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elevation of from 7,000 to 9,000 feet. They were always about marshy thickets, 

 ofteu close to fields of perpetiuil snow. They had there raised their j"oung, which 

 were mostly fledged. He found a nest with one egg on the ground. As he found 

 this July 27, he thinks that without doubt it raises two broods in a season even 

 in that subalpine region. The song ho found quite different from that of the other 

 Melospkae, being fainter, more lively and continuous, like that of some Wren or 

 Warl.k'r. 



Melospiza palustris (II, 34). Collected in Southern Utah (Washington), 

 October 23, 1872, by Mr. Henshaw. (Mus. S. I., Xo. 63,.500.) 



Peuceea aestivalis, var. arizonae (II, 41). First described in Am. Nat. 

 Vil, Octnlicr. is;:',, p. (ilii. 



Peucaea carpalis. An additional species of Ptuaxa has been discovered in 

 Arizona by that diligent collector, Lieutenant (now Captain) Charles Bendire, 

 U. S. A. It has been described (Am. Nat. VII, June, 1873, p. 322) by Dr. Coues 

 as Peuccea carpalis. Its characters are as follows : — 



Peuccea carpalis, CouES. Kufoas-shouldered Sparrow. 



Sp. Cn.\R. Resembling in general appearance a large SpizeUa pusilla. but with rufous 

 lesser wing-covert.«, and blackish rictal and infra-maxillary streaks. Above grayi.sh earth- 

 brown, each feather with the medial portion dusky, fbrraing conspicuous black streaks on 

 the dorsal region, and dusky centres to the wing-coverts and tertials. Nape and rump 

 plain, and more ashy. Crown and lesser wing-coverts plain rufous, the former divided 

 anteriorly with a whitish medial line. Beneath ashy-white, including a well-defined 

 superciliary and maxillary stripe, which have a slight buffy tinge. Throat nearly pure 

 white, bordered on each side by a conspicuous narrow streak of black ; whitish maxillary 

 stripe bordered above by a dusky rictal streak. Bill reddish, darker on the culmen. Tarsi 

 dilute brown ; toes born-brown. Wing, 2.50; tail, 2.7.5; culmen, .45; tarsus, .80; middle 

 toe, .55. 



Hah. Tucson, Arizona. (No. 62,372. September, 1872, Captain C. Bendire, I". S. A.) 



Another specimen, supposed to be a female, in winter plumage (Tucson, January 

 10, 1873) differs quite appreciably in its markings and colors. The crown is more 

 streaked, every feather being edged laterally with ashy-gray ; the blackish streaks 

 on the back and scapulars are more distinct, and the inner web of the lateral tail- 

 feather is broadly bordered with white terminally. It measures, wing, 2.50 ; tail, 

 2.90; culmen, .45; tarsus, .70. "Length, 5.7-5; stretch, 7.80." 



Captain Bendire informs me that he found this species rather common in the 

 vicinity of Tucson. It was generally seen in company with Poospiza hilineata. 

 Its usual call-note resemliled the syllables zih-zih-zib. He believed it to be a resi- 

 dent of Arizona througliout the year. It commences nesting early in J>me, gen- 

 erally building in the small mesquite bushes, sometimes not over six inches, seldom 

 more than four feet, from the gi'ound. The nests are composed of fine dry gi'asses 

 and rootlets, and lined with the fine, slender seed-tops of the secatow or rye-grass, 

 and sometimes with a few hairs. The nest is very deep, and is firmlj' fixed into a 

 fork of the bush in which it is built. The eggs, when fresh, are of a pale green 

 color, and average .73 of an incli in lengtli by .58 in breadth, are unspotted, are 

 generally four, seldom five, in a nest. One nest with four eggs was foimd Septem- 

 ber II, 1872. 



