42 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 56 
Common in Santa Fe and probably in all other towns of New 
Mexico. It is found usually about houses that are surrounded by 
trees and near an open supply of water. This leads one to wonder 
whether it did not inhabit El Rito de los Frijoles when the canyon 
was teeming with human inhabitants. McCall reported it at Santa 
Fe long ago, and also reported Carpodacus obscurus Nobis and 
described Carpodacus familiaris from the same place.t These may 
both be safely referred to frontalis. 
ie eile 
Astragalinus psaltria psaltria (Say). Arkansas Goldfinch. 
This tiny bird was abundant especially among the sunflowers—one 
of the most abundant birds in the canyon of El Rito de los Frijoles. 
2 
Chondestes grammacus  strigatus Swainson. Western Lark 
Sparrow. 
A few were seen by us in the open fields at the foot of the Jemez 
Mountains, near the old Buckman sawmill. McCall? reported it on 
the plains near Santa Fe. 
1 Qwoue. 
Spizella brewerr Cassin. Brewer’s Sparrow. 
Very common in the canyon of El Rito de los Frijoles and elsewhere. 
Reported at Santa Fe by Henshaw.* 
q 3 
Junco pheonotus dorsalis Henry. Red-backed Junco. 
Abundant from base to top of Jemez Mountains, near the head- 
waters of El Rito de los Frijoles, June 19 and 20, 1910. The gray- 
headed junco (Junco pheonotus caniceps [Woodhouse]) probably also 
nests in the higher mountains of the region, and several species prob- 
ably winter there. Our Indian informants recognized pictures and 
descriptions of juncoes as wintér visitors, but were not aware that 
any species summered in the region. 
gj gids wal 
Melospiza melodia montana Henshaw. Mountain Song Sparrow. 
Probably it was this species, then undescribed, found by Kennerly 4 
at Pueblo Creek, near Taos, and recorded as M. fallax. 
? 
Pipilo maculatus montanus Swarth. Spurred Towhee. 
A few were seen in the canyon and on the mesa at El Rito de los Fri- 
joles, but the species is not common. Recorded by Kennerly® under 
ee 
1 McCall, George A., op. cit., pp. 219-20; also Note on Carpodacus frontalis Say, with Description of a 
New Species of the Same Genus, from Santa Fe, N. Mex., Proc. Aced. Nat. Sci. Phila., V1, p. 61, 1854. 
2 Thid., p. 218. 
3 Henshaw, H. W.., op. cit., p. 280. 
4 Kennerly, C. B. R., op. cit., p. 29. 
5 Tbid., p. 30. 
