508 N(JliTH AMiaaCAN BlliDS. 



winir-roverts, and quills t'dp-d with io>i'-ivil, midiv or less c-ontiiiiKnis (least so on the 

 ruiiij)) ; th«' ouUt (•({•xt-s of st'coiidaiics and tail-li'5itln'rs \ni\v fulvous, the latter with a rosy 

 shade. Head silver\ -pay ; the ti)rehead ami pateh ou crown blaek ; th" chin gray, con- 

 tinuous with that of cheek; the throat dark brown, shading into the chocolate of breast. 

 JJill yellowish, the extreme tip clusky. Masai leathers white. Length, 7.10; ing. 4..{(); 

 tail, .'J.IO; exposed portion of fust primary, .'>.10. Length of bill from forehead, .00; from 

 nostril, .o't. Tarsus, .70. 



Uab, Kodiak (l>i?!cnoFK) : Sitka (nisciioFK) ; Fort Simp.son, liritish Columbia (Uep- 

 BiRN); (jilmer, Wyoming (Di'kkee). 



This rac^c, wliicli we believe to be the Southern coast representative of c/rUci- 

 7inrh<f,he'dr}i much reseniijlance to that bird, but is considerably smaller ; the 

 colors are brij^hter and li«,diter, more like tliose of ttphrovotls, and the bill is 

 shorter and more conical, the dark patch on the head more restricted, the cliiu 

 more ashy, and the l)ro\vn of the head not so tar forwtird. From fqjhrurvtis 

 it is distin«'ui.shed bv tlie extension of the ash of head below tlie eve ; and from 

 cnmpcsfrt'.'i by havinij the ear-coverts ashy, insteail of the anterior ]>ortion of 

 the cheeks only ; and tliere is aj)]»arentlv a j^neater extent of p-ay on the chin. 



Specimens obtained at Kodiak in Febinary are distinguishable from speci- 

 mens of f/)'iscinnrli(f, (d»tained with them at the same place, only by their 

 nmch smaller size, and lighter chocolate tints. The occurrence of both these 

 races at the same place, at tlie same time, is a subject for sjieculnticn. A 

 perfectly typical si)ecimen (So. ^>[\\)0C)) is in tlie collection from (Jilnier, 

 Wyoming Territory, obtained by Mr. H. 11. Durkee, a frequent contributor 

 to the collections of the Smitlisonian Institution, and sent bv him alona with 

 numerous specimens of L. tq^lirocott^, with which it appears to have been 

 mixed. 



Leucosticte tephrocotis, var. griseinucha, Uaiud. 



THE OBAT-EABED FINCH. 



Passer nrcfou.t, var. 7, Pat.las, Zoiig. Tiosso-asiat. II (lS:n), 23. FrinqiUn (IJnnria) grisei- 

 viu-hn, BnANnr, Hull. Aoad. St. rctersburg, Nov. 1841, 36. Mnnfifrimjilla {Lcucos- 

 ticfe) ffriscimirhi. Box. & Sen' Mon. Loxicns (18.".0), 3.'., pi. xli. Lurosficfe (fns(^i- 

 muhn, liAiKi), liirds X. Am. 430. — KrrrLirz, Dfiikwurdigkfiten (18."i8), I, 2J>1. — 

 Dall& Hannistki:, Tr. Ch. Ac Se. I, 186i, 282. — IJAiiin, In. p. 317, pi. xxviii, 

 f. 2. — EiJ.ioT, Illust. Am. H. pi. xi. — Cuoi'KK, Orn. Cal. I, ItJl. Leucosticte 

 grisciffcmjs, (Ioild, Voy. Sulphur. 



Sp. Char. Description of .<!pooimon No. 54.240: rroneral color dark browni>;h-chooo- 

 latc anteriorly, the feathers of back ratlier darker in the centre, and with paler edges. 

 Forehead and crown l)lack; rest of the head, includmg the cheek.s and ears, of a rather 

 silvery gray ; throat bloi-kisti. .^hading olTinsen-sibly into tlie chocolate of breast. F<\athers 

 of al)domen (and hinder jiart of breiv«;t to a less degree), flanks and crissum, with the rump 

 and upper tail-covert<, antl lesser and middle wing-covert.s, tipped with dark pomegranate 

 or rose-red, allowing mon' f)r less of thin dusky bjises to l)e seen, especiallv above, where 

 there is an appearance of bars. Wing and tail feathers Itrown, nearly all. inchulinir the 

 greater wuig-coverts, edged with pale yellow i.sh-gray witJi only a faint tinge of rose. Bill 

 dusky; darkest at tip. Legs blaek. 



