ZP]N^DURA CAROLINENSIS. 597 



water-courses, while it whs 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, where it 

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

 Jleadows, where one November evening, after supper, we killed over thirty 

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

 Sacramento Valley it was no less abundant than in the Interic^r. 



LisfofspcGii)ien.s. 



31, nest and eggs (2); Sacramento, California, June 11, 1SG7. Nest about six feet 

 from ground, in small aspen, in copse. 



53, nest and eggs (2); Sacramento, June 18, 1SG7. Nest in oak-tree, iu grove, 

 about lifteen feet from ground. 



110, nest and eggs (2); Big Bend of Truckee (Camp 12), Nevada, July 26, 1807. 

 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 jin\; West Humboldt Mountains (Camp 19), September IS, 1SG7. lOjSg— 

 17 — 6 — 5 — i — }| — 4i — 2^. Bill, slate-black, bluish-slate at base; rictus, pinkish; iris, 

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



510, S ad.; Carson Cily, April 23, 1868. 123_17i— G— 4^. Bill, deep black, 

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

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

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



780, eggs (2); Virgiuia 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, 18G9. Nest on ground, beneath sage- 

 bush. 



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

 Nest on mountain-mahogany tree. 



1293, eggs (2); Parley's Park, Utah, June 26, 1869. Nest in aspen tree. 



1294, eggs (2); Parley's Park, June 26, 1869. 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 River, July 10, 1869. Nest on bush leaning over 

 river-bank. 



1380, nest and egg (1); Provo River, July 10, 1809. Nest on bush on river-bank. 

 1417, eggs (2); Parley's Park, July 16, 1869. Nest among willows, along stream. 

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



