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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
bluish-white, stained with lilac and reddish, and sparsely lined with dusky. 
( Grass Finch.') 
Beneath strongly tinged with dingy-buff ; bill deep. Hab. Eastern Prov- 
~ X ince of United States, west to Great Plains . . . . var. gramineu 
VjQP \ Beneath scarcely tinged with buff. Bill Tlw,js* Above more grayish, the 
' streaks narrower. Hab. Western Province of United States, var. confini 
Genus COTURNICTJLTJS, Bonap. (Page 51.) 
Species and Varieties. 
Common Characters. Crown and back streaked with black upon an ashy, 
olive, 'or chestnut ground ; beneath whitish, tinged across the breast with ochra- 
ceous or ashy, plain, or with blackish streaks on the breast. A light superciliary 
median stripe. Tail much graduated. Length about 5.00. Nest on ground. 
Eggs large for size of bird. 
a. A dusky streak on each side of the throat, and one above the light 
ochraceous maxillary stripe. 
1. C. henslowi. Bill <very robust, .35 along culmen by .30 deep 
; at base. Wing, 2.25; tail, 2.20. Head ochraceous or greenish 
olive, lighter on the throat ; a blackish stripe on each side of the 
crown. Breast streaked with black at all ages. Eggs clear white, 
finely and rather sparsely blotched, especially around larger end. 
Hab. Eastern Province of United States. (Henslow's Bunting.) 
b. No dusky streak on side of throat nor above the maxillae. 
2. C. lecontei. Bill very narrow, only .16 broad by .20 deep at 
base. Median stripe of the crown ochraceous for anterior third, 
the remaining part ashy-white ; superciliary stripe wholly ochra- 
ceous ; edge of wing white ; breast sparsely streaked in the adult. 
Wing, 2.15 ; tail, 2.20. Nesting unknown. Hab. Plains west of 
the Missouri, from Texas to Dakota. (Leconte's Bunting.) 
\. " r 3. C. passerinus. Bill robust, .23, or more, broad, by .24, or more, 
• ym deep at base. Median stripe of the crown ochraceous through- 
out; superciliary stripe yellow anteriorly, ashy posteriorly; edge 
of wing bright yellow, breast unstreaked in the adult, streaked in 
the young, in which the head-stripes are ashy, with no yellow on 
wing or over lore. Eggs brilliant white ; varied more coarsely 
, than in C. henslowi. ( Yellow-winged Sparrow.) 
Colors dark, the black markings predominating above. Ad. 
Anterior lower parts deep buff at all seasons. Juv. Dusky 
t ' streaks on breast very distinct. Bill, .33 and .30 : 
tail, 1.90. Hab. Eastern Province of United 
wing, 2.60: 
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States, and 
West Indies. i irm) .... var. passer 
Colors pale, the light markings predominating above. Ad. 
Buff of the breast scarcely observable in summer. Juv. Dusky 
streaks on breast scarcely appreciable 
2.60 ; tail, 1.90. Hab. 
Bill, .33 and .24 ; wing, 
Western Province of United States. 
var. per pall 
idu 
Genus AMMODROMUS, Swainson. (Page 51.) 
Common Characters. Above olivaceous or ashy, the crown washed with 
brown laterally, the dorsal feathers darker centrally; beneath white, tinged 
