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note, sounding like swcer, very unlike that of any other bird, except the 

 Enqmlonax ohscurus ; and when a flock suddenly took flight, they all joined 

 in a more rattling note. 



Besides the nest described below, another was found, in an aspen bush, 

 but it was abandoned by the owners before any eggs were laid. 



List of specimens. 



892, ijiiv.; East Iluiiibohlt Jlomitains, Nevada, Septembers, 1SG8. 5J— 9. Bill, 

 asliy lionicolor; iris, bunit-iiiiiber; larsi ami toes, dark i»iirplisb-browii. 



913, <? ad.; East llamboldt Moiuitai'.is, Nevada, September 8, 1SG8. 5—9. Bill, 

 puipli.sIi-])hnnbeoiis, paler basally ; iris, tcra.visli-sepia; tarsi and toes, sepia. 



ll'41, nest and egg (1); Parley's I'ark, Wabsatch Mountains, Utab, June 23, 

 1SG9. Nest near extremity of horizontal arm of fir-tree, about fifteen feet from ground. 



MIO, <?/«(•.; 4t— 0. ir>2n, 9 juv.; 4J— 8|. Parley's Park, August 10, 1808. Bill, 

 purplisL-plumbeous, paler basally; iris, sepia; tarsi and toes, plumbeous sepiablack. 



Plectrophanes lapponicus. 



FringiUa lapponica, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 17CG, 317. 



rh'ctrophanex lapponicus, Selry, Linn. Trans., XV, 12C, i)l. 1. — Baikd, B. N. 

 Am., 18.">S, 433; Cat. N.Am. B., 1,S.")9, No. 32G.— CooPEU, Orn. Cal., I, 178.— 

 COUES, Key, 1872, 1.33, fig. 81; Check List, 1873, No. 153; B. N.W., 1874, 

 120.— B. B. & 11., nist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 515, pi. xxiv, fig. 7. 



During the more severe portion of winter, individuals of this sjjecies 

 were frequently detected among the large flocks of Horned Larks (Ere- 

 mopliiJa alpestris) around Carson City. They were recognized by their 

 peculiar and unmistakable notes. 



Passerculus sandviciiensis. 



Savaiiiiali Sparrow. 



a. alaudinus. 



rasscrculus alaudinus, BoNAP., Comj). Rend., XXXVII, 1853, 918. — Baiud, B. N. 

 Am., 1858, 44G; Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 335.— Cooper, Orn. (;al., I, 

 1870, 181. 



Passerculus savanna var. alaudinus, B. B. & R., Uist. N. Am. Birds, I, 1874, jtl. 



XXIV, Cg. 11. — IIensiiaw, 1875, 254. 

 Passerculus sacauna, Coues, Key, 1S72, 135 (part); Check List, 1873, No. 159 



(part). 



Passerculus savanna, a. savanna, CouES, Birds N.W., 1874, 127 (part). 



