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The song' of this bird is possessed of great strength and clearness, ns 

 well as considerable variety, a^jproacliing most nearly that of the B;iy- 

 winged Bunting {Pooecetes gramineus) in style, tone, and modulation. It is 

 louder, however, and more continued, though in the latter respect it is tin- 

 inferior to that of Chondestes grammaca. The ordinary note is remarkably 

 sweet, sounding like a laughing pronunciation of the syllables Ueh, keck', 

 very much in the tone of the tweet of a Canary-bird; this note is uttered 

 on the approach of anyone, when the bird hops familiarly about the 

 stranger, without manifesting any symptoms of uneasiness at his presence, 

 but rather expressing jjleasure in its notes. 



LUt of ^yecimens. 



169, 9 ad.; Camp 18, West Humboldt Mouutains, Nevada, September 7, 18G7. 

 711—10— S^'g— 25— JL—i|_3:i—l^. Upper mandible, slate-black, tomium bluish- 

 wbite; lower, bluisb-white, almost milk-white at the base; iris, purplish rufous ; tarsi, 

 aud toes, bluish borucolor. 



532, <? ad.; Oarsou City, Nevada, April 25, 1868. 7!|-— 101-3^1^—23. Upper 

 mandible, black, tomitim i-lmnbeoiisblue; lower, pure- pale plumbeous^blue, tip 

 black; iris, deep purplish fcrru,/! nous (very similar to color of crown); tar.si, dilute 

 whitish-sepia; toes, deei)er sepia. 



817 (4), 818 (3), nests and eggs; Austin, Nevada, July 2, 1868. 



822 (4), 823 (4), 824 (2), 825 (2), 826 (2), nests and eggs; Austin, Nevada, July 3, 



1868. ' ^ . 

 929, (? ((d.; Camp 25, Uumboldt Valley, September 16, 1S6S. 7.}— 10— (?)— 2§. 



Same remarks. 



959, ? ad.; Salt Lake City, May 20, 1869. 7^— 9J. Upper mandible and gonys, 

 black, lower pale blue; iris, raw-sienna; tarsi, lilaceous sepia, toes darker, more 

 plumbeous-sepia. 



1052, <? ad.; Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20, 1809. 7g— 10. Upper mandible, 

 plumbeous-black, lower plumbeous-blue; iris, cinnamon; tarsi, pale brown; toes 

 darker. ' 



1234, 1235, nests aud eggs (3) ; Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah, Juno 

 23, 1809: Thick low bush, by stream. 



1274, nest and eggs (3); Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah, June 24 



1869. Thick low bush, by stream. 



1295, nest and eggs (3); Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah, June 25, 

 1869. Nest on ground, beneath bush. 



1313, nest and eggs (3); Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah, June 27, 

 1869. Nest on ground, beneath bush. 



1320 (4), 1321 (2), nests' and eggs; Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah, 

 June 27, 1869. Bushes by stream. 



1325 (4), 1326 (2), nests and eggs; Parley's Park, Wahsatch Mouutains, Utah, 

 June 28, 1869. Bu.shes by stream. 

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