^ FRLV(iILLIDJ<:--TIIK KIXCriES. 5Ji7 



abundant. Many .sp*"'inu*ns were nlitjiincd in Sitku l»y Mr. lUscholl. Soim 

 have so far bfiMi ri-cnnU'd tmni the Ahnitian Islands. 



I)r. Kennerlv fnuiuentlv saw tliese birds near the IMieldo of /uiii in New 

 Mexieo; in the niontlis of OctoluT and Novenilnir they were very al)nndant 

 anion^' the cedars to the westwanl of that settlement n.n far as tlie Little 

 Colorado. Dr. Heerniann also met with them near Fort Yuma in l)ecend>er, 

 having' previously noticed them during' the fall, mi^'ratin^ in lar^'e flocks. 



Mr. Aiken frecjuently found this species throu^^hout the winter in Colo- 

 rado. It was very common (luring March and the tirst of A]»ril liy May 

 only a few stra^^«,ding females were seen, and then they all disapju'ared. 



The nests of this si)ecies have a general resemldance in structure to those 

 of the connnon hifeiiKdis. They are well constructed and remarkably sym- 

 metrical, made externally of mosses and other coarse materials, within which 

 is very nicely woven an inner nest of fine, l)ent stems of grasses, lined 

 with hair. The eggs, four or five in numl)er, resemble those of the h//< ma/is, 

 but are lighter. They have a ground-color of greenish-white, marked about 

 the larger end with fine dots of reddish-brown. Their measurement is .75 

 by .60 of an inch. 



Junco caniceps, B.mbd. 



BED-BACKED 8V0WBIBD. 



Struthm canicepn, WootjHoi'se, Pr. A. N. Sc. Thila. VI, Dtc. 18rr2, 202 (New Mexico aiitl 

 Texas). — 1b. Sitgreaves's Kepoit Zufii & ( olorailo, 18;j3, 83, \A. iii. J a nco caniceps, 

 Baiud, Birds N. Am. 1858, 468, ]>1. Ixxii, f. 1. — C.m.ikh, Orn. Tal. I, 201. 



Sr. Char. Bill yoUowish; Mack ut tiKMip. Above ashy (of th»' saino sha«l«' before 

 and behind); the head and neck all roinid of this eolor, whieh extends (palin'r a littk-) 

 alonp the sides, leaving the middle of the belly and erissnin quite abrnptly white. Lores 

 conspicuously but not very abruptly darker. Interseapular re<rion abrujitly reddish chest- 

 nut-brown, which does not extend on the winjrs, and makes a trianjrtdar patch. Two 

 outer tail-feathers entirely white ; third with a long white terminal stripe on the iimer 

 web. Young streaked with blaekish above and below, exeept along middle of belly and 

 behind. Length, COO; wing, 3.2.3; tail, .3.04. 



Hab. Rocky Mountains; from Black Hills to San Francisco Mountains, Arizona. 

 Wahsatch and Uintah Mountains (Ridgwav;. 



This species is similar to the common J. Jn/rmalis in color, though paler; 

 the tint of the under parts and sides is not quite so dark, and is less abruptly 

 defined against the white. The conspicuous chestnut patch on the l)ack and 

 the dusky lores will distinguish them. The edge of the outer web of the 

 third tail-feather is bro\vn, not white. It differs from oregonus and cine re us in 

 having no chestnut on the wings, especially the tertials, and from the former 

 in the extension of the ash of the neck along the sides and nmch lighter head. 



Young birds are streaked above and below as in other species ; they may 

 be distinguished from those of cinereus by the rufous being confined to the 

 interscapular region, the same as in the adult. 



