474 OltNITHOLOGT. 



less regular visitant during- tliat season as far east as Kansas. We did 

 not, however, meet with it farther eastward than the East ITumboldt 

 Mountains. 



In all respects this species appears to be a perfect counterpart of the 

 eastern J. hjemaUs, being equally familiar in its habits during winter, while 

 its notes are apparently precisely similar. 



List of specimens. 



224, 9 ad.; West Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, October 3, 18G7. G— 9— 3— 2^-- 

 |_3— 2j\— 1|. Bill, delicate lilaceous- white, the point dusky ; iris, burnt-sienna; tarsi, 

 clear horn-white ; toes, deep sepia. 



378, 9 ad.; Truckee Eeservation, Nevada, December 24, 18G7. G|— 9^— 3J— 2i— 

 j^^ — ^ — 23 — 1^. Same remarks. 



384, $ ad.; Truckee Eeservation, December 2G, 18G7. G^9J— 3^— 2g— ,^— fj-- 

 2| — Ig. Iris, purplish-claret; tarsi, dilute reddish-umber; toes, darker leaden-umber. 



484, S ad.; Carson City, Nevada, April 3, 18G8. C|— 9i|— 3,^— 2g. Iris, dark pur- 

 plish-carmine. 



485, S ad.; Carson City, Nevada, April 3, 1868. Ci— 9^— 3;^— 2f;t. Same re- 

 marks. 



93S,<?rtr/.; Trout Creek, Upper Humboldt Valley, Sept. 19, ISOS. G'J— 9S— 25. 

 Upper mandible, light sepia-brown, the tip black ; lower mandible, pinkish-white ; iris, 

 madder-browu ; tarsi, dilute sepia ; toes, deeper sepia. 



JUNCO CANICEPS. 



Gray-l(ea»lccl Snow-bird. 



Simtlms caniceps, Woodhouse, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1852, 202. 



Junco caniceps, Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, 4G8, pi. 72, fig. 1 ; Gat. N. Am. B., 1859, 



No. 353.— Cooper, Oru. Cal., I, 1870, 201.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 



1874, 587, pi. XXVI, fig. 3. 

 Junco cincreus \'a,r. canicejis, CouES, Key, 1872,141; Check List, 1873, No. 17G; 



B. N.VV., 1874, 143.— Henshaw, 1875, 2G9. 

 Junco hyemalis var. caniceps, Eidgway, Am. Nat., 1873, G13. 



The Gray-headed Snow-bird was met with only in the ])ine forests of 

 the Wahsatch and Uintah Mountains, where it Avas rather common from 

 May to August, inclusive. Its habits and notes closely resemble those of 

 J. hijriiiaHs and J. orcf/omts, but its song, a simple monotonous trill, is 

 somewhat l<.iid(;r iiiid more steady. 



