504 NOKTII AMKUR'AN lURDS. 



A. A'lriciiljirs ch()c«»laU'-l>ri>\N ii. 



1. Wliolf si(U' of lu'jul l>rlow the ey»\ iiicliidiii*; the fturinilars. choco- 

 l.itf-ln«)\vii. Chill not Itonlcretl aiitt'iiorly with ash. In the l>n'«Mhii;r- 

 scason, hratl daikcr and ju^h wanting'. Win;,'. 4.;{'j ; tail. .'{.OO; liill .14; 



tarsus, .72. llah, Inirrior ri'^/ions of North Aineri<'a. . var. t f ph rocit t i h, 



2. ('h»'cks, lores, ami anterior hoidtT of tht> chin iu<h-r<»lor. Winj.'. 4.«M>; 

 tail, 2.80; bill, .44: tarsu.s, .70. Huh. Cojorailo and Wvoniinj,' Terri- 

 tories .......... var. camp est ris . 



U* Aini<-Mlars ash-eolor. 



3. Winjr, 4.;J0; tail, .J.OO; hill. .40; tarsus (?). Chocolate of the l)reast, 

 etc.. li^dit. exactly a.-* in fejt/irocofis ; rose heneath rtstrieted to the ahdo- 

 inen ; lores and ciiiii li<,'ht ash. Huh. Xorthwest coast from Kodiak to 



Fort Simpson, ciust to Wyoming Territory . . . var. Uttitrah's. 



4. Willi,', 4.«iO; tail, 0.40; hill, .40 ; tarsns, .7S. ClnM;olate very dark, 

 inelinin,:,' to .sepia; ro.se extendinir foiward on to the l>ri'a.>t; lon-s hlack- 

 ish; chin dusky Lrray . Hah. Alenlian Islands (St. (icorge'.s, I'nalaschka. 



and Kodiak) ........ var. g r is ei u u c h a . 



A clo.sely allied .s}>e('it'.s ^ iV^iiii Kanit.scliatka and the Kiiiile Island ditlers 

 mainly in having the na.sal leathers a.s well a.s the head hlacki.sh, but with- 

 out distinct patch on the top, and the nai)e rusty, in contr.ist with the back. 

 It is about the size of L. fq>lii'ocotis. This species may yet be delected in 

 the westernmost Aleutians. 



Leucosticte teplirocotis,^ swainson. 



OBAT-CBOWNED FINCH. 



Lhuirio, (Leucosticte) kphmcotis, Sw. F. Bor. Am. II, iJ^-il, 25.'>, pi. 1. Ltitctstictc tephro- 

 cutis, Sw. Birds II, lb:J7. — Bon. Consp. lSr)(>, i>o»J. — B.viliD, Stahsbury's Salt Lake, 

 1852, 317. — Ib. Birds N. Am. 1».'.!S, 430. — Coopkk, Oru. Cal. I, 1G4. Enithrnspiza 

 tephroeotis. Box. List, 183:S. — Am. .Syn. 1839. - In. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 170, pL 

 cxtviii. FriiojiUa t>phrocutis, Arn. Orn. liio;;. V. 1839, 232, pi. ecccxxiv. 



Sp. Char. (Xo. 10.2.V).) Mdle in n'infer. General color dark chocolate-brown or 

 umber, li^diter and more chestnut below : the feathers to a considerabl*- deeroe with paler 

 edfres (most evident in iinmatnro specimens), those of l»ack with darker centres. Nasal 

 bristly feathers, and those alonjjf ba.se of maxilla, and the hind head to nape ash-frray, this 

 color forminir a sqnare patch on top of head, and not extendins; below lev(d of eyes. A 



1 Leucosticte hrunncinuchn. Fi'linjilhi {Liii"ri(i) hncnneinueJoi, Ri:an'I>t, Bull. Acad. St. 

 PctiM-sburg, 1841, 3.5. MontifriiKjiUa {Leuatstictt) bruiiaeiiiuJut, B«tN. & S«iii.k<;kl, Mon. 

 Loxieiis, 18r»0, 3t), pi. xlii. 



2 A.s this .sheet is going through the press, we have Ix'eii pennitted by Mr. J. A. Allen to 

 examine a series of bird.s, obtaini'il by him in July, 1S71, on Mt. Lincoln, Colorado, above the 

 timber line, where they were breeding abundantly, .\ltliough ver^- tliHerent from wiiUer L. 

 feptiroa>tis, they yet strongly suggest the idea of their being that species in summei" dress. They 

 present the following chara(:teristi<:s : — 



Breeding plumage. Differing from the .stage first described aliove. in entire absence of any a.sh 

 about the head, and in deep black, in.stead of yt'llowi.'ih bill. ^ with the red tints intense 

 carmuie, in.stead of pca<h-bIos>oni jiiuk, that of the abdomen extending farther forward. 9 hii^k* 

 ing the red, or with only a tinge of it. Hood dark vandyke-bruwn, becoming nearly black on 



