BIRDS OP NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 309 



no. 177, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 268, part; Birds N. W., 1874, 146, part; Bull. 

 U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 590 (Souria R., North Dakota, 

 Oct. 5).— ScLATEK, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 114 (e. U. S.) .— Baied, Beewer, and 

 BiDGWAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 3, part, pi. 27, fig. 5.— McChesney, 

 Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 1879, 77 (Fort Sisseton, South 

 Dakota; "breeds" *).—Bicknell, Auk, ii, 1885, 144 (song) .— Tuenee, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 240 (Fort Chimo, Ungava, breeding).— (?)Agees- 

 BORG, Auk, ii, 1885, 280 (a. e. Dakota, Oct. to May) .—American Oenitholo- 

 QiSTs' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 559.— Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 323 (Mani- 

 toba, transient) .—CooKE, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 198 (Caddo, Indian 

 Territory, Oct. 31 to Mar. 10; e. Kansas, etc. ; localities and dates) .— Shaepe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 657, excl. syn. part (Repulse Bay; Fort 

 Simpson, etc.) .— Palmee (W.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 264 (Cloud 

 Hills, Canada Bay, Newfoundland, alt. 1,000 ft., summer).— Hatch, Birds 

 Minnesota, 1892, 323 (said to breed in n. and n. e. parts of State) .— Nehrling, 

 Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 120. 



ISpizella] monticola Codes, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 142, part. 



S.[pizeUa] monticola Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 108 (n. e. Illinois, 

 Oct. 15 to Apr. 1; descr. song) . — Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 379, 

 part. — RiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 417. 



Fringilla canadensis {ex Passer canadensis Brisson, Orn., iii, p. 102)Latham, Index 

 Orn., i, 1790, 434.— Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Canada, i, 1832, 495.— 

 AnnuBON, Orn. Biog., ii, 1834, 511; v, 1839, 504, pi. 188. 



JEmberiza canadensis Swainson and Bichaedson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 252. — 

 Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, 105; Birds Am., oct. ed., iii, 1841, 83, pi. 166. 



Spizella canadensis Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 33. 



ISpizella'] canadensis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 480. 



Fringilla arhorea IV iiMOS, Am. Orn., ii, 1810, 123, pi. 16, fig. 3 (e. Pennsylvania; 

 Peale's Mus.). 



SPIZELLA MONTICOLA OCHRACEA Brewster. 



WESTERN TREE SPARROW. 



Similar to 8. m. Tnonticola, but wings and tail decidedly longer and 

 coloration paler; color of pileum, etc., cinnamon-rufous instead of 

 rufous-chestnut; ground color of back pale dull buff or pale grayish 

 buffy, with black streaks narrower and pale edgings to rectrices nearly 

 if not quite white. 



Adult TTiaZe.— Length (skins), 142.49-152.40 (145.80); wing, 72.90- 

 82.04 (77.47); tail, 65.79-73.15 (69.60); exposed culmen, 9.65-10.41 

 (10.16); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.37 (7.11); tarsus, 20.32-21.59 

 (20.83); middle toe, 13.21-14.99 (13.97).' 



Adult femMle.—L&ngth (skins), 137.41-144.78 (141.48); wing, 72.90- 

 78.74 (75.18); tail, 66.04-68.68 (67.66); exposed culmen, 8.89-9.91 

 (9.40); depth of bill at base, 6.36-6.60 (6.60); tarsus, 20.07-21.34 

 (20.83); middle toe, 13.21-14.22 (13.72).' 



Breeding from the valley of Anderson River, near the Arctic coast, 

 westward through Alaska to coast of Bering Sea (St. Michael, Kotze- 

 bue Sound, Kowak River, etc.), and for an undetermined distance 

 southward; in winter, south through western North America to Ari- 



1 Undoubtedly an error. ^ Eight specimens. ' Three specimens. 



