478 ORNITEOLOGY. 



Ligt of gpecimens. 



151, S ad.; valley of the Humboldt (Oreana), Aagost 31, 18G7. 6,?^— 10— 3^2g— 

 8— 1— -Iff— lA- Upper maii(lil)Ie, pliitiibeousblack, toraium paler; lower, pure pale, 

 bluisb-lilaceous basally, the tip plumbeous; iris, bister; tarsi and toes, bluish sepia. 



151, Sad.; Camp 17, September 2, 1867. Cg— 10— 3^2J— /g— |^_,jj_u. Tarsi 

 and toes, ])urplishblack. 



182, <?«<?.; Wright's Cauon, West Uumboldt Mountains, September 11, 1807. 

 C§— 8^—3^—211— II— 5—3— IJ. Upper mandible, plumbeous-black, edged with whi- 

 tish; lower, pale blue, the tip of the gonys dusky; iris, hazel; tarsi and toes, liver- 

 brown with a plumbeous cast. 



379, 9 ad.; Truckee Reservation, December 26, 1867. (Sage-brush of the mesa.) 

 "^—^h—^Ta—-!-^ — rg — I — ^5— liV Upper mandible, plumbeous-slate; lower mandible 

 and commissure, pure, fine, light plumbeous-blue, the tip dusky ; iris, reddish vandyke ; 

 tarsi, deep sepia-brown ; toes, more blackish. 



380,^ ad.; same locality, date, etc. 6|— 9^— 3|-25— X_3— 3A— U. Same re- 

 marks. 



522, nest and eggs (2); Carson City, Nevada, April 27, 1868. 

 535, nest and eggs (3); Carson City, Nevada, April 27, 1808. 

 537, nest and eggs (3); same locality and date. (Nests on the ground, underneath 

 sage-bushes.) 



Spizella MONTICOLA. 



Canada Sparrow; Tree Sparronr. 



FringiUa monticola, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 912. 



Spizella monticola, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 427 ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 

 357.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., I, 200.— CouES, Key, 1872, 142 ; Check List, 1873, 

 No. 177; Birds N.W., 1874, 140.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. Birds, II, 1874, 

 3, pi. XXVII, tig. 5.— Henshaw, 1875, 277. 



During the winter this vpell-known Sparrow was common and very 



generally distributed through the valleys of the western depression of the 



Great Basin. As in the East, it associated with Snow-birds and White- ' 



crowned Sparrows, although in this case its companions were different 



species {Junco oregonus and Zonotrichia intermedia, instead of J. hycmalis and 



Z. leucophrys). 



List of specimens. 



301, <J ad.; Truckee Meadows, Nevada, November 19, 1867. 65 — 9| — 3J— 2}^ — J— 

 3 — 3— Ig. Upper mandible, deep black, base of the culmen, yellow; lower mandible, 

 citrcous wax-yellow on basal two-thirds, then lilaceous-white, the tip black; iris, 

 brown; tarsi, deep reddish sienna-brown ; toes, blackish brown. 



