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ZOOLOGY BIRDS. 



TOOSPJZA BILINBATA (Cass.). 

 SSIack-Hhroated Sparrow. 



Emberiza bilineata, CASS., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., v,Oct., 1850,104, pi. iii (Texasl. 

 WOODH., Sitgreave's Exp. Ziuii & Col. Eiv., 1854, 87. 



Poospiza bilineata, BD., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857-58, pt. iv, 6. Id., Birds N. A., 1858, 

 470. Id., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Snrv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 15. HEERM., 

 P. E. E. Eep., Park's Eoute, x, pt. iv, 1859, 14. HENKT, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1859, 107 (New Mexico). COUES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1866, 86 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.). Id,, ib., 1868, 83. COOPER, Birds Cal., 

 1870, 203. COUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 140. SNOW, Birds Kan., 1872, 

 10. COUES, Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 323. BD., BREW., & EIDG., N. A. Birds, 

 1875, 590, pi. xxvi, f. 8. YARROW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1871, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, 35. HENSHAW, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 6. Id., An. 

 List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 44. Id,, Eep. Orn. Specs., 

 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 115. 



Amphispiza bilineata, COUES, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1874, 234 (type of genus). 



This sparrow is an inhabitant of the dry mesas and plains, and apparently 

 extends its range over the whole of Arizona and perhaps also New Mexico ; 

 their numbers constantly increasing to the south till, in the region south of 

 the Gila, it is perhaps the most characteristic of the small sparrows. In 

 summer, the sage plains appear to be most frequented by them, though they 

 also are always found on the rocky hills among the low scanty shrubbery. 

 Their nests are usually placed in some low bush, as often one of the Arte- 

 misias as any other ; none of those found by our party being more than 

 four fret from tlui ground, often er one or two. They are of circular form, 



