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brown, giving to it an entirely different appearance from the adult. The streaks in the upper 
parts, too, are darker and more conspicuous. The margins of the feathers rather more rusty. 
This species is readily distinguishable from the other American Spizellas , excepting S. breweri, 
(which see,) in the dark streaks and median ashy stripe on the crown, the paler tints, the dark 
line on the side of the chin, &c. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No, 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
1858 
1843. 
]937 
1843 . 
5414 
July 18, 1843 
5.00 
7.50 
2.50 
5415 
894 
Sept. 10, 1857 
5.00 
7.00 
4804 
May 14, 1857 
5.62 
7.75 
2.50 
4803 
J' 
5.37 
7.50 
2.25 
5715 
A 
Aug. 1, 1856 
184 
8359 
0 
4091 
Tamaulipas, Mex.... 
73 
4.75 
7.25 
2.25 
brown; bill slate. 
SPIZELLA BREWERI, 0 a s s i n . 
Brewer’s Sparrow. 
Emberiza pallida, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 66; pi, 398, f. 2.—Ib. Synopsis, 1839.—Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 
71 ; pi. 161. (Not of Swainson, 1831.) 
Spizella breweri, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. VIII, Feb. 1856, 40. 
Sp. Ch.—S imilar to S. pallida; the markings more obsolete ; no distinct median and superciliary light stripes. The crown 
streaked with black. Some of the feathers on the sides with brown shafts. Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.50. 
Hub .—Rocky mountains of United States to the Pacific coast. 
This species, if really distinct, is so very similar to the S. pallida as to require very close and 
critical comparison to separate it. One feature is the more obsolete character of the markings, 
which have not the sharpness and definition of pallida. The streaks on the hack are narrower, 
and the central ashy and lateral whitish stripes of the crown are scarcely, if at all, appreciable. 
The clear ash of the hack of the neck, too, is mostly wanting. The feathers along the sides of 
the body, near the tibia, and occasionally elsewhere on the sides, have brownish shafts, not 
found in the other. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
2890 
<? 
Rocky mountains_ 
June 15, 1834 
S. F. Baird_ 
J. K. Townsend. 
1905 
9 
6361 
s 
Tejon valley. 
Li. Williamson. _ 
Dr. Heermann .. 
6360 
s 
6357 
Boca Grande, Mex.... 
Mar. —, 1855 
Maj or Emory .... 
Lt. Wkippple ... 
Col. Graham_ 
40 
Dr. Kennerly ... 
6358 
Camp 127, N.M., Bill 
Williams’ Fork_ 
Feb. 26, 1854 
May 4, 1852 
174 
6356? 
9 
El Paso, Texas_ 
5. 25 
7. 25 
2. 25 
