, 628, part (Texas references and localities). — Cooke, Bird 

 Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 206 (Texas, e. to Colorado R. ; San Angelo, Mason, etc., 

 Texas). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 338 (San Antonio, resident). — Singley, 

 Rep. Geol. Surv. Tex., 1894, 372 (Hidalgo). — Neiirling, Our Native Birds, 

 etc., ii, 1896, 142, pi. 23, fig. 4.— (?) Cooke, Birds Colorado, 1897, 106, part 

 (near Canon City, Colorado, 1 spev. July 26, 1872). 



A.[mphhpiza] hUinnita Coues, Key X. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 376, part. — Ridg- 

 way, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 425, part. 



' Six specimens. 



