474 U. S. P. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVEYS ZOOLOGY — GENEEAL EEPOET. 
The young have the chestnut of the crown varied with narrow blackish lines, sometimes the 
chestnut little appreciable. The upper part of the breast and sides streaked with brown. 
This species is readily distinguished from S. monticola by its black bill and forehead ; black 
line behind the eye instead of chestnut ; absence of black spot on the breast, and of white on 
the tail, &c, as also by the much smaller size. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex and 
age. 
Locality. 
- 
When col- 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 

Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
10150 
1424 
7-21 
1106 
10269 . ; 
4805 
5411 
3 
3 
3 
o o 
May 2, 1844 
Sept. 16, 1842 
July 5, 1843 
Sept. 26, 1857 
April 25, 1857 
June — , 1856 
Aug. — , 1856 
5.67 
5.50 
8.75 
8.50 


N. W. University . . 
Lt. G. K. Warren 
Dr. Hayden.... 
5.00 
5.25 
8.00 
8 50 
2.62 
2.75 
3 
6348 
6349 
6350 
6351 
5981 
4417 
4883 
4384 
5556 
6346 
6347 
8054 
3 
Q 
Q 
Fort Stcilacoom,W.T.. 
92 
93 
94 
April — , 1856 
298 
5.50 
5.50 
9.00 
May — , 1855 
May 5, 1855 
May 2, 1855 
May 4, 1855 
May 24, 1855 
8.50 

9 
3 
3 
3 
Dr. Suckley 
do 
do 
165$ 
161 
165 
889 
5.87 
5.62 
9.00 
8.75 
2.83 

Dr. Heermann. 
I 
SPIZELLA PALLIDA, Bonap. 
Clay-colored Bunting. 
Emberiza pallida, Sw. P. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 251. (Not of Audubon.) 
Spizella pallida, Bonap. List, 1838. 
Spiniles pallidus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 133. 
Emberiza shattuckii, Aud. Birds Am. VII, 1843, 347 ; pi. 493. 
Spizella shattuckii, Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 480. 
Sp. Ch. — Smaller than S. socialis. Back and sides of hind neck ashy. Prevailing color above pale brownish yellow, with a 
tinge of grayish. The feathers of back and crown streaked conspicuously with blackish. Crown with a median ashy and a 
lateral or superciliary ashy white stripe. Beneath whitish, tinged with brown'on the breast and sides, and an indistinct narrow 
brown streak on the edge of the chin. Ear coverts brownish yellow, margined above and below by dark brown. Length, 
4.75 ; wing, 2.55. 
Hab. — Upper Missouri river and High Central plains to the Saskatchewan country. 
The ashy collar is quite conspicuous, and streaked above with brown. The rump is immacu- 
late. The streaks on the feathers of the crown almost form continuous lines, about six in number. 
The brown line above the ear coverts is a post ocular one. The brown line on the side of the 
chin forms the lower border of a white maxillary stripe which widens and curves around behind 
the ear coverts, fading into the ashy of the neck. The wing feathers are all margined with 
paler, and there is an indication of two light bands across the ends of the coverts. 
The young of this species is thickly streaked beneath over the throat, breast, and belly, with 
