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A. Bill small, the culmen slightly concave in the middle portion ; a median 
light stripe on the crown. 
1. P. savanna. Superciliary stripe yellow anteriorly ; streaks on the 
back blackish, sharply defined. 
Throat and upper part of abdomen unstreaked; vertex-stripe with- tff 
out yellow tinge. 
Length, 5.50 ; bill .34 from forehead and .25 in depth at the base ; 
: wing, 2.85; tail, 2.30. Colors deep; outer surface of wing (in 
spring) decidedly reddish. Eggs greenish-white, usually .but not 
always almost covered with dark blotches. Bab. Eastern Prov- 
t ince of North America. ( Savanna Sparrow.) . . var. savanna. 
Length, 5.25; bill, .32 and .20, or less; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.10. 
Colors very pale; outer surface of wing (in spring) pale ashy. 
Eggs like preceding. Bab. Western Province of North America, 
iX <\ except coast of California, where replaced by var. anthinus. 
( Western Savanna Sparrow.) var. alaudinus. 
. V A Length, 6.12 ; bill, .37 and .27, or considerably more ; wing, 3.10; 
tail, 2.40. Colors as in savanna. Eggs unknown. Bab. North- 
west coast of North America. {Sandwich Sparrow.) 
var. sandwichensis. 
Throat and upper part of abdomen streaked ; vertex-stripe strongly 
tinged with yellow. 
Length, 5.00; bill, .33 and .19;- wing, 2.50; tail, 1.90. Eggs 
much like savanna . Colors darker than var. savanna , the ground- 
color more uniform, and the black streaks heavier and more nu- 
merous. Bab. Coast of California. ( California Savanna Spar- 
row.) var. anthinus. 
2. P. princeps. Superciliary stripe white anteriorly ; streaks on the 
back sandy-brown, badly defined. Length, 6.30 ; wing, 3.25 ; tail, 
2.60; bill, .45 and .23; tarsus, .95; middle toe, .80. Bab. Eastern 
Massachusetts (northern regions in summer?). {Maynard's* Sparrow.) j 
Bill robust, the culmen arched ; no median light stripe on the crown. 
•3. P. rostratus. Superciliary stripe white anteriorly ; streaks on the 
back sandy-brown, obsolete. 
Length, 5.30 ; bill, .43 and .30 ; wing, 2.90 ; tail, 2.25. Ground- A 
color above fulvous-gray, beneath white ; the streaks, above and 
below, sandy-brown. Colors much as in P. princeps. Nesting 
unknown. Bab. Coast of California, to the mouth of the Colorado 
River ; Cape St. Lucas in winter. ( Sea-side Sparrow.) var. rostratus. 
Length, 5.00 ; bill, .33 and .22 ; wing, 2.55 ; tail, 2.00. Ground- 
color above plumbeous-gray ; beneath white ; streaks blackish- 
brown. Nesting unknown. Bab. Cape St. Lucas (resident?). 
{St. Lucas Sparrow.) . ■ var. guttatus. 
Genus FOOCiETES, Baird. (Page 51.) 
P. gramineus. Above grayish, uniformly streaked narrowly with black; 
lesser wing-coverts sandy-rufous ; beneath yellowish- white, the sides of throat, 
jugulum, and sides sparsely streakfed with black. Outer tail-feathers mostly 
white. Length, about 6.50; wing, 3.10; tail, 2.50. Nest on ground; eggs 
