BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—-ZONOTRICHIA, 
457 
List of specimens . 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
West Northfield, Ill. 
April 28, 1855 
1 nofifi 
4820 
$ 
May 14, 1856 
Dr. Hayden.... 
6.50 
11.00 
3.50 
black. 
4R91 
s 
6.37 
9.75 
3 50 
4822 
$ 
6.50 
11.00 
3.50 
4823 
A 
May 14....... 
6.37 
10.62 
3.75 
5384 
6.50 
11.12 
3.62 
o 
black. 
5385 
6.75 
11.00 
2.75 
5382 
6.50 
10.75 
3.50 
5383 
A 
6.50 
11.00 
3 00 
1902 
A 
Fort Union, Neb........ 
June —, 1843 
S. F. Baird... 
1903 
0 
n 
5890 
V 
Fort Riley, K. T. 
5701 
q 
Repub. Fork, K. T. 
Oct. 18, 1856 
385 
W. S. Wood... 
5700 
O 
July 19, 1856 
123 
8333 
A 
May 6, 1857 
56 
6.75 
11.00 
3.50 
feet grayish. 
8328 
o 
51 
6 75 
11.25 
3.25 
8376 
V 
7.00 
10.50 
3.25 
7531 
.do. 
9228 
s 
7.12 
11 25 
3.75 
9229 
Q 
5 75 
10.25 
3.25 
9238 
O 
7.00 
10.75 
3.50 
9234 
July 30, 1857 
6.75 
10.75 
3.50 
9230 
o 
7 00 
3.50 
9233 
¥ 
A 
July 28. 
6.25 
10 50 
3.25 
9236 
0 
6.75 
10.75 
3 50 
9235 
¥ 
July 27. 
6.75 
11.00 
3.50 
9231 
¥ 
If 
6.50 
11.25 
3.75 
9232 
O 
A 
Fremont, on Platte. 
July 1.. 
6.75 
10.25 
3.25 
9237 
O 
Sand Hills. 
7.00 
11.00 
3.50 
5031 
V 
4968 
4083 
Q 
New Leon, Mexico .... 
147 
6.00 
10.00 
3.25 
lead color; feet dark 
* 
flesh color. 
6295 
Fort Thorne, N. M. 
4590 
Colorado river, Cal. 
31 
6299 
s 
Tcjon Valley, Cal . 
5557 
s 
Petaluma, Cal. 
289 
5558 
Q 
......do... 
674 
4393 
9 
Fort Dalles, O. T. 
May 21, 1855 
Dr. G. Suckley. ... 
176 
6.75 
10.87 
3.50 
Iris hazel. 
ZONOTRICHIA, Swain son. 
Zonotrichia, Swainson, Fauna Ber. Am. II, 1831. Type Emberiza leucophrys. 
Ch. —Body rather stout. Bill conical, slightly notched, somewhat compressed, excavated inside ; the lower mandible 
rather lower than the upper; gonys slightly convex; commissure nearly straight. Feet stout; tarsus rather longer than 
middle toe ; the lateral toes very nearly equal. Hind toe longer than the lateral ones; their claws just reaching to base of 
middle one. Inner claw contained twice in its toe proper; claws all slender and considerably curved. Wings moderate, not 
reaching to the middle of the tail, but beyond the rump ; secondaries and tertials equal and considerably less than longest 
primaries ; second and third quills longest; first about equal to the fifth, much longer than tertials. Tail rather long, moderately 
rounded ; the feathers not very broad. 
Back streaked. Rump and under parts immaculate. Head black, or with white streaks, entirely different from the back. 
This genus embraces the most beautiful of American sparrows, all of the largest size in their 
sub-family. 
June 15, 1858. 
58 b 
