504 U. S. P. R. R. EXP, AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. | Sex & | Locality. When collected.) Whence obtained. | Orig. | Collected by— | Length. | Stretch | Wing. 
No. | age. No. of wings. 
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3080 Q | Liberty county,Ga-) 1846-....----|------ OO eS eose lec ad aaaots dos=-.2=—" 5. 40 8.00 2. 80 
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3081 ts | eenaes d0=esseo-=e= | eee esc ouelsesece Ch) aoa eese|loooses Jos. Leconte ----| 5. 62 8. 30 2.70 
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3324 Qu |lese=s- doj-s2s<s-ee W846 see oe sleee ee (Ob Sees ee Jos. Leconte ----| 5. 60 8.50 2. 30 
3083 OW ea miar = doeteances== T8462 oeeetess ease a COssSe555cllooanedlosecas doz so=--- 5. 25 8. 37 2. iD 
3085 @ |bosose domeee=—aems| 1846 oe ee ae|o- one do.--.-...|------|----------+----- 5.50 8. 60 2.80 
310 Q Calcasieu, La...-.- Spring of 1854 | G. Wiurdemann = 2|" 6 acc| cae a wae ee eme slo oee eno |noee eeee same = 
6271 CalasaneAntonio lexes|==——=se=—ssa0== tid.) Gapbarkess|=sccee DrHeermann === =| Sees ae | oe eee ae 
6272 Qo |seeaa2 does seen ee A seee tate secs ColiGraham. 522|222.-- J. H. Clark..--- 5.25 00 3.00 
6273 @) RSS e SS cose cee roo PeScrneaeeS roo |Seineoc docoaa=—e 10) eceersc Glee eorece 6.50 . 25 2.25 
6277 SG | San Antonio, Tex_.| July —, 1853 | Lt, Whipple ---- (40) Drop Kennerly.°--|cosee=os| =e | Eee 
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5034 CG | River Pecos.-..... | May 25, 1855 |.-.... dossssae== Te seme oemsonOsce! 6. 25 9.00 2. 50 
6274 Q Sanvhedrowexsane|ssecneeaase eee Col. Graham.--- 207) Jerk tClarks-2e- 2.50 6. 00 8. 50 
6275 © [bosstccdaconbsesde|beciSccesansacd teased WO) S bossa bosoec|saaqad GOR eS565S5| Ssecascd|Kecosaoe <eosce 
6276 G | Sane@Hlizario; Nex) May-cs2-=-— = May Emory sae ae aes | ern doe=2ss-=— 5. 87 - 50 2.12 
6270 Q Monterey, Mex....| May —, 1853 | Lt. Couch ....-. 2044 | Se eae eee oe ale 4.75 8.00 2.50 
CYANOSPIZA AMOENA, Baird. 
Lazuli Finch. 
Emberiza amoend, Say, Long’s Exped. II, 1823, 47. 
Fringilla (Spiza) amoena, Bonar. Am. Orn, I, 1825, 61; pl. vi, f. 5. 
Fringilla amoena, Aup. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 64, 230; pls. 398 and 424. 
Spiza amoena, Bonar. List, 1838.—Aup. Syn. 1839, 109.—Is. Birds Am. III, 1841, 100; pl. 171. 
Sp. Cu.—Male. Upper parts generally, with the head and neck all round, greenish blue ; the interscapular region darker. 
Upper part of breast pale brownish chestnut, separated from the blue of the throat by a faint white crescent ; rest of under 
parts white. A white patch on the middle wing coverts, and an obscurely indicated white band across the ends of the greater 
coverts. 
Loral region black. 
Length, about 5.50; wing, 3.90; tail, 2.60. 
Female. Brown above ; whitish beneath, with a trace of a buff pectoral band. 
Hab.—High Central Plains to the Pacific. 
This species is about the size of C. cyanea ; the bill exactly similar. 
The females of the two 
species are scarcely distinguishable, except by the faint traces of one or two white bands on the 
wings in amoena. 
pale brownish buff. 
Sometimes both the throat and upper part of the breast are tinged with 
