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ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



(Kansas; ColoradoCitj).— CouES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 148.— Skow, Birds 

 Kan., 1872, II.— Hd., Bkew., & BiDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 65,\A. xxviii, 

 figs. 11, 12.— llENSiiAAV, Eep. Oin. Sjiecs., 1873, Wbei-lei's Exped., 1874, 

 119.— Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Juue, 1874, 17, 29.— CouES, Biuls 

 Nortlnvest, 1874, 164. 



The abundance of this bunting in Texas has been attested by several 

 observers. It extends through New Mexico, where it was found by Dr. 

 Woodhouse, and reaches the extreme southeastern portion of Arizttna, where 

 I have taken it the past two seasons. In 1873, I supposed it to be a mere 

 straggUir in this section, as I saw but a single individual; but the past year 

 we found it occurring in small numbers, usually four or five together, asso- 

 ciated sometimes with other sparrows, in the canons and among the brush 

 of the rocky hill sides. 



HEDYMELES MELANOCEPHALUS (Swains.). 

 Black-headed Grosbeak. 



Guinim mclanocrphahi, Swai.ns., Syn. Mix. Birds, I'liilos. Mag., i, 1827, 438. — Bd., Birds 

 N. A., 18.58, 498.— Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1859, 192 (Fort 

 Tejon, Cal.).— Bu., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Pliila., 1859, 394 (Cape .Saint 

 Lucas). — Cooi». & Suckl., P. E. 11. Bcp., xii, pt. ii, 1800, 21(j. — II A yd.. 

 Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 18G2, KiS. — CoUKS, Proc. Acad. Nat. 8ci. Pliila., 

 ISf.';, 88 (Fort Wliipiile, Ariz.). — Id., ib., 18(i8, 84.— CoOPKU, Birds Cal., i, 

 1S7(), 228.— Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 11. — Mekklvm, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 

 JS72, 083. 



Coccobi>ni.s mcldnoccphalm, EIeerm., P. II. B. KcPv ^'j Pt- i'l 1859, 51. 



Oiinidphm mdanoci'phnla, Henuy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 18.59, 107 (New .Mex- 

 ifo). — Allen, Bull. Mas. Coinp. Zool., 1872, 178 (.Mid<llc Kansas; Colorado; 

 Ogdcn, Utah).— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 149.— Allen, Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Ui.st., Jiuie, 1874, 15, 17, 29.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1S74, 107. 



Ucdy lilt lis iiKlduiH-eplialii.s, Bu., BUEW., & BiDG., N. .\. Hird.s, ii, 1874, 7.3, pi. 39, tigs. 

 1, 2. — Yabuow, Ivep. Oru. Specs., 1871, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 35. — YaR- 



