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J'!pilo chtorurn.1, Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 519.— Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 2-18.— 

 Allen, Bull. INIus. Coiui). Zoiil., 1872, 178 (Colorado; Utah).— COUES, Key 

 N. A. Birds, 1872, 153.— P.O., Beew., & lliVG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, l.U, jil. 

 xxxi, f. 4. — Yarrow, Bop. Oni. Specs., 1871, AVlicoler'sExped., 1874, 35. — 

 Yarrow & IJenshaw, Bop. Oni. Specs., 1872, Wlieeler'.s Exped., 1874, 

 15.— IlENSUAW, An. Lye. Nat. IJist. N. Y., xi, 1874, (i.—Id., An. List 

 Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exi)ed., 1874, 45.— 7f/., Bep. Orn. Specs., 187.1, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 03, 82, 121. — CoUES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 17G. 



Zmiotrichia blandingiana, WooDn., Sitgreave's Exp. Zuui & Col. Kiv., 1854, 85. 



This finch appears to vary little in respect to numbers in the diflTerent 

 portions of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico visited by the survey, 

 but to be present in considerable numbers in the fertile valleys of the 

 mountains, attaining on them quite a high elevation. Following the 

 course of the streams, they will be found to inhabit the wooded ])ortions 

 generally, though they are not so commonly diffused over the lowlands in the 

 breeding season as during the fall. Writers everywhere agree in attrib- 

 uting to them much more sjjrightliness of manner and activity than is seen 

 in the other members of this genus ; and, in this respect as well as their 

 notes, as suggested by Mr. Allen, their place seems much nearer the Zono- 

 trkhias than the Pipilos. In some localities, I have found it quite shy, and 

 anxious to evade scrutiny, hiding itself in the grass and among the bushes, 

 from which it is often diflicult to effect its dislodgment when it is inclined 

 to keep close. At other times, its ruling trait has appeared to be a lively 

 curiosity, impelling it to flit around the intruder from bush to bush, to 

 watch his actions and demeanor. In fall, they are sometimes found on 

 the dry sage plains, but this is a departure from its usual habits. It nests 

 both in bushes and on the gi-ound. The nests I have examined are rather 

 carelessly made stx-uctures, composed of stalks of Aveeds and coarse grasses, 

 lined with rootlets and fine grass. Eggs — usually fom-, more rarely five, in 

 number— bluish-white, spotted with reddish-brown and purple. In one nest 

 was found an (i^^ of the Cow Bunting. 



