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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
10241 
10145 
946 
J' 
May 6, 1843 
S. F. Baird. 
5.50 
9.17 
2.83 
780 
o 
.do. 
Oct. 6, 1842 
5.25 
8,58 
2.67 
781 
V 
3 
Oct. 7,1842 
449 
Sept. 18, 1841 
448 
5.25 
8.75 
7108 
4323 
1854. 
10260 
9 
May 13, 1857 
10261 
10262 
Sept. 10, 1857 
1857.. 
4807 
3 
4808? 
5.50 
2.50 
*8956 ? 
Sept. 20, 1857 
5.25 
8 50 
2.50 
8957 ? 
Sept. 11, 1857 
5.50 
9.00 
3.00 
8968 ? 
Sept. 10, 1857 
5.00 
8.50 
2.50 
8786 ? 
Aug. 19, 1857 
Dr. J. G. Cooper . 
5.25 
9.00 
2.75 
* These specimens, in autumnal plumage, scarcely admit of an accurate determination. 
PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS, Baird. 
Emberiza sandwichensis, Gm. I, 1788, 875. 
Emberiza arctica, Latiiah, Ind. Orn. I, 1790, 414. 
Fringilla arctica, Vigors, Zool. of Blossom, 1839, 20, (perhaps one of the smaller species.)— “Brandt, Icon. Ross. 
2 , 6 .” 
Euspiza arctica, Bp. Conspectus, 185 , 469. 
Emberiza chrysops, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-As. II, 1811, 45 ; tab. xlviii ; fig. 1, (Unalaschka ) 
Sandwich Bunting, Lath. Syn. II, 1763, 202. 
Unalascha Bunting, Pennant, Arctic Zool. II, 363, 320, No. 229. (Not of p. 364, No. 233.) 
Sp. C h .—Almost exactly like P. savanna, but half an inch larger, with much larger bill. Length, 612 inches : wing, 3.00 ; 
tail, 2 55. 
Hab. —Northwestern coast from the Columbia river to Russian America. 
This species is extremely similar to the P. savanna, and is only distinguishable hy its greater 
size, and more western locality. The tail feathers also are rather more acutely pointed. There 
is also a greenish yellow shade on the top and sides of the head, brighter than that seen in P. 
savanna. The hill is considerably larger and longer, measuring .51 of an inch above instead 
of .44. 
The Sandwich Bunting of Latham (Synopsis of birds) and the Unalascha Bunting of 
Pennant (page 363, Eo. 229) seem to belong unquestionably to this species, and as Gmelin 
bases his sandioichensis upon these descriptions, it must he retained. The name has no refer¬ 
ence to the Sandwich Islands hut to Sandwich Sound, on the northwest coast. The Unalascha 
Bunting of Pennant, page 364, No. 233, is a different species. 
The “ temporibus atris” is not a very accurate expression in the species, hut sufficiently near 
not to he inconsistent with it. At any rate, as the descriptions of sandwichensis, arctica, and 
chrysops, all seem to apply equally well, it will he best to take the oldest name as a provisional 
one at least. 
