BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE-PASSERELLA TOWNSENDII. 
489 
Beneath white, with the upper part of the breast and sides of throat and body with triangular spots of rufous, and a few smaller 
ones of blackish on the middle of the breast. Inner edges of quills and tail feathers tinged with rufous pink. No light lines 
on the head, but a patch of rufous on the cheeks. First quill rather less than the fifth. Hind toe about equal to its claw. 
Length, about 7.50 ; wing, 3.50. 
Hab .—Eastern United States to the Mississippi. 
Sometimes the entire head above is reddish like the back. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
1323 
8 
Carlisle, Pa_,_ 
April 2, 1846 _ 
S. F. Baird_ 
7.42 
11. 25 
3. 08 
846 
Oct. 29, 1842. 
_„_do___ 
7. 17 
11. 58 
3. 42 
831 
Q 
__ _do-__ 
Oct. 22, 1842 . 
_do_ 
6. 83 
11. 00 
3. 42 
10134 
8 
Washington, D. C.___ 
J. C. McGuire. 
10133 
Q 
__do_*___ 
7276 
Cleveland, Ohio_ 
May —, 1852_ 
J. P. Kirtland_ 
PASSERELLA TOWNSENDII, Nut tall. 
Fringilla townsendii, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 236 ; pi. 424, f. 7 .—Ib. Syn. 1839 .—Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 43 ; 
pi. 187. 
Fringilla ( Passerella ) townsendii, Nutt. Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 533. 
Passerella townsendii, Bon. Conspectus, 1850, 477. 
Fringilla meruloides, Vig. Zool. Blossom, (Monterey,) 1839, 19. 
Emberiza unalaschensis, Gm. I, 875, probably has some relation to the present species. It is based on the Unalascha Bunting of 
Pennant Arctic Zool. II, 364. 
Sp. Ch. —Above very dark olive brown, with a tinge of rufous, the color continuous and uniform throughout, without any 
trace of blotches or spots ; the upper tail coverts and outer edges of the wing and tail feathers rather lighter and brighter. The 
under parts white, but thickly covered with approximating triangular blotches like the back, sparsest on the middle of the body 
and on the throat; the spots on the belly smaller. Side almost continuously like the back ; tibiae and under tail coverts similar, 
the latter edged with paler. Claws all very large and long ; the hinder longer than its toe. First and sixth quills about equal. 
Length, about 7 inches ; wing, about 3.00. 
Hab. —Pacific coast of United States as far south as Sacramento. Fort Tejon ?? 
This species differs a good deal iu form from P. iliaca. The claws are much larger and 
stouter, the wing a good deal shorter and more rounded. The differences in color are very 
appreciable, the tints being dark olivaceous brown instead of red, and perfectly uniform above, 
not spotted ; the under parts much more thickly spotted. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig’i 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Extent. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
5975 
7 00 
10,12 
Bill bl’k and yellow. 
5976 
7.25 
10.38 
6236 
Fort Steilacoom. 
February, 1856. 
Dr. Suckley, U.8.A. 
235 
6237 
296 
7.50 
9 50 
6238 
317 
7.00 
9.00 
3.00 
2874 
9 
Columbia river. 
Feb. 15,1836... 
S. F. Baird. 
J.K. Townsend. 
6239 
Ft. Vancouver,W.T... „... 
Gov. Stevens. 
12 
7.50 
11.00 
6240 
15 
7.25 
9.50 
6241 
Sacramento, Cal.... 
Lt. Williamson .... 
Dr. Heermann. 
June 17, 1858. 
62 b 
