LANIVIREO CASSINI. 449 



The habits and notes of tlie western birds of this sjiecics arc in all respects 

 like those of the eastern ones. 



List of specimens. 



122, ? ad.; valley of tlio Truckco (Camp 12), August C,18G7. 5^— 8J— 2}i— 2}— 

 ^'jj — § — I'f, — 1. Upper mniulihlc, dark horn-color, cotniniKsiin! and lower mandible, 

 lilaceous-wbite; iris, deep brown ; tarsi and toes, light plunibeousbluc. 



153, S ad.; valley of the Humboldt (Camp 17), September 7, 18G7. S/j— 8/g— 2 j J^ 

 — 2J — ^ — g — IJ — ]i. Bill, black, commissure and basal two-thirds of lower mandible, 

 uiore lilaceous; iris, ha/.el ; tarsi and toes, i)lumbeous-blue, almost ultrainarinc. 



177, ? ad.; West Uumboldt Mouutaius (Camp 18), September 9, 1867. 5— 7J— 2| ,'. 

 — 24— g— §— 1|— IL. Same remarks. 



ISO, ? ad.; West Uiiniboldt Mountains, September 10, 18G7. f^— S— 2,:',.— 2i— /,. 

 — y\ — 15 — 3- Upjter mandible, slaty horn-color, tomium edged with lilaceous; lower, 

 l)earl-whitish basally, then pale blue, the tip as dark as the upper mandible; iris, 

 brown; tarsi and toes, light ashy-ultramarine. 



187, S ad.; West Dumboldt Mountains, September 12, 1807. 5i— Sg— 2}i— 2^— 

 g— §— 2— 12-. Same remarks. 



800, nest and eggs (2); Fort Churchill (Carsou Kiver), Nevada, June 24, 18G8. 

 Nest in cotton-wood copse, about four feet from ground. Female seen on nest. 



878, ? ad.; East Uumboldt Mountains, August 27, 1SG8. 5^'g — Sji— (?)— 2-f\. 

 Upper mandible, plumbeous-black with lilaceous edge; lower, plumbeous-blue with 

 lilaceous glow basally, and darker terminally; iris, burnt-umber; tarsi and toes, deli- 

 cate light ashy-blue. 



879, (sex unknown); East Humboldt Mountains, August 27, 1808. 5§ — Si — 

 2/^. Same remarks. 



1109, ^ ad.; Antelope Ishind, Great Salt Lake, June 5, 1SG9. 5i— 8];^. Bill, 

 dull blackish, the basal two-thirds of lower mandible lilaceousbluish ; iris, brown; 

 tarsi and toes, plumbeous-blue. 



12D1, 12.12, 1253, nests and eggs; Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah, 

 June 23, 1809. Nests all about four feet from ground, in aspens of a grove. 



1317, nest and eggs; Parley's Park, June 27, 18G7. Aspens. 



1497, <? ad ; Parley's Park, August 10, 1809. 5/^—8^4. Ui)i)er mandible, black- 

 ish brown; commissure aud lower mandible, lilaceous; iris, vandyke-brown; tarsi and 

 loes, line light blue. 



1504, <f ad.; Parley's Park, August 12, 18G9. 5g— SJ. Same remarks. 



LaNIYIKEO CASSINI. 

 Cassin's Virco. 



Vireo cassini, Xantus, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 185S, 117.— Baiud, 15. N. Am., 



1858, 340, pi. 78, lig. 1 ; Catal., 1859, No. 251. 

 iMnivirin noUtarivs \i\r. cassini, H. 15. & \l., Hist. N. Am. 15., 1, 1S74, .')77, pi. XVii, lig.O. 

 Virco solilariiis var. ('.) cassini, llENsnAW, 1875, 223. 

 "Vireo soUtarius^ U>art), Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1, 187(1, 117. 



This rare and little-known species was noticed only in the canons of 



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