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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
The young have the chestnut of the crown varied with narrow blackish lines, sometimes the 
chestnut little appreciable. The upper part of the breast and sides streaked with brown. 
This species is readily distinguished from S. monticola by its black hill and forehead ; black 
line behind the eye instead of chestnut ; absence of black spot on the breast, and of white on 
the tail, &c., as also by the much smaller size. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex and 
age. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
10150 
s 
1424 
$ 
?ilay 2, 1844 
S. F. Baird. 
5.67 
8.75 
2.92 
721 
Sept. 16, 1842 
5.50 
8.50 
1106 
o o 
July 5, 1843 
10269 ? 
Sept. 26, 1857 
4805 
Bald Island, Neb. 
April 25, 1857 
5.00 
8.00 
2.62 
5411 
s 
5.25 
8.50 
2.75 
57J5? 
W. S. Wood... 
6348 
s 
.1854 
92 
6349 
Q 
.1854 
93 
6350 
9 
.1854 
94 
298 
5.50 
9.00 
5981 
5.50 
8.50 
4417 
o 
Fort Dalles, O. T. 
May 5, 1855 
165* 
4383 
A 
May 2, 1855 
161 
5.87 
9.00 
2.83 
4384 
$ 
May 4, 1855 
165 
5.62 
8.75 
5556 
<? 
May 24, 1855 
889 
6346 
6347 
8054 
J. Gould. 
SPIZELLA PALLIDA, Bonap. 
Clay-colored Bunting. 
Emberiza pallida, Sw. F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 251. (Not of Audubon.) 
Spizella pallida, Bonap. List, 1838. 
Spinitcs pallidus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 133. 
Emberiza shattuckii, Aud. Birds Am. VII, 1843, 347 ; pi. 493. 
Spizella shattuckii, Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 480. 
Sp. Ch.—S maller than S. socialis. Back and sides of hind neck ashy. Prevailing color above pale brownish yellow, with a 
tinge of grayish. The feathers of back and crown streaked conspicuously with blackish. Crown with a median ashy and a 
lateral or superciliary ashy white stripe. Beneath whitish, tinged with brown on the breast and sides, and an indistinct narrow 
brown streak on the edge of the chin. Ear coverts brownish yellow, margined above and below by dark brown. Length, 
4.75 ; wing, 2.55. 
Ilab. —Upper Missouri river and High Central plains to the Saskatchewan country. 
The ashy collar is quite conspicuous, and streaked above with brown. The rump is immacu¬ 
late. The streaks on the feathers of the crown almost form continuous lines, about six in number. 
The brown line above the ear coverts is a post ocular one. The brown line on the side of the 
chin forms the lower border of a white maxillary stripe which widens and curves around behind 
the ear coverts, fading into the ashy of the neck. The wing feathers are all margined with 
paler, and there is an indication of two light hands across the ends of the coverts. 
The young of this species is thickly streaked beneath over the throat, breast, and belly, with 
