472 
U. S. P. R. K EXP. AND SUKVEYS-ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT, 
Comparative measurements of species. 
Catal. No. 
Species, 
Locality. 
Sex. 
Length. 
Stretch of 
wings. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
Middle toe. 
Its claw 
alone. 
Hind toe 
and claw. 
Hind claw 
alone. 
Bill above. 
Along gape. 
Specimen 
measured. 
§71 
3 
5.80 
3.02 
3.04 
0.79 
0.74 
0.20 
0.54 
0.24 
0.35 
0.41 
do. 
6.25 
9.66 
3.08 
10151 
s 
5.30 
2.61 
2.93 
0.67 
0.66 
0.18 
0.48 
0.21 
0.39 
0.40 
824 
.do. 
9 
5.16 
2.43 
2.66 
0.69 
0.67 
0.18 
0.43 
0.20 
0.35 
0.36 
5.25 
7.75 
2.42 
Frp<li 
10150 
Washington, D. C. 
s 
5.14 
2.71 
2.41 
0.65 
0.60 
0.15 
0.46 
0 20 
0.36 
0.40 
5556 
3 
5.14 
2.74 
2.60 
0.62 
0.62' 
0.17 
0.44 
0.20 
0.48 
0.42 
10269 
5.70 
2.90 
2.69 
0.64 
0 65 
0.16 
0.44 
0.21 
0.38 
0.44 
1937 
4.90 
2.46 
2.53 
0 67 
0.67 
0.16 
0.46 
0.20 
0.36 
0 40 
2890 
a 
5.10 
2.46 
2.64 
0.69 
0.63 
0 16 
4.40 
0.18 
0.32 
0.39 
1905 
o 
5.04 
2.53 
2.62 
0.70 
0 60 
0.14 
0.42 
0.17 
0.35 
0.34 
4335 
Spizella atrigularis. .. 
Agua Nueva, Coahuila ... 
3 
5.50 
2.51 
3.07 
0.76 
0.72 
0.18 
0.48 
0.22 
0.38 
0.46 
Skin. 
5.42 
7.75 
2.50 
SPIZELLA MONTICOLA, Baird. 
Tree Sparr w. 
Fringilla monticola, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 912. 
Zonotricliia monticola, Gray, Genera. 
Spinites monticolus, Cabanis, Mas. Hein. 1851, 134. 
Passer canadensis, Brisson, Orn. Ill, 1760, 102. 
Fringilla canadensis, Lath. Index, I, 1790, 434.— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 511 : V, 504 ; pi. 188. 
Emberiza canadensis, Sw. F. B. Am. II, 1831, 252.— Aud. Syn. 1839.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 83 ; pi. 166. 
Spizella canadensis, Bon. List, 1838.— Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 480. 
Fringilla arborea, Wils. Am. Orn II, 1810, 12 ; pi. xii, f. 3. 
Moineau du Canada, Buffon, PI. Enl. 223, f. 2. 
“Mountain Finch, Lath. Syn. II, i, 265.” 
Sp. Ch.—M iddle of back with the feathers dark brown centrally, then rufous, and edged with pale fulvous, (sometimes with 
whitish.) Hood and upper part of nape continuous chestnut; a line of the same from behind the eye. Sides of head and 
neck ashy. A broad light superciliary band. Beneath whitish, with a small circular blotch of brownish in the middle of the 
upper part of the breast. Edges of tail feathers, primary quills, and two bands across the tips of the secondaries, white. 
Tertiaries nearly black; edged externally with rufous, turning to white near the tips. Lower jaw yellow; upper black. 
Length, 6.25 inches ; wing, 3. 
llab. —Eastern North America to the Missouri ; also on Pole creek and Little Colorado river, New Mexico. 
This species varies in the amount of whitish edging to the quills and tail. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
1980 
Feb. 28,1844 
6.25 
6.00 
9.50 
8 83 
3.00 
866 
o 
.do. . 
Nov. 22, 1842 
2.75 
871 
V 
3 
6.25 
9.67 
3.08 
1 5Q] 
10930 
Nnv 27j 1854 
11 
22 
Tqn °0 1855 
Op*. 15 1856 
5 87 
8 50 
3 
641 n 
6 12 
9.25 
3.25 
37 i 0 
3 
2 1856 
192 
9. 
8 50 
6354 
Little Col’do river,N.M 
Dec. 18, 1853 
5 50 
3 
Molhausen. 
6355 
Dec. 20, 1853 
39 
5.50 
8.50 
3 
