. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. FRINGILLIDiE, FINCHES, ETC.—GEN. 64, 65. 135 enne, Wyoming. (Allen.) Lawr., Ann. Lye. Nat. Flist. N. Y., 1851, v, 122; Cass. 111., 228, pi. 39; Bd., 437 maccownii. 64. Genus CENTEONYX Baird. ' 0 BcdrcVs Bunting. Hind claw rather longer than its digit; hind toe and claw not shorter than the middle one. Wings pointed, but inner secondaries not le
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. FRINGILLIDiE, FINCHES, ETC.—GEN. 64, 65. 135 enne, Wyoming. (Allen.) Lawr., Ann. Lye. Nat. Flist. N. Y., 1851, v, 122; Cass. 111., 228, pi. 39; Bd., 437 maccownii. 64. Genus CENTEONYX Baird. ' 0 BcdrcVs Bunting. Hind claw rather longer than its digit; hind toe and claw not shorter than the middle one. Wings pointed, but inner secondaries not lengthened as in Panserculns. Tail eniarginate. Thickly streaked everywhere al)ove, on the sides, and across the breast; al)ove, grayish streaked with dusky, below white, with blackish maxillary, pectoral and lateral streaks; crown divided by a brownish-yellow line; a faint superciliary whit- ish line ; no yellowish on bend of wing; outer tail feathers whitish. A curi- ous bird, apparently related to PlectropJumes in form, but with the general appearance of a savanna spiirrow or bay-winged bunting. Only one speci- men known. Yellowstone, Aud., vii, 359, pi. 500; Bd., 441. "Massa- chusetts," Maynard, Am. Nat., 1869, 554, and Guide, 112, frontispiece; Allen, Am. Nat. 1869, 631; Brewster, Am. Nat. 1872, 307. I have seen the later supposed specimens, the fresh measurements of one of which (6J ; wing 3^ ; tail 2|; bill .4 ; tarsus nearly an inch) are much larger than those recorded by Audubon, and there are many other discrepancies. The bird should be diligently sought for, as a full investigation will reveal some- thing not now anticipated bairdii. 65. Genus PASSERCULUS Bonaparte. \ c ' Savanna S}Xtrrow. (Plate iii, figs. 16,17, 18, 16n, 17«., 18«.) Thickly i/ streaked everywhere above, on sides, and across breast; a superciliary line, and edge of the wing, yellowish; lesser wing coverts not chestnut; legs flesh-color; bill rather slender and acute; tail nearly even, it
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