BIRDS—FRINGILL1DAE—PASSERCULUS ANTHINUS. 
445 
List of specimens. 
Calal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Where obtained. 
Orig’l 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Remarks. 
IftOfi.l 
8 
Mar. 12, 1842 
S. F. Baird . .. 
Dr. G. Suckley... 
308 
6.12 
9.37 
6342 
9? 
Shoal water bay, W. T.. 
May 15,1854 
Dr. J. G. Cooper. 
73 
6.12 
9.25 
Iris brown; feet brownish white.. 
6^43 
£ ? 
.do. 
73 
6.12 
9.25 
6344 
O • 
Oct. 15, 1854 
PASSERCULUS ANTHINUS, Bonap. 
Passerculus antliinus, Bonap. Comptes Rendus, XXVII, Dec. 1853, 919, Russian America.— Ib. Notes Ornith. 
Delattre, 1854, 19. 
Sp. Ch.' —Similar to P. savanna, but smaller. Beneath tinged with reddish. Breast and upper part of belly thickly spotted 
with sharply defined sagittate brown spots, exhibiting a tendency to aggregation on the middle of the belly. Superciliary stripe 
and one in the middle of the crown decided greenish yellow, the head generally tinged with the same ; as also the back and 
sides of the neck. Length, 5.00 ; wing, 2.66 ; tail, 2.24. 
Hah .—Coast of California, near San Francisco ; Russian America ; Kodiak. (Bonaparte.) 
This species is the smallest of its group, and differs from all in the much greater amount of 
spotting on the under parts. The streaks, indeed, extend over the whole "breast and upper part 
of the abdomen, instead of being mainly confined to the jugulum. They are dark brown, well 
defined, and unusually sagittate. The superciliary stripe is bright greenish yellow, as is also 
a stripe along the median line of the head above. The feathers on the sides of the head behind 
the auriculars, are strongly tinged with the same color. There is an indication of a brown 
tinge around the lower part of throat, as in Lincoln’s finch. The feathers in the middle of the 
back are darker than usual. 
This species differs from alaudinus in the strong shade of yellow on the head, the much 
darker tints above, and the thick crowding of larger and better defined spots beneath, with a 
faint tinge of reddish. The under tail coverts are more distinctly streaked. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
6331 
San Francisco, Cal._ 
May 8, 1854 __ 
Tit. Trowbridge_ 
6331 
Q 
Benicia, Cal.__ 
_do_ 
Lt. Williamson 
Dr. Heermann__...... 
5555 
Q 
Petaluma, Cal._ 
March, 1856 .. 
E. Samuels._ 
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