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Eastern species luider the name of Hdospim, thongh this species does not 

 seem, wliile with us, to freq^iient marshes lilve the other and typical species. 



Dr. Kennerly foinid tlieni in winter in New Mexico, and some probably 

 winter in California, tliougli I saw none in tlie Colorado Valley. I have not 

 seen nor heard of tliem during summer in this State, and they seem to go 

 very far nortli to lireed, as Audubon found them in Labrador. Tliere they 

 had much the habits of j\[. mclodia, and a similar song. The young were 

 fledged l)y tlie 4th of July, and tlio nest and eggs are still undescril)ed. 



Genus PEUCSA, .Vudubon. 



Peticcn, AuDunON, Synopsis, 18.39. (Type, Frim/illa a-ftii;a!!s.) 



Gen. Ch.\r. Bill moderate. Upper outline and enniniissin-e decidedly curved ; gonys 

 nearly straight. Legs and feet small ; the tarsus about ecjual to the middle toe ; the lat- 



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P. CBStivalis. 



eral toes etiual, their claws fallin^r considerably short of the middle one ; the hind toe 

 reaching about to the mitldle of the latter. The outstretched feet reach only to the mid- 



P. CBStivalis. 



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