508 ORNIXnOLOGY. 



List of specimens. 



149, Sjiiv.; Camp 17, valley of tlie Humboldt, Nevada, August 31, 1867. (Grnssy 

 river-bottoin.) n-^ — 1 IJ — M — 'V\ — 1 ,^,; — 1 ,'^,; — --J — '\- Upiter inaniliblc, li{;ht pinkish- 

 sepia; lower brownish lilaceous-wbite, tip darker; iris, hazel; tarsi and toes, deli- 

 cate lilaceous white, faintly tinjjred with brown. 



155, Sjuv.; Canii) 17, September 2, l.SliT. (Orassy ri\er bottom.) OL — MJ — IJ — 

 3},l — Ij'g — l-j'g — 2\ — ■{. l'[>i)er mandible, clear lijjlit sei)ia, deei)eniii{i into horn color 

 at end ; lower brownish lilaeeous-whitish, darker terminally. 



"lil, ijui\; Cam|) 19, West lliimboldt Monntains, Nevada, October 11, 1^(57. 

 (Fields.) 102 — 15 — 5 — t^ — \'l — \-^^ — '.i\ — 1. lJ])pei' mandible, dei-p iioni-eolor, black- 

 ish terminally ; toniium and lower nnindible, i)alcr Hlaceous horn-color, darker ter- 

 minally; iris, hazel ; tarsi, delicate brownish-whitish; toes, sli-.clitly darker. 



30L', ? jnw; Trnckee Reservation, Nevada, December IS, LS(i7. 9— 1 |^_JA— ;$4— 

 li^g — \\ — 2'\ — §. Bill, generally, delicate lilaceous-wliite; upper mandil)le with a dilute 

 brownish tinge, the culuien light sepia; iris, umber; tarsi and toes, delicate lilaceous- 

 white. 



415, Sad.; Carson City, Nevada, March 5, 1808. 9:»_1(U— ,5i— 4,',.. Upper man- 

 dible, ft/rtcA-; basal portion of culnien, (between frontal feathers,) broad stripe on basal 

 three-fourths of ui)per tomium, with basal two-thirds of lower mandible pure pale blue ; 

 tip of lower mandible, black; iris, umber; tarsi and toes, delicate, uniform, pale ashy- 

 lilaceous. 



459, $ad.; Carson, City, Nevada, March 26, 1868. lOJ— 17-5^—41. Same re- 

 marks. 



460, $ ad; Carson City, Nevada, March 26, 1808. 1()_1(>— 5—4. Same remarks. 

 505, nest aud eggs (5); Carson City, Nevada, April 21, 1868. Nest imbedded in 



ground beneath sage-bush ; nest precisely like that of S. magna. 



787, nest and eggs (4) ; Trnckee Reservation, June 3, 1808. Nest imbedded in the 

 ground, beneath a low bush, on the grassy bank of the river. 



Icterus bullocki. 



Bullocks Oriole. 



(Ysd'-kc of the Waslioes.) 



Xanihornvs hiilJovlii, SwAlN.SON, Synop. Mex. Uirds, IMiilos. Mag., f, 1827, 4.36. 



Icterus buUtHkii, UoNAP., Comj). & Geog. List, 1838, 29. — liAlUD, IJ. N. Am., 18.58, 

 549; Catal., 1859, No. 416.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., I, 273.— CouES, Key, 1872, 

 158, fig. 100; Check Li.st, 187.3, No. 217; H. N.W., 1874, lO.J.- B. B. & R., 

 Hist. N. Am. B., II, 1874, 199, pi. xxxiv, Ogs. 3, 7.— Uensuaw, 187.3, 320. 



Except in tlie higher pine forests, this beautiful Oriole is common in 

 all wooded localities of the western country. It abounded at Sacramento 

 to such an extent that several nests were often found in one tree, a largo 



