68 Brewster on Birds from Arizona and New Mexico. 



surmises looking to a nearer relationship than that of allied species. 



I subjoin the measurements of the present specimen of lecontei, 

 for comparison with some taken from specimens in my collection 

 of H. curvirostris, H. curvirostris fialmeri and //. redivivus. 



Harporhyncus lecontei. 9 (No. 5232). "Length. 10.50; 

 extent, 12.20"; wing, 3.90: tarsus. 1.25; tail. 4.57 ; bill (chord 

 of culmen), 1.35; bill from nostrils. .98: width below posterior 

 angle of nostril. .21. 



H. curvirostris. (No. 564, Texas.) "Length. 11.00: ex- 

 tent, 13.25"; wing, 4.05 ; tarsus. 1.28; tail. 4.07: bill (chord). 

 1.27; from nostril. .91 ; width below nostril. .23. 



H. curvirostris palmeri. (No. 498S. Arizona.) "Length, 

 11.06; extent, 13.30"; wing. 4.12; tarsus. 1.40: tail, 4.30 ; bill 

 (chord) 1.37; from nostril, 1.10: width below nostril. .25. 



H. redivivus. (Nos. >66, Saticoy, Cala ; 4182 and 4183, 

 San Bernardino Co., Cala.) ••Length. — . 12.20, 12.00; extent.— . 

 13.20, 13.10"; wing. 4.10. 4.16,4.15; tarsus. 1.47. 1.40, 1.47; 

 tail. 5. (worn). 5.17. 5.07; bill (chord). 1.70, 1.66, 1.75; from 

 nostril, 1.30, 1.25. 1.35; width below nostril. .30, .26, .27. 



3. Cardellina rubiifrons. ( Giraud) Sc/. Red-faced 

 Warbler. — A young male obtained at Fort Bayard, New Mex- 

 ico. July 16, 1S76, extends the range of the species considerably 

 to the eastward of Camp Apache and Alt. Graham in Arizona, 

 where it was found by Mr. Henshaw in 1874. This evidence is 

 important from its bearing upon the original record by Giraud in 

 1841, when it was included among the famous • -Sixteen .Species" 

 alleged to have been procured in Texas. Mr. Stephen's specimen 

 was taken " in a canon, among high mountains." 



4. Pyranga hepatica. Swaihson. Hepatic Tanager. — 

 There are four specimens of this Tanager in the collection. The 

 birds themselves offer nothing worthy of mention, but some notes 

 which accompany them are of much interest. Under date of 

 May 30, 1S80, Mr. Stephens writes: "The species is rather 

 common here (Chiracahua Mountains). They keep mostly 

 among the pines (but sometimes in oaks) and several haunt the 

 vicinity of the house, where I can hear them singing at all times 

 of the day. The song is loud and clear, but short. I have 

 found no nests but a female, taken May 26. had laid all but her 

 last egg." 



This description of the song, is, so far as I can remember, the 

 first that has been given. Mr. Henshaw, writing of his experience 



