| 62 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
B. Hind claw much longer than its digit. Back without streaks. 
2. P. townsendi. 
Head and neck above with back, scapulars, and rump rich sepia- 
brown, almost uniform with wings and tail. Belly thickly spotted; 
tibiae deep brown; supraloral space not whitish. Length, 7.00; 
wing, 3.05 ; tail, 2.85 ; tarsus, .80 ; middle toe, .62 ; hind claw, .43. 
Hab. Pacific Province of North America, from Kodiak south to 
Fort Tej on, Cal. (in winter). {Townsend's Sparrow.) var. townsendi. 
Head and neck above, with back, scapulars, and rump, slaty-ash, 
in strong contrast with the rufescent-brown of wings and tail. 
Belly with only minute specks, or immaculate ; tibiae grayish ; 
supraloral space distinctly white. Spots beneath clove-brown. 
Length, 7.00 ; bill, .34 from nostril, by .25 deep at base ; 
wing, 3.30; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .85; middle toe, .60; hind claw, 
.45. Nest in clump of willows, of coarse grass, lined with 
flv: -hair and fine grass. Eggs pale green, blotched with brown. 
Hab. Middle Province of United States. ( Slaty Sparrow.') 
var. schistacea. 
Bill, .35 from nostril and .47 deep ; wing, 3.30 ; tail, 3.50 ; 
• 1L- tarsus, .83 ; middle toe, .63 ; hind claw, .50. Hab. Sierra Ne- 
vada, from Fort Tej on, north to Carson City, Nev. {Thick- 
billed Sparrow.) var. m eg arhynchus. 
Subfamily SPIZINiE . 
(Page 43.) 
A. Wings decidedly longer than the tail. Eggs plain blue or white, unspotted. 
a. Feet very stout, reaching nearly to the end of the tail. Species terres- 
trial. 
Calamospiza. Bill moderate, the commissure with a deep angle 
posteriorly and prominent lobe behind it ; anteriorly nearly straight ; 
commissure of lower mandible with a prominent angle. Outer toe longer 
than the inner, both nearly as long as the posterior. Outer four primaries 
about equal, and abruptly longer than the rest. Tertials nearly equal 
to primaries. Tail-feathers broad at tips. Color : black with white spot 
on wing in £, brownish streaks in $> • Nest on or near ground; eggs 
plain pale blue. (Page 63.) 
Euspiza. Bill weaker, the commissure with a more shallow angle, 
and much less prominent sinuation behind it ; anteriorly distinctly 
sinuated. Outer toe shorter than inner, both much shorter than the 
posterior one. First primary longest, the rest successively shorter. 
Tertials but little longer than secondaries. Tail-feathers attenuated at 
tips. Color: back brown streaked with black ; throat white; jugulum 
yellow or ashy ; with or without black spot on foreneck. A yellow 
or white superciliary stripe. Nest on or near ground ; eggs plain pale 
blue. (Page 64.) 
b. Feet weaker, scarcely reaching beyond lower tail-coverts ; species arbo- 
real. 
a. Size large {wing more than 3.50 inches). 
Hedymeles. Upper mandible much swollen laterally. Colors : no 
blue ; upper parts conspicuously different from the lower. Wings and 
tail with white patches ; axillars and lining of wing yellow or red. 
