308 NOTES ON THE 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Head black; a line passing over the eye, a small spot on the 

 nape, another on the ears and a large patch on the wings, 

 white; nuchal collar and the whole under plumage, brownish- 

 buff -yellow; legs flesh color. 



Length, 6.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.75; bill, .45. 



Habitat, interior North America from Arctic coast to Texas. 



CALCARirS OltXATUS (Townsend). (538.) 

 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR. 



Another bunting that has been found to breed in the north- 

 western portion of the State along the Red river as far south 

 as Breclcenridge and Traverse, about the habits of which I 

 know very little beyond that fact. I spent several days in 

 October, 1884, in Grant county, where I found quite a number 

 Oi this species associated with the Longspurs, but of course I 

 was too late for other observations. Whether they breed just 

 there, or not I cannot tell, but in the.next county west which 

 lies for a long distance along the Red river, is where they 

 have been repeatedly located. 



Mr. Allen says: — "They breed of course on the ground, 

 constructing a rather slight but neat nest of dry grass and 

 the stems of small plants. The eggs ajjpear to be commonly 

 five in number, blotched and streaked with rusty or a white 

 ground, full sets of which are obtained the first week in 

 June." 



It is known to breed extensively on the northern plains of 

 Dakota. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Bill dark plumbeous; crown, a narrow crescent on the side of 

 the head, a line running into it from behind the eye, entire 

 breast and upper part of belly all round, black; throat and 

 sides of head, lower part of belly, under tail coverts, and bases 

 of the tail feathers, white; the white on the tail feathers runs 

 forward as an acute point; a chestnut band on the back of the 

 neck extending around on the sides; rest of upper parts gray- 

 ish-brown, streaked with darker; lesser wing coverts like the 

 back. 



Length, 5.25; wing, 3.20; tail, 2.30; tarsus, 0.75. 



Habitat, interior of North America, from the Saskatchewan 

 plains to Texas. 



