KIMNr.IIJ.in.K TIIK KIXCHKS. 5(J7 



Leucosticte tephrocotis, vai. campestris, l>\ii:i». 



THE OBAT-CHEEKED FIHCH. 



L'ucostidc cnim»stris, Baiki*, Cmui'ku, Oni. Cal. I, lt)3, 187(>. 



Si". Chau. Hotly li^'lit tlitxolutf-lirowii. the featlvrs rd^rtMl with paler, those of the 

 h.iek with rather ilarker eeiitres. Featiiers ufanal lej^ioii, Hanks behind, erissiuii, ninip, 

 and up[)er tail-coverts, win<,'-eoverts. aii<l primary (piills, »'«l<4e«l with rose-retl ; seeondary 

 • piills and tail-teatla-rs with pale fulvous; little or no trae*' of rose on under winj^'S. Fore- 

 head and patch on rrown blackish ; the hind head to nape, cheeks iniini'diately under the 

 eye (but not incluilini^ the auriculars, except, perhaps, tho most anterior) and l>ast' of 

 lower mandible all round, ashy-gray. Throat dusky. J]ill yellowish, with dusky tip. 

 Le«;s dusky. 



No. 41,527, near DiMiver City, Col., January. 18(;2 (D«. C. Wkijmc.k). Len<rth. 7.00; 

 wing, 4.00; tail, li 00: I'xposed portion of first primary, o.l(/. Bill from forehead. .(JO; 

 from nostril, .40; tarsus, .75; middle toe and claw. .80; claw alone. .*_'4 ; hind t(»e and 

 claw, .80 ; claw alone, .37. 



Hab. Colorado Territory (Dh. \Vki{NI(;k) ; Wyominfr Territory (Mu. II. li. Durkkk). 



Tliis form beai-s a closi; rL'seinblancc to L. tcphrorotis, and may, iiulucd, l»e 

 a variety of it ; but as it iliHtTS in the chanic'ters that appear j^'enerally to he 

 tho.se most constant in LcHrostirfr, and as, in tii'ty skins of the trphrurotis 

 from one locality, we have seen nothinj^ like it, we are inclined to consider 

 them distinct. The size and j^eneral ap]»earance are much the same, tlte 

 difference heini^ tliat in ti phrorotiH the wliole clieeks are chocolate below the 

 level of the eye, the chin without any ,i,nay ; while in nnnprstri.^ the sides 

 of head l)eh)W the eye, but not including t!ie ears, witli a narrow border of 

 the chin, are of this color. 



P>om lltfornlix this form may Ije distinjrnished by the less extent of asli 

 on the cheeks, which in littoraH>i covers the wliole ears, and extends back 

 farther on the head all round. L. griseinucha is marked like rittoralia, and 

 is much lar«jer than either. Possi'oiy it mav be well to entertain the idea 

 of its beinij a liybrid between tiphroeotiii and littornJis or f/ri>iri)HK ho. 



The specimen described was presented to the Smithsonian Institution by 

 Dr. \Vernii,'k, and at the time was sup]iosed to be L. ffjihromfiM. 



Of this form, nothinjjf as to its habits is known with certainty. It proba- 

 ]»ly does not differ in any important respect from the allied *\ices. 



Leucosticte tephrocotis, var. littoralis, B.\ird. 



HEPBITRirS FINCH. 



Lewoaticfr grUri nucha, Elliot, lllust. Birds Am. X. Lmcofitictr littoralia, Bah;d, Tr. Cli. 

 A. S. I, 1869, 318, pi. xxviii, f. 1. — Dall & Baxsisteii, lb. p. 282. — Coopeu, Oni. 

 Cal. 1, 162. 



Sp. Char. Body chocolate-brown, the feathers narrowly marfrined with paler, those of 

 the back with rather darker centres Abdomen, Hanks, crissum, rum}), uj^per rail-coverts, 



