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water-courses, wliile it was also met with on the equally barren mountains 

 and plains far from the abode of man. In the arid portions of the country, 

 however, it is far less common than in the fertile localities, whore it 

 sometimes literally abounds. Such was particularly the case at the Truckee 

 Meadows, where one November evening-, after supper, we killed over thirty 

 specimens for the "pot," in the inmiediate vicinity of our camp. In the 

 Sacramento Valley it was no less abundant than in the Interior. 



List of specimens. 



31, nest and eggs (2); Sacramento, California, June 11, 1867. Nest about six feet 

 from grounil, in small aspen, in copse. 



53, nest and eggs (2); Sacramento, June 18, 1807. Nest in oak-tree, in grove, 

 about fifteen feet from ground. 



110, nest and eggs (2); Dig Bend of Truckee (Camp 12), Nevada, July 26, 18C7. 

 Nest on the arid mesa, two miles from water, on the ground, beneath a sage-bush. 



112, nest and eggs (2); Camp 12, July 29, 1807. Same locality and situation as 

 No. 110. 



192, 9 juv.,- West Humboldt Mountains (Camp 19), September 18, 1807. 10/^; — 

 17 — C — 5— 1— ia — i^ — 2J. Bill, slate-black, bluish-slate at base; rictus, pinki.sh; iris, 

 hazel ; bare eyelids, bluish ; Tarsi and toes, pale lake-red ; claws, blackish. 



510, i ad.; Carson City, April 23, 1808. 12-J— 171— 0— 4J. Bill, deep black, 

 becoming slaty-bluish on the soft nasal membrane; rictus and interior of mouth, deep 

 lake-red; bare orbital region, delicate pale bine, with a greeiiisii tinge beneath the eye; 

 iris, deep sepia; tarsi and toes, deep lake or coral-red; claws, deep black. 



780, eggs (2); Virginia Mountains, near Pyramid Lake, June 3, 1808. Nest on 

 ground, beneath sage-bush, on side of ravine. 



1170, eggs (2); Salt Lake City, June 10, 1809. Nest on ground, beneath sage- 

 bash. 



1184, nest and eggs (2); near Salt Lake City (City Creek Caiion), June 18, 1809. 

 Nest on mountain-mahogany tree. « 



1293, eggs (2); Parley's Park, Utah, June 20, 1809. Nest in aspen tree. 



1294, eggs (2); Parley's Park, June 20, 1809. Same remarks. 



1340, eggs (2); Parley's Park, June 28, 1809. Same remarks. 



1341, eggs (2); Parley's Park, June 28, 1809. Same remarks. 



1385, nest and egg (1); Provo Iliver, July 10, 1809. Nest on bush leaning over 

 river-bank. 



1380, nest and egg (I); Provo Iliver, July 10, 1809. Nest on bush on river-bank. 

 1417, eggs (2); Parley's Park, July 10, 1809. Nest among willows, along stream. 

 1522, egg (1); Cash Valley, Utah) July, 1809. [Collected by J. C. Olmstead.] 



