Birds Observed Near Minco 57 



acters separating C. g. strigatus from that form. Length of wing 

 87 mm., tail 67 mm. 



42. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus). — Cardinal. 



Common in thickets and small growths of timber along streams 

 and in hollows on the prairie. A nest containing five fresh eggs 

 was found along Boggy Creek on May 23. This nest was placed in 

 a small elm sapling. It was made of leaves and grass and was 

 lined with rootlets. No specimens of the cardinal found near 

 Minco were collected so that the race to which these birds belong 

 is in doubt. It seems probable that they will prove to be Cardin- 

 alis c. cardinalis. 



43. Guiraca caerulea lazula (Lesson). — Western Blue Grosbeak. 

 Common. Though Blue Grosbeaks were found nearly always in 



pairs they did not seem to be nesting yet. The birds frequented 

 heavy weed growths, and many were seen along the railroad track 

 where telegraph wires offered convenient perches. The males were 

 in full song. These grosbeaks were rather wild and were sus- 

 picious of any approach so that I had trouble in securing those 

 desired as specimens. A male taken near Minco on May 26 is in 

 full plumage. Another secured near Leal May 31 has the head 

 and neck all around blue while elsewhere the body plumage is 

 brown. Indistinct spots and marking of bluish are evident on 

 the ventral surface and on the hind neck is an irregular patch of 

 brownish. Measurements of these specimens follow: 



wing tail 

 No. 1157 (Coll. A. W.) Minco, Okla., May 26, 1905, J' ad.. 90.0 67.5 

 No. 1193 (Coll. A. W.) Leal, Okla., May 31, 1905, c? ad.. 90.0 67.0 



Average of two adult males 90.0 67.3 



wing tail 



No. 1124 (Coll. A. W.) Minco, Okla., May 23, 1905, ? ad. ..81. 5 62.0 



No. 1134 (Coll. A. W.) Minco, Okla., May 24, 1905, ? ad... 84. 5 68.0 



No. 1158 (Coll. A. W.) Minco, Okla., May 26, 1905, $ ad... 83.0 62.0 



No. 1194 (Coll. A. W.) Leal, Okla., May 31, 1905, $ ad... 86. 5 67.5 



Average of four adult females 83.9 64.9 



Both male and female are decidedly paler than the correspond- 

 ing sex in G. c. caerulea. 



44. Passerina cyanea (Linnaeus).— Indigo Bunting. 



A common breeding bird. An adult female in rather worn plum- 

 age was taken near Minco on May 23. 



45. Passerina ciris pallidior Mearns. — Pale Painted Bunting. 

 Common; breeding. Nonpareils were fairly common in brushy 



