BIRDS FRINGILLIDAE — SPIZELLA BREWERI. 
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brown, giving to it an entirely different appearance from the adult. The streaks in the upper 
parts, too, are darker and more conspicuous. The margins of the feathers rather more rusty. 
This species is readily distinguishable from the other American Spizellas, excepting S. breiveri, 
(which see,) in the dark streaks and median ashy stripe on the crown, the paler tints, the dark 
line on the side of the chin, &c. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Wlien col- 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No, 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
1858 
1937 
5414 
5415 
694 
4804 
4803 
5715 
6359 
4091 
S. F. Bainl 
July 18, 1843 
Lt. G. K. Warren.. 
Dr. Hayden .... 
5.00 
7 .50 
2.50 
Sept. 10, 1857 
May 14, 1857 
5.0U 
5.62 
5.37 
7.00 
7.75 
7.50 
2.50 
2.25 
3 
s 
Pole Creek, K. T 
Aug. 1, 1856 
184 
Tamaulipas, Mex — 
Mar. — , 1855 
Lt. Couch 
73 
4.75 
7.25 
8.25 
Eyes dark brown ; feet light 
brown ; bill slate. 
SPIZELLA BREWERI, C a s s i n . 
Brewer's Sparrow. 
Emberiza pallida, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, C6 ; pi, 398, f. 2.— Ib. Synopsis, 1839.— Ib . Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 
71 ; pi. 161. (Not of Swainson, 1831.) 
Spizella breweri, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. VIII, Feb. 1856, 40. 
Sp. Ch. — Similar to S. pallida; the markings more obsolete ; no distinct median and superciliary light stripes. The crown 
streaked with black. Some of the feathers on the sides with brown shafts. Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.50. 
Hob. — Rocky mountains of United States to the Pacific coast. 
This species, if really distinct, is so very similar to the S. pallida as to require very close and 
critical comparison to separate it. One feature is the more obsolete character of the markings, 
which have not the sharpness and definition of pallida. The streaks on the back are narrower, 
and the central ashy and lateral whitish stripes of the crown are scarcely, if at all, appreciable. 
The clear ash of the back of the neck, too, is mostly wanting. The feathers along the sides of 
the body, near the tibia, and occasionally elsewhere on the sides, have brownish shafts, not 
found in the other. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by — 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
2890 
3 
June 15, 1834 
S. F. Baird 
J. K. Townsend- 
do 
1905 
9 
do 
6361 
3 
Dr. Heermann 
6360 
3 
6357 
Boca Grande, Mex__„ 
Mar. —,1855 
Major Emory 
Lt. Whippple . . . 
Col. Graham 
40 
6358 
Camp 127, N.M., Bill 
Feb. 26, 1854 
174 
do 
6356? 
9 
El Paso, Texas 
May 4, 1852 
C. Wright 
5. 25 
7. 25 
2.25 
