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tail, 2.65; bill, .30 and .30; tarsus, .73; middle toe, .60. Hab. 
Southern States, from Florida and Georgia to Southern Illinois. 
( Bachman's Sparroiu .) 
var. a estiv alis 
The dull ash and light rufous streaks above not sharply defined ; 
black dorsal streaks narrow. Length, 6.00 ; wing, 2.65 ; tail, 3.00 ; 
bill, .32 and .25 ; tarsus, .80 ; middle toe, .63. Hab. Southern 
border of the Arizona region of Middle Province of United States. 
( Arizona Sparrow.’) var. arizonae. 
3. P. cassini. Above marked everywhere with broad short streaks of 
pale (not reddish) brown streaks, all black medially. Tail-feathers with 
distinct blackish shaft-stripe, throwing off narrow, obsolete bars toward 
the edge of the feathers. Outer tail-feathers distinctly tipped (broadly) 
and edged with dull white. Black marks on upper tail-coverts very 
large, transverse. Beneath nearly uniform dull white, scarcely darker 
along sides and across breast ; flanks with broad streaks of blackish- 
brown. Length, 6.00 ; wing, 2.55 ; tail, 2.80 ; bill, .28 and .23 ; tarsus, 
.68 ; middle toe, .55. Hab. Rio Grande region (San Antonio and 
Laredo), north to Kansas (Allen). ( Cassin's Sparrow.) 
Genus EMB1RHAGRA, Lesson. (Page 52.) 
[ : Above olive-green ; beneath whitish. Nest and eggs unknown. 
E. rufivirgata. Above uniform olivaceous-green. A stripe on each side of the head, 
and one behind the eye, dull brownish-rufous; an ashy superciliary stripe, whiter an- 
teriorly. Under parts brownish-white. Edge of wing, under coverts, and . axillaries 
bright yellow. Length, 5.50; wing, 2.60; tail, 2.70. Hab. Valley of the Rio Grande, 
and probably of Gila, southward ; Mazatlan, Mexico. ( Texas Sparrow.) 
Subfamily PASSERELLIN^l. (Page 43.) 
Genus FASSRRELLA, Swainson. 
Rufous or slaty above; thickly marked with triangular blotches below, of color of 
back. Nest on ground or in low bushes. Eggs greenish or whitish, thickly blotched 
with rusty brown. 
Common Characters. Ground-color above, slaty-ash, or sepia; wings, upper 
tail-coverts, and tail more rufescent. Beneath, pure white, with numerous 
triangular spots over breast and throat, streaks along sides, and a triangular 
blotch on side of throat, of the same color as the wings. The pectoral spots 
aggregated on the middle of the breast. 
A. Hind claw not longer than its digit. Back with broad streaks of dark 
rufous. 
1. P. iliaca. Ground-color above ash (more or less overlaid in winter 
with a rufous wash) ; wings, dorsal spots, upper tail-coverts, tail, auricu- 
lars, and markings of lower parts, bright reddish-rufous. Length, 7.50; 
wing, 3.50 ; tail, 2.90 ; tarsus, .87 ; middle toe, without claw, .67 ; hind 
claw, .35. Nest of dry grass and moss, lined with grass and feathers. 
Eggs as above. Hab. Eastern Province of North America. {Fox- 
colored Sparrow.) 
