4G0 ORNITHOLOGY. 



t(nvns or larger settlements, however, a large proportion of tlie individual.^ 

 of this species have abandoned such nesting-places as those described above, 

 and resorted to the buildings, where "odd nooks and crannies" afforded 

 superior attractions. 



Although chiefly a bird of the lower valleys, this species was sometimes 

 found in the lower canons of the mountains, it being common in Buena 

 Vista Canon, in the West Humboldt range, in September, having apparently 

 nested among the ruined adobe houses of the deserted town. In City 

 Creek Canon, near Salt Lake City, several nests were found at an altitude 

 of about 1,800 feet above the level of the mesa, or at the lower limit to the 

 breeding-range of C. casslni, a single nest of which was found on a tree 

 adjoining one in which Vvas a nei^t of the present bird. In Parley's Park it 

 Avas likewise found, but in small numbers, and only on the floor of the 

 park, the C. ca.^siiii inhaljiting the u})per portion of the streams. 



Lint of specimens. 



2, 3, 4, nests ami eggs; nests in oak-grove. Sacramento, California, June G, 1SC7. 



28, 29, nests and eggs; nests in oak-grove. Sacramento, California, June 11, 1SG7. 



3i, (J «//.; Sacramento, June 12, 1807. 5if— 9yV-3J— -J- 



41, nest and eggs (5); nest in oakgrove. Sacramecto, California, June i;>, 1S!57. 



52, nest and eggs; nest in oak-grove. Sacramento, California, June IS, 18G7. 



57, nest and eggs; nest in oak-grove. Sacramento, California, June 19, 1SG7. 



73, nest and eggs (4); nest in oak-grove. Sacramento, California, June 20, 1867. 



TG5, nest and eggs (5); nest in niche in rocks. Tula domes, Pyramid Lake, 

 Nevada, May 25, 18G8. 



5;J9, ^ a(J.; Truckee Eeservaiion, May 1.5,1808. C^',.— 9J— 2g. Upper mandible, 

 hrownisli horn-color, edged with pale rosy; lower mandible, paler and more pinkish 

 than the upper, with wider rosy edge; iris, dark brown; tars* and toes, pale brown. 



774, nest and eggs (5); nest in grease- wood bush. Trnckee Reservation, Nevada, 

 May 31, 18GS. 



780, 781, nests and eggs (5) ; nest in grease-wood bush. Truckec R.'servation, Ne- 

 vada, June 2, 1808. 



805, nc-st and eggs (4); nest in grease- wood btisli. Trnckee Valley, Nevada, Juno 

 G, 1808. 



800, nest and eggs (5); nest in old om^ of (Jlilf-Swallow, on face of a precipice. 

 Trnckee Valley, Nevada, June G, 1808. 



1000, nests and eggs (4); near Salt Like City, May 2;), 1809. Nest on mountain- 

 mahogany bush, 1,800 feet above the level of the city! 



107G, ^ ad; Salt L.ake City, Utah, June 1, 1809. Gi— OJ. Hill, lihiceous-brown, 

 darker above; iris, brown; legs and feet, sepia. 



](I92, nest; Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, June 4, 18G9. Sage Intsh. 



