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ZOOLOGY— r.ii;i)s. 



(ilitaiiicd a single speeiuien in July, and, 1 think, it doubtless breeds there, 

 but is probably rare, since this was the onl}- individual seen. One specimen 

 was taken in Arizona in September ; this, so far as I am aware, being- its 

 onlv recorded occurrence there. 



CALAMOSPIZA HICOLOK (Towns.). 



Lark Bunting. 



Fringilla bicotor, ToWN.s., .Joiirii. Acatl. Nat. 8ci. riiiln., vii, 18;37, 189. 



Calamospka bicohn\ JU)., Birds N. A., 1858, i'd'l. — Jrf., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 

 1850, ;504 ({);\\)C Saint Lucas).— ilKEUM., P. li. li. Eep., Parke's Honte, 18.j!>, 

 15.— Bd., U. S. & Me.\-. Hcniid. Siirv., ii, i)t. ii, 1859, Bird.s, 10.— Hemjv, 

 Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 18.59, 1(»7 (New Mexico).— Oavd., Tran.><. Am. 

 Pbil. Soc, xii, 18(J2, 107.- CoiES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., ISCO, 84.— 

 Id., ib., 18C8, 83.— Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 225.- Stkv., U. S. Gcol. 

 Snrv. Terr., 1870, 405.- Allen, Bull. Mus. Conip. Zool., 1872, 177 (Middle 

 Kansas, etc.).— Codes, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 147. — Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 

 11.— Bold., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 201.— Bd., Bkew., & Kino., 

 N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 01, pi. xxix, fig.s. 2, 3.— Yarkow & Henshaw, Kei). 

 Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 15.— IIenshaav, An. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y.. xi, 1874, C— /d, An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 

 ■ 1874, 45.— /(/., Bep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 1 19.— ALLEN, 

 Proc. Bost. Soe. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 17, 28. — Coves, Birds Northwest, 

 1874, 103. 



Seen in Snake Valley, Nevada, by Dr. Yarrow, where it has iK>t Ijeen 

 noted before. Not seen in Utah. Occurring- in small Hocks near Denver, 

 May 22. 



A few in the worn breeding plumage were seen in the neighborhood 

 of Zufii, N. Hex., in July. Leaving here, the species was not again met 

 with until October, when they were found in large flocks in the San Pedro 

 and Gila Valleys, .iViizona. They feed almost entirely at this season upon 

 tlie seeds of various grasses, and, when engaged in .searchingfor these, show 

 JiitK' of the shyness attributed to them at other periods of the year, liy rlie 



