422 Mr. R. Brown's Synopsis of the 



67. Leucosticte GRisEiNucHA, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Pe- 

 tersb. 1841, p. 36. 



I am only acquainted with this rare bird from a single male 

 specimen killed at Fort Rupert in June 1862 by Mr. P. N. 

 Compton, the officer in charge of that establishment. This 

 Finch has hitherto been known merely as an inhabitant of the 

 Aleutian Islands and neighbourhood ; and as Prof. Eaird only 

 quotes Bonaparte's description, I append the following notes 

 taken from Mr. Compton's specimen : — 



Throat rather dark brown, but not yet black as Bonaparte 

 describes it. Forehead blackish. Nasal feathers white. Cheeks 

 and back of neck grey. Interscapular region and breast chest- 

 nut-brown, the feathers narrowly bordered with ferruginous ; 

 sides and abdomen brown, margined with rose-colour. Wing- 

 coverts and upper and under tail-coverts broadly margined with 

 rose-colour. All the feathers of the wings, with the exception 

 of the outer ones, slightly margined with white. Bill yellow, 

 with blackish tip. Legs and feet black ; middle toe longest ; 

 tibial feathers lightish brown. I am doubtful if it is different 

 from L. tephTOCotis (Sw.), which is also a British-Columbian bird. 

 __-- i Mr. Compton has also informed me that he had seen another 

 ^«rvv«>' Finch with a scarlet head and throat, with spots of yellow and 

 blackish brown on the wings, but failed to obtain a specimen. 



68. Passerculus sandwichiensis (Gm.). Large Savannah- 

 Sparrow. 



69. ZoNOTRicHiA GAMBELi, Nutt. Ganibcl's Sparrow. 



70. ZoNOTRiCHiA coRONATA (Pall.). Golden-crowned Spar- 

 row. 



71. JuNCO OREGONUs (Towns.) . Oregon Snow-bird. 



72. Spizella socialis (Wils.). Chipping Sparrow. 



73. Melospiza rufina (Brandt)*. Western Song-Sparrow. 



74. Passerella townsendi (Aud.). Townsend's Fox- 

 Sparrow. 



* Mr. Sclater inserts, with a note of interrogation, Melospiza fallar, 

 Baird, as bei)ig among Capt. Pvevost's birds : but I have little doubt that 

 it was the above. 



