. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. FlUNGILLIDi'E —THE FINCHES. 91 Spermophila moreleti, rucnEUAN. LITTLE BEED-EATEB. Spermophila morckti, (Puciieuan,) Bonap. Coiisjx'ctus, 1850,497.—, Pr. Zoiil. Soo. 1856, 302. — Haiiid, Hinls N. Am. 1858, 500, i>l. liv, f. 2, 3. —In. Mcv. Hoiiiul. II, Birils, 17, I>1. xvi, f. 2, 3. Spomphila morekti. Cab. Mus. lli-iii. 1851, 150. — In. Journ. fur. Oni. IX, IStil, 4 (with .synoiiomy). Spermophila (illilijii/uris, (Si>i.\,) Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lyceum, V, Si'pt. 1851, 124 (Ti
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. FlUNGILLIDi'E —THE FINCHES. 91 Spermophila moreleti, rucnEUAN. LITTLE BEED-EATEB. Spermophila morckti, (Puciieuan,) Bonap. Coiisjx'ctus, 1850,497.—, Pr. Zoiil. Soo. 1856, 302. — Haiiid, Hinls N. Am. 1858, 500, i>l. liv, f. 2, 3. —In. Mcv. Hoiiiul. II, Birils, 17, I>1. xvi, f. 2, 3. Spomphila morekti. Cab. Mus. lli-iii. 1851, 150. — In. Journ. fur. Oni. IX, IStil, 4 (with .synoiiomy). Spermophila (illilijii/uris, (Si>i.\,) Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lyceum, V, Si'pt. 1851, 124 (Ti'.xas. Xot oI'Simx). Sp. Char. The top and .«i(les of tlie head, back of thci neck, a limad liand apros.^i the upper part of the breast extundnig all round, the middle of tiu^ back, the wiiifrs and tail, with the posterior upper coverts, black. The chin, upper throat and neck all round, but interrupted behind, the rump, with the remaining under and lateral portions of the body, white; the latter tinged with brownish-yellow. Two bands on the wing, across the greater and middle coverts, with the concealed bases of all the (luills, also white. Lcnirth, about 4 inclies; wing, ; tail, Female. Dull yellow ; olivaceous above, brownish-yollow beneath. Wings and tail somewhat as in the male. Had. Rio Grande of ; .south to Costa Rica. Xalapa ( ISaO, 30")); (ScL. 1859, 378); Cordova (Scl. 18r)0, .302); Guatemala (Sci,. Ibis. I, 17; Iliis, I, 4G8; nest); Costa Rica (Cab. J. 18G1, 4); Vera Cruz, winter, uli>ine region, breeding (Sum. M. B. S. I, 551). The specimen upon which the preceding description of the male has been based is the only one in full plu- mage we have seen, and was kindly lent by Mr. P. L. Sclater. It was collected in Honduras. Some of the feathers of the back have grayish tips. The specimen described by Mr. Lawrence as S. alhogii- hiris, though male, is, in most respects, like the female, except that the wings and tail
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