CALAMOSPIZA BICOLOK. 497 



JAM of specimcm. 



433, (Jarf.; (Jarsoii City, Nevada, March !», ISOS. 7g— 10]— .•5/^—2^. Upper 

 iiiaiuliblc, olivaceous sepia, darkest basally, tomiuni ashy-lilac; rictus and Imsal two- 

 thirds of lower inaudible, bright maize-yellow, dee|iest bcueatii ; tenniniil i)ortiori, 

 browuish-lilaceous, the point dusky; iris, precisely the color of pectoral spots; tarsi 

 and toes, dilute-sepia. 



919, iad.; head of ITumholdt Valley (Camp 24), September 11, 18f.S. Tg-lO.i 

 — (^)— 2}|. Upper mandible, sepia-plumbeous, darker alon- culmeu, more liiaceous 

 along tominm ; lower paler, i)oint dusky, the basal half deep maize-yellow ; iris, burut- 

 sienua; tarsi and toes, very deep sepia. 



1223, nest aud eggs (4); Parley's Park, June 22, 1809. Nest in a bunch of willow 

 sprouts about two feet from the ground, bank of stream. 



1225, 1226, 1227, 1229, aud 1230, nests and eggs; Parley's Park. June 23, 18G9. 

 1289, nest and eggs; Parley's Park, June 25, 1SG9. Nests among bushes or willow- 

 stubs in thickets along streams, from one to six feet above the ground. 



1460, nest; Parley's Park, July 26, 1869. Nest among willows. 



Calamospiza bicolor. 



Lark Biintiii;;. 



Fringilla bicolor, Townsend, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., VII, 1837, 189. 

 Calamoxpiza bicolor, BoNAP., Corap. & Geog. List, 1838, 30.— Baibd, B. N. Am., 



1858, 492; Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 377.— Cooper, Oru. Cal, I, 225.— 



COUES, Key, 1872, 147 ; Check List, 1873, No. 190 ; B. N.W., 1874, 163.— B. 



B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., II, 1874, 61, pi. xxix, figs. 2, 3.— Hknsqaw, 1875, 



294. 



But a single specimen of this species was observed by us, anrl this was 

 doubtless a straggler from the Great Plains on the eastern side of the Rocky 

 Mountains. The individual in question was on the ground when shot, its 

 appearance and manners being quite similar to those of Chondestes gmmmaca. 

 On the plains just east of the town of Cheyeinie, we noticeil in August, 

 from the car-windows, numerous large flocks of this species, stiirtled Ity 

 the a])proach of the triiin, the flocks rising from the grass on either side, 

 and wheeling about in their flight in the irregular manner of Horned Larks 

 {Eremophila). 



List of specimens. 



Ull,Sjin\; Parley's Park, July 30, 1869. 7i— lU. Bill, ashy-white; upper 

 half of upper mandible, pale ash, gonys with pinkish glow ; iris, brown ; tarsi aud 

 toes, purplish-brown. 



