3.60 ; bill, .50 and .30. Nothing known specially of nesting. Hab. 
Pacific coast of Alaska (Kodiak, etc.). (. Kodiak Sparroto.) var. in sign i s. 
2. M. lincolni. White of the lower parts interrupted by a broad pectoral 
band of buff; streaks on the jugulum, etc., narrow linear. A vertical and 
superciliary stripe of ashy ; a maxillary one of buff. Length, 5.60 ; wmg, 
2.60; tail, 2.40; bill, .30 and .25. Nest on ground. Eggs greenish-white, 
thickly marked with rusty-brown. Hab. Whole of North America ; south, 
in winter, to Panama. ( Lincoln's Finch.) 
IS, Lower parts without streaks (except in young). 
3. M. palustris. Jugulum and nape tinged with ashy ; outer surface of 
wings bright castaneous, in strong contrast with the olivaceous of the back ; 
dorsal streaks broad, black, without rufous externally ; a superciliary and 
maxillary stripe of ashy. £ . Crown uniform chestnut, forehead black. 9- 
Crown similar, but divided by an indistinct ashy stripe, and more or less 
streaked with black (autumnal or winter £ similar). Juv. Head, back, 
and jugulum streaked with black on a yellowish-white ground ; black pre- 
vailing on the crown. Length, 5.75 ; wing, 2.40. Nest on ground. Eggs 
light green or clay-color. Marked with brownish spots', Hab. Eastern 
Province of North America. ( Swamp Sparrow.) 
Genus PEUCiEA, Audubon. (Page 52.) 
With obsolete streaks above ; beneath plain whitish or brownish ; a streak each side 
of chin. Crown uniform. Nest on ground ; of coarse, wiry ‘grass. Eggs, as far as known, ; ’ 
pure and rather brilliant white. 
Common Characters. A light superciliary stripe, with a brownish one below 
it from the eye along upper edge of ear-coverts (not one along lower edge of 
ear-coverts, as in Meldspiza). A narrow blackish “ bridle ” along side of throat 
(sometimes indistinct). Crown without a distinct median stripe, and lower parts 
without markings. ‘Ground-color above ashy, sometimes of a brownish cast ; 
dorsal region and nape with brown blotches, with or without dark centres. 
Crown blackish-brown streaked with ashy or plain rufous. Beneath plain 
brownish- white, lightest on the abdomen, darker across jugulum and along sides. 
A. Crown plain rufous ; interscapulars without distinct black centres, and 
tertials without whitish border. Blackish “bridle” conspicuous. Band of 
wing edged with white. 
1. P. ruficeps. Above olivaceous-ash, interscapulars with broad streaks 
of dull rufous, the shafts scarcely blackish. Crown bright rufous. Length, 
5.50; wing, 2.40; tail, 2.70; bill, .29 from forehead, .20 deep; tarsus, 
.70; middle toe without claw, .55. Nest and eggs unknown. Hab. 
California (and Mexico in winter?). {Rufous-crowned Sparrow .) ; i 
IS. Crown streaked; interscapulars with distinct black centres ; tertials 
sharply bordered terminally with paler. “ Bridle ” obsolete ; bend of wing 
edged with yellowish. ; 
2. P. aestivalis. Above uniformly marked with broad streaks or lon- 
gitudinal blotches of deep rufous ; black streaks confined to interscapu- 
lars and crown. Tail-feathers without darker shaft-stripe, and without 
indications of darker bars; the outer feathers without distinct white. 
Black marks on upper tail-coverts inconspicuous, longitudinal. 
The bluish-ash and chestnut-rufous streaks above sharply con- 
trasted ; black dorsal streaks broad. Length, 6.25 ; wing, 2.45 ; 
