BIRDS OF NOKTH AND MTDDLK AMRRTCA. '261 



Beckham, Proc.U. 8. Nat. Mas., x, 1888, 089 (Corpus Chrisli and Beeville, 

 s. e. Texas, Jan., Fob. ; San Antonio and Leon Springs, Mar. ; habits). — Cooke, 

 BirdMigi-. Miss. Val., 1888, 265 (Texas localities only). — Stephens, Aiik, vii, 

 1890, 297 (Colorado Desert, Jan.).— Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 342 (San Antonio, 

 Texas, migrant). — Nehrling, Oiu- Native Birds, etc., i, 1893, 38, pi. 4, fig. 

 3.— Thorn E, Auk, xii, 1895, 218 (Tongue R., Montana, Sept.).— Grinnell 

 (J)., Pub. ii, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 47 (San Fernando Valley, 2 specs., 

 Mar. 13, 1897).— Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 348 (Refugio Co., Texas, win- 

 ter).— Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 435.— Brewster, 

 Bull. Mus. Coinp. Zool., xli, 1902, 194 (La Paz, Lower California, Jan.; crit.).- 

 Snodgrass, Auk, xx, 1903, 208 (Ephrata, Grand Coul(>e, Crab Creek, and near 

 Sprague, centr. Washington); xxi, 1904, 232 (Yakima and WallawaUa coun- 

 ties, Washington). 



Olroscoptesl mnntanus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 249; 5th ed., i, 

 1903, 282.— RiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 541. 



Oreoscoptes montanus Baird, Cat. N. Am. 'Birds, 1859, no. 225; Rep. U. S. and 

 Max. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 12 (Tamanlipas, Mexico; Gila R., Arizona); 

 in Ives' Rep. Expl. Col., v, 1861, 6; Review Am. Birds, 1864,42.— Sclater, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 340 (monogr.); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 8.— Ken- 

 nerly. Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 25 (Zuiii, New Mexico; Bill 

 AVilliaras Fork, Arizona). — Henry. Proc Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xi, 1859, 

 107 (New Mexico).— Hayden, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, xii, 1863, 163 (Black 

 Hills and Fort Laramie, Wyoming). — Dresser, Il)is, 1865, 482 (San Antonio, 

 Texas, winter; a few Ijreeding). — Butcher, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xx, 

 1868, 149 (Laredo, Texas).— Cooper, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1870, 75 (Colorado 

 R., California); Orn. Cal., 1870, 13 (do.).— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 7; 

 Birds Northwest, 1874, 7.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 174 

 (e. Colorado; Ogden, Utah); Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1874, 97 (Yellow- 

 stone R.). — Trippe, in Coues' Birds Northwest, 1874, 228 (Idaho Springs, 

 Colorado, 1 spec. May 10). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 32, pi. 3, fig. 6.— Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1875, 

 339, 352, 355 (California; Nevada; Utah).— Henshaw, Zool. Expl. W. 100th 

 Merid., 1875, 149 (localities in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and 

 Nevada; habits; descr. nest and eggs). — Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 

 399 (Carson City, Nevada, Mar. 24-Oct. or Nov.; Austin, Nevada, breed- 

 ing; islands in Great Salt Lake, breeding); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 10.— 

 Bendire, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 1877, 110 (Camp Harney, e. Oregon, breed- 

 ing).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 333.— Belding, Proc. U. S. 

 . Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 397 (Soda Springs, California, 1 spec, Oct. 1); v, 1883, 

 534 (La Paz, etc, Lower California, winter). 



[Oreoscoptes] monlumts Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1S72, 71. — Sharpr, Hand- 

 list, iv, 1903, 106. 



Genus ALLENIA Cory. 



AUcnian Cory, Auk, viii, Jan., 1891, 42. in text. *Typ(\ Tiirdiis vionfnniis 

 Lafresnaye=r. apicalis Haitian)). ) 



Medium-sized Mimiche (length a])()tit 220 nun.) with rehxtively short 

 and depressed bill, long i)ointed wing, tail decidedly shorter than wing, 

 tarsus little longer than middle toe with claw, the upper parts plain 

 sooty brown (with white markings on wings, the lateral rectrices also 

 tipped with white), the under ])arts mixed brown and white. 



" To Dr. J. A. Allen. 



