540 ORNITUOLOGY. 



List of specimens. 



.'53, nest aud eggs (4); Sacramento, California, June 12, 18C7. Nest about 2 feet 

 from ground, in small busU in cotton-wood copse. 



30, 9 ad. (parent of above); Sacramento, June 12, 18G7. Gg— 8g— (!). 



83, nest and eggs; Sacramento, California, June 24, 1867. Nest about 4 feet from 

 ground, in small bush in willow copse. 



84, 9 ad. (parent of eggs No. 83); Sacramento, June 24, 1867, 5f— 8^2j\— 

 2i— t\— r'fi— 2J— IJ. Upper mandible, black, lower dilute browaishyellow, more 

 whitish basally; iris, hazel; tarsi and toes, deep hazel. 



94, nest and eggs; Sacramento, June 29, 1867. Nest situated like No. 83. 



876, 9 ad. (parent of 877); Euby Valley, Nevada (Camp 21), August 29, 1868. 

 SJ— Si'— (?)— 2^. Upper mandible, black, lower very dilute lilaceousbrown, more 

 yellowish basally; whole interior of mouth, rich orange-yellow; tarsi and toes, deep 

 black. 



877, juv.; Ruby Valley, Nevada (Camp 21), August 29, 1878. 5^— 81— (?)— 2J. 

 Upper mandible, plumbeous black, lower pale lilaceous, more yellowish basally; whole 

 interior of mouth, rich orange-yellow; iris, purplish-bister; tarsi and toes, pale plum- 

 beous. 



1100, <f ad.; Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah, June 4, 1860. 6i— 9J. 

 Upi)er mandible, black, lower dilute brown; iris, brown; tarsi and toes, deep black. 



1101, 9 ad. (mate of preceding); Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah, June 

 4,1869. 6— Sg. Same remarks.i 



1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247; nests and eggs. Parley's Park, Wahsatch 

 Mountains, Utah, June 23, 1809. Nests among willows along stream, generally about 

 5 or 6 feet from ground. 



1288, nest and eggs (2); Parley's Park, June 25, 1809. Nest in wild-rose brier, 

 among undergrowth of thicket, along stream. 



1305, nest and eggs (4) ; Parley's Park, June 27, 1869. Nest in wild-rose brier. 



1316, nest and egg (1) ; Parley's Park, June 27, 1869. Nest in rose-bush. 



1.330, nest and eggs (4); Parley's Park, June 28, 1809. Same remarks. 



1331, nest and eggs (3); Parley's Park, June 28, 1809. Nest in rose-bush, under- 

 growth of willow-copse. 



1358, nest; Parley's Park, July 2, 1869. Nest in rose-bush, by stream. 



1420, nest and eggs (3); Parley's Park, July 17, 1869. Nest in willows, along 

 stream. 



1469, <? ad.,5l—Q-y, 1470, 9 arZ.,5ii— Sg; 1471, 9 af?.,5g— 8g; 1472, 9 «rZ.,5JJ— 8f. 

 Parley's Park, July 29, 1809. Upper mandible, deep black, lower light purplish wood- 

 brown; interior of mouth, deep yellow; iris, deep reddish-brown; tarsi and toes, deep 

 black. 



1473, 9 ad.,- Parley's Park, July 29, 1869. GJ— 8J. Lower mandible, brownish- 

 white. 



1493, e jiiv.; Parley's Park, Angust 7, 1869. 6-9. 



^ These specimens represent the absolutely typical "traillii" style. 



